What did I say about getting distracted by shiny things?
Take away my check card. Seriously. Even if I have the money, I shouldn't buy another skein of Malabrigo (a dark teal blue, a counterpoint to the light teal I bought before, so I can make a hat/mittens set) just because it's $2 off cause it's the last of its color. I suppose it was okay to buy another ball of Crystal Palace Merino Lace, since I needed another to make Wrapped in Tradition. But did I need to buy four balls of Galway wool in a pretty rose color to make the Grand Plan Cabled Turtleneck Caplet (actually a poncho) even if the yarn was 20% off and I only needed four balls and the sample in the store was just so cute? However, I must be commended for my resistance to beautiful Schaefer Anne at 20% off. So soft! Makes such beautiful socks!
Seriously, I'm not allowed to buy yarn in, like, forever. STOP TEMPTING ME, YARNS!
Edited to add: The Bead Alley in Stillwater, Minnesota, is the location of aforementioned 20% off yarn. This store, by the way, is the increasingly typical bead + yarn store combination. Interestingly, however, their yarn stock consists of mainly 100% wool/other animal fiber yarn, since their focus is on felting. Now, I don't much care for felting (although I loved their Fiber Trends clogs on display), but the yarn selection was excellent. It was organized by color, so it was difficult to find specific yarn, but there were some very practical, inexpensive, traditional yarns on display. Er... looks like the 20% off sale ended today, though.
In further news, I wish to report that my hot lava cardigan sucks. I tried it on last night - thank goodness I did. After getting halfway through the final bust increases, it reached about an INCH down my bosom. I have sizable bosoms, I know, but this made me feel like some sort of monster (albeit a voluptuous one). Had I continued until my breasts were covered, I'd end up with a collar a foot long. Compounding the problem was the fact that the back was really friggin' tight. I was knitting to size, not to pattern, so I had fewer rows on the back than called for; I wanted to avoid that ugly puffy-back look. Unfortunately, it just made it unwearable.
My plan is as follows:
1. Rip out everything of the body that I've done.
2. Cut across the back and add an inch or two, then graft it back together.
3. Pick up stitches for the back as called for, but more stitches for the front.
4. Do short-row shaping, along with an increase on each side, avoiding the "collar" area until much later in the process. I want a 2-inch (or so) collar, not a big clown thing.
And that should do it. Only problem is that I refuse to start until I have my camera back up and running, which means I'll have to wait for my mom to send my charger, or buy a new one (it'd be $30 so IIIII don't think so).
Tipper @ 6:15 PM * link
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