Its all true, the boogie girl is real, and you've found her. She knits, sews, spins, does pottery and writes it all down in this blog.
Wednesday, April 14, 2004
Knit Alongs Galore
I haven't added many, just 2. I know some people out there have 5 or so going at once. I can see how that happens. I'm surprised that yarn companies don't promote knit alongs. These things are addictive. I've avoided them for as long as I could, but I'm only human I cannot help it.
Who could pass up a little knitted stuffed toy? Here's where they get ya, I almost bought the pattern book. It was in my cart, credit card entered, I just needed to hit "send". Arghhh, I can't do that. "Must be good. No new books, no new yarn. Must be good" I chant to myself as I rock back and forth in the corner of the closet away from the computer. Don't laugh, I'm sure you've been there. Luckily I have the yarn and some angora to spin. I have been meaning to knit up a bunny and maybe another creature or 2 from patterns that I already have. If you want to see what others are doing or to partake of the glorious adventures of Mr.Orange who seems to like his booze a little too much, go see Knitlette
You know you want to do this one. The “Kate” knit along. I have the pattern coming, I had ordered a while ago (before the ban). It seems to be taking a while to get here. I still have to search through my stash for the yarn. I’m pretty sure I have some classy gray cotton around here somewhere, if not, I'm going to sit and cry. My original plan was to quietly make my Kate and then I ran across the blog for it. Katharine’s face just kept calling to me. Katharine Hepburn is my favorite actress of all times so I just couldn’t help it.
These are the 2 that I have succumbed to so far. There are others that are calling me but I'm hard of hearing, or so I've been told. Is selective hearing the same as hard of hearing? Anyway, if you go to any given blog you can see so many different knit alongs happening. The one that is calling me the most is the Onde. I love that yarn. I don't want to do the sweater most people are doing, I just don't think a sweater like that will look good on me, and that yarn is not cheap. The ban is still holding strong. My mom did give me some $ to buy her some sock yarn on ebay. It does help to purchase yarn for others. My "enter bid finger" isn't twitching quite so bad at the moment.