Saturday, 9 February 2008
Cloth and Clay
That's the name of the LYS I went to today! Wow! It looked so delightful, but I couldn't stay long. The plan was to have my husband take the boys out to lunch whilst I explored this wonderful new discovery. But unfortunately, they could not find anything for them to do and came back to see if I was done shopping. By then I had just finished paying for the purchases I had made for my secret pals, but didn't get to browse around for fun. I promised that I wouldn't get anything for myself on this visit, and somehow ended up getting a skein of sock yarn (everything today was 20% off, which they said only happens every February). The silly thing is, I have never made socks, don't have sock needles, patterns, or whatever else it is that you need to make socks. Why on earth did I buy sock yarn? I was buying a skien of it for my secret pal, and it looked so intriguing that for some reason I found myself grabbing an extra one for myself. The sales lady didn't mind adding another item to my bill - which was substantially higher than what I was supposed to spend even with the discount. But I wanted to make sure I had everything on my list, and I'm sure the gifts will be well liked. As it is typical of me, I forgot that I already had certain things picked out (but didn't check it off my category for the scavenger hunt), and then purchased something else for that category. So I have a few extra trinkets to put in the gift pack. I also found the cutest soap for my spoilee in the dishchloth swap! I am so thrilled to have taken care of it early! The only thing I have to do now, is pick out a nice card for them, a box to wrap everything in, and finish knitting my dishcloths! Silly me, I accidentally gave away one of the dish cloths I had made for the dishcloth swap to my sister - she really liked it. I can whip up a new one. I am trying to make a new pattern tonight - a double woven dishcloth. I have already frogged it about 3 or 4 times! I am on line 7 now. I will take some photos tomorrow to show you some of the stuff I got!
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Wow, sounds like you have a couple of lucky buddies! :) How is everything going? And what was the sock yarn you got?
ReplyDeleteIt's pretty good. I've had a tough couple of weeks, and not much knitting getting done, but that's normal for this time of year. Yes I have tried ravelry... I'm on it all day lol! I love it. Can't wait to see the dishcloth! :)
ReplyDeleteOops! I accidentally deleted my last comment I posted here - should have been in betwee these two. I was trying to edit a spelling mistake I made and somehow hit the wrong button. I have no idea how to fix it, so I guess it's gone forever! Silly me! Now the comments look more like a one-sided telephone conversation. LOL
ReplyDeleteOn the bright side, I am almost done the dishcloth I've been working on this weekend! I just have to check www.knittinghelp.com because I've fortotten how to bind off (as emabarrassing as that is). Just the first bit, I remember the rest. Then I'll post a photo. I'm so pleased with it. The colors show up well.
I had the same problem when I first started... aren't her videos at knittinghelp.com amazing? They're so helpful. :)
ReplyDeleteOne day I will learn to click the anonymous button BEFORE I submit my comment! LOL!