Well, I started on a new project. I have some really pretty blue fingering weight yarn but I’ve never known what to do with it until the other day when I was browsing lace scarves on Ravelry. And then I found the Mead Scarf. And then I soon became addicted to this whole lace knitting thing. It’s like a book you can’t put down, but only in a more negative, deranged, obsessed way than the expression connotes. If I don’t have it in my hands to work on, all I think about it is how much work I could be getting done on it if it WERE in my hands.
Friday night I was at a concert and I had my scarf in my backpack just in case I had to wait in line for forever (which I didn’t). And I really hated the 2nd band that started playing and I couldn’t even stand to look at the guys. I was standing right in front of the stage (front row, woot woot). All I could think about was how BADLY I wanted to pull out my knitting and focus on that, instead. I kept trying to think of a way I could discreetly knit in the front row of a dimly lit concert. So for the 30-45 minutes of their set, my fingers were twitching and I was haunted with ~*~seed st 5 sts, *k3, k2tog, m1* seed st 5 sts~*~
So yes, hopefully once I get this baby finished I’ll be able to move on with life. We’ll see…
So here is the LOVELY blue yarn that I have. I got it at a thrift store ages ago for $.50/skein and I think I bought 25 skeins (I have some of it involved with a UFO that will never be finished)
The bad thing about it (other than that it smells like it was sitting in a little old lady’s house for 50 years) is that I can’t find the yardage ANYWHERE on the skein! Which is why I was hesitant to start any project with this yarn. I had actually thought about using it for the Thermal sweater pattern, but I would be devastated if I got halfway finished with a sweater and then found out I had no more yarn to finish it with. So if anyone has any ideas on figuring out yardage, please see if you can figure it out from my label. The picture should enlarge when you click it.
So all in all, at least my obsession is paying off. The first day I started this I thought it would take me years to finish. But after this weekend I think I’m about a third of the way done! I’ve also done about another 4 inches since I took these pictures.
