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November 24, 2005

Turning in circles

Have you ever seen a dog who just keeps turning in circles before he finally sits down? That's me. I just don't know what to do with myself. I want to clean. I want to knit for the baby. I want to get some work done while I still can. I want to nap. I want to sit around and just read blogs. I want to watch TV. I don't know what the heck I want besides to go into labor, so I don't really do anything. Or I do little bits of everything and get nothing done. Last night I decided that the baby (who is now late according to the North American schedule, but not due yet according to the French one) is never going to come unless I knit her something. I went through all of my yarn and found a nice, soft merino. I started making socks. But the yarn is a bit thick for the pattern I started, so today, after the roast-chicken-is-as-close-as-we-can-get-to-Thanksgiving lunch with Lee Ann, we went to the yarn store. And I proceeded to turn around in circles again. I wanted color. I wanted something soft. I wanted something bright. I wanted something warm. I wanted to buy just one ball. I didn't know what the heck I wanted. I failed. I didn't find anything that was everything I wanted so I bought 5 balls... 3 for me.

From left to right: Sock yarn just cuz. It's Lee Ann's fault. I didn't even notice this one. She did and pointed it out to me. So I bought two. Next, Regia Silk to maybe use for the baby because it's pretty soft. Blue Phildar Lambswool because it's not too scratchy and it wasn't pastel. And last, but not least, look, I live in a country where not only can you buy sock yarn, you can buy Canadian Color sock yarn. How could I not buy it?

So now I'm home... turning in circles. What should I make? With which yarn? Look at the pretty sock yarn for me. No. Must knit for the baby. No. Must knit for work. No. Must wash the kitchen floor. Ooh. Look at the TV...

Woof woof. Happy Thanksgiving.

Posted by kate at 03:53 PM | Comments (27)

November 15, 2005

No baby. Not much sleep. Plenty of acid reflux.

I'm sorry I've kind of dropped off the face of the planet. I'm just tiiiiiired and I can barely get my thoughts together enough to make coherent sentences so I was just trying not to torture you with bland, inarticulate posts (no need to thank me for avoiding it up til now). I've had half prepared posts sitting around for a few weeks. I really have to show you all the great stuff that I've received with the cyber shower! I'll try to do that over the next few days before the babe shows up. I've actually been knitting a lot but you know the drill: I can't show it to you. You should see it in the spring Interweave and I'm pretty darned happy with the result for once!

The 25 boxes we sent from France have finally shown up, so as soon as I can get Frog to shift them around a bit, I will have access to my stash and will hopefully start a project for Tadpole. I have a whole five days before my due date. That's plenty of time to make a layette, no?

I know everyone is doing this now, but I would loooove to know where you all are. Wanna tell me? Go here! I don't know how everyone made those little buttons. I must be blind. I don't see how to do it.

And here are two quick yarn reviews since you took the time to come here: Karabella Soft Tweed: It's soft. It's tweed. I like it a lot. You would never guess that it's 100% wool. But don't even bother trying to seam with it. It ain't gonna happen. The soft and fuzzy ply will stretch out, make a spirally mess and then break and you'll be left with just the ply that is a thread. Get some tapestry wool for the seaming.

Gedifra Cotton Merino:
It's a little slippery and a little splitty, but it's pretty. It looks very cottony, but the merino gives it some spring that you wouldn't get with 100% cotton. It's 52% wool, 48% cotton. The label says that you should use a US9/5.5mm needle. Label schmabel. I think it looks a little nicer on a US8/5mm.

Posted by kate at 05:32 PM | Comments (24)