So much for being the fastest knitter in the Twin Cities.
I cannot get anywhere with my knitting lately. I'm not inspired, to say the least.
My vacation knitting consisted of a Broadripple sock. The first time I made these socks, I finished half of the cuff in an evening. This time around, it's taken me several days to do three inches. (We won't mention how many times I had to rip out my work before I finally managed to get it right.)
Maybe the books on their way to me will provide inspiration. Rumor had it that Amazon has Aran Knitting by Alice Starmore available for $39.99. Of course I had to order it (along with Deb Menz's Color In Spinning and Loop-d-loop). If it falls through, no biggie, but it'd certainly be a nice book to have.
I picked up Dibs on Ribs again. I can't stand it sitting around and mocking me.
I wanted to spin, but the fiber I wanted to spin the most is the exact same color as the yarn I'm using for my Broadripple socks, and I'm afraid that's too much pink. Particularly since this, too, will be sock yarn (do I make anything else, really?).
A yarn store was visited while I was in La Crosse, Wisconsin: Follow Your Heart. It wins the prize for best yarn/quilt shop with the worst name. I didn't buy anything, despite their 25% off sale and excellent (though small) selection. Had they been open the night before at, say, around bar time, when I was tying one on next door, they would've gotten alllll of my money. I think Bobby and I left noseprints on the windows.
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