June 13, 2005
Where the sun don't shine
In our current apartment, we have no room for anything, especially yarn. That's why I was so touched when Frog cleaned like a maniac the other day just to empty out a drawer for my current projects. When you live in an apartment this size, giving up what little space you have is better than flowers for saying, "I love you" (there's no place to put flowers anyway). It was sweet, but look what happened:
There's still more mess in the drawer and this is after I extracted three pieces of my top priority project. Yes, I guess I could have put a little less yarn in such a small drawer. Yes, I probably could have reballed the balls that were becoming a little rebellious. I was just giddy with my new square foot of storage and wanted to take advantage of every inch of it. I didn't think my yarn would use this opportunity, alone, in the dark, to comingle so much.
The yarn is the least of our worries right now. We also have no place to put a baby (don't bother suggesting a drawer - you are looking at one of the two drawers in the house). Soon enough, the baby and my magical expand-a-butt will be taking up enough space that I will probably have trouble squeezing down the hall. We're definitely going to have to move. Before, we were talking about moving and taking an extra room so I could have an office. Now, for obvious reasons, my priorities have changed, but Frog still keeps talking about my "bureau de tricot" and has even imagined contraptions for storing yarn, needles, the ball tickets he's always finding, etc. As charming as his enthusiasm is, I'm not holding my breath that we will have the time or energy to build a custom knitting storage system. Does anybody have a brilliant system for storing their yarn? Ideally, I would like to have big bins, or the vacuum bags I already use for the mass of my stash, and some sort of smaller bin, box, basket for each project in progress. That way, I won't be able to lose them, and they won't be having orgies in drawers which force me to spend hours unknotting and reballing or just shutting the drawer in denial of the problem.
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March 21, 2005
ARRRRRRGHHHHHHH!
My internet connection is not working at home so I can't get or send emails. (I'm writing this from my friend's house and it's taking me forever because French keyboards are all wacky and the letters are in the wrong places). Our internet provider gives terrible customer service so there is no end in sight to the lack of connection and even when I started screaming they basically told me they don't give a damn and that it must be my fault. So that means no photos of all the stuff I've been knitting go ahead, imagine it's tons of stuff, it's not, but since you can't see it, we can pretend... and no photos of my visit with Axelle and the lovely cashmeres she brought me. Well, I'll be back one of these days. In the meantime, if you have emailed me or plan on emailing me, I'll try to check my email every other day and I'm sorry for taking a while to respond. I hope to surprise you guys with a bunch of great FOs when I can finally post again.
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February 16, 2005
Waiting - the story of my life
today's post is brought to you in the form of a list of the things I'm waiting for
1. A package of yarn that I desperately need. Later: Bitch and you shall receive! The yarn is here! Now for the rest of the list.
2. Addis that I ordered from Germany that haven't arrived because the store lady says, "You live in an area which the mail can not drive in, they must ring a bell and you open then." I'm puzzled by this as I live on a pretty big boulevard in a city and three weeks seems a bit excessive between two European countries.
3. Frog's contract to be over so we can move.
4. To know if Frog's contract is going to be extended so I can buy plane tickets to go see my sister and go to the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival while I'm at it.
5. To have a project that is not tied up with some sort of restriction so I can actually show it to you so you don't think I've stopped knitting.
6. To win the lottery so I can buy all of the gorgeous clothes I saw at le Bon Marché the other day.
7. The laundry and dishes to do themselves.
8. My brain power to become strong enough that I can type with no hands while I knit.
9. A way to warp the space-time continuum so I can get everything I have to do done and still have time to cook a nice dinner.
10. Spring
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