Dreams of Knitting

So yesterday was supposed to be a big day of me cleaning my house. That didn't happen. Alas, neither did any knitting. We ran a bunch of errands yesterday. We went to Home Depot for weed killer. We then went to Michael's for needles and yarn to make my kitty project for my upcoming Blog Tour Date. (I let my cats pick which project they wanted me to make and they went crazy for the page with all the mice so....) Well, I know Jess says I am not a yarn snob, but I refuse to buy things from Michael's anymore. So if not a yarn snob then at least a price snob. First NOTHING was on sale. They didn't even run an add this week. Second, they wanted $9.99 for a set of 10.5 bamboo dpn's, and at least $6.00 per skein for wool yarn. Now, I know that yarn can be pricey but I've found much nicer wool yarn for less money on-line. I couldn't see spending $28.00 to make a few mice for my cats. (I have to make 3 mice in 3 different colors or they will fight. I am not joking.) Then we went to Sprint to pay our phone bill. I thought we'd have to pay between &150-$200 to keep it on, but we only had to pay $90. (Happy Dance! Come on you know you want to boogie with me LOL) That means I am better at keeping up with my bills than I give myself credit for! Of course, we drove to the east side of town where all 3 stores are close to each other to save gas. (We mainly did this for Sprint) Well, Home Depot was out of the weed killer and Sprint's pay inside machine was broken. So instead of saving gas we had to drive to the west side of town (which is where we normally go b/c it is closer to home) to get our supplies and my husband had to sit on hold for 20 min to pay the phone bill. Very frustrating and a big time waster.


When we finally got back home I went on to knitpicks.com and placed my first order from them. I ended up getting 2 balls each of some clearance wool for $1.79 each. That is 6 balls for $10.74. Instead of 3 balls for $18.00. (That is a savings of $25.26 if I bought an equal amount of balls.) I got the 10.5 bamboo dpn's for $6.14 (A savings of $3.85). I also bought some size 5 harmony needles with 2 cables a 40" and a 47" for my shawl. I got the knitters handy guide to yarn requirements (recommended by Knit Science on an early pod-cast of hers)and some needle size ID tags. Also last but not least I bought stuff to make SOCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Holy crap!!!!! I am scared out of my mind but I needed to get to $50.00 to not pay shipping so I went for it. I got size 3 harmony dpn's and 2 skeins of Riverbed Multi Essential sock yarn. That's right people I'm going to finally conquer one of my multiple knitting fears and will attempt socks. Silver's tutorial here I come. I might use some waste yarn and the 10.5's just to get the hang of it but mark my words I will make these socks. I am so excited. I even dreamt about it last night. (I think this is partly due to the fact that I didn't knit at all yesterday and am experiencing withdrawal. I need to get to the library to print out my shawl pattern ASAP!)


I am also experiencing something I can only call "Knitting the wrong thing with the yarn I received as a gift from Jessie"-phobia. I want to make stuff with the yarn she has given me but I don't know what. I have 3 balls of micro spun yarn, 8 balls of vintage soft pink sport weight yarn, and a whole mess of brown yarn in differing weightsand types (which I am going to make into a chevron scarf for a friend). I don't know what to make with these 2 different yarns. Any suggestions?


In closing I'll leave you with this. I found this thing laying randomly on my computer desk this morning. I think it came from a Kinder Egg (yes the link takes you to a Canadian site, they can't sell these in the US b/c of the super small parts that come in the toys). I looked at it and said I wonder if this would make a good yarn guide for Fair Isle. I think I really need to get out more. Here's the pic:

Do you think it would work if I glued a ring back to it?

Have a great day!