We have a winner in the name the yarn contest: Laurie. I am indeed using Bamboo, the nice while bamboo yarn from Habu Textiles that I bought at Purl in April. The stitch markers will be winging their way off to her. Thanks for playing everyone.
Anyone who doubted the fate of the PGR Dream Sock after yesterday’s first post doesn’t know me too well. It is now a nicely wound center pull ball all ready to be cast on. Hopefully the third fourth time’s the charm. Pathetic. I don’t have hopes for this yarn and its ever meeting its destiny in becoming a finished sock. I did a little pattern surfing yesterday and found the Aran Braid Socks. I’ll give them a shot. I found them through a wonderful directory of free sock patterns on the net (if you back up a level there, they have other patterns as well! I tend to dislike dealing with About.com and its library as I hate that floating nag bar and all the advertising). If this doesn’t work, the Retro Red Kroy is going back into stash and something else will be coming out. I’ve been futzing with it Memorial Day Weekend!
My poor monkey girl is all stuffy, with gunky eyes and a cough. She’s just rubbing at her face and eyes. I gave her a stiff shot of Benadryl last night and she was able to sleep through. Eyes were terribly gunky this morning and it took some cotton balls and warm water to clean her up. Poor monkey girl.
Here’s one of those quizes. I haven’t posted one in a while and I liked this one. I think it pegged me pretty well.
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What Kind of Needles Are You?
You are "turbo" charged.
Fast moving and classy, you get things done with
power and grace. Your expensive tastes can be
deceiving, since what you really value is
quality and efficiency. As you’re careening
around those corners in life, finishing a dozen
knitted objects each month, stop and smell the
roses. Don’t miss the beauty of process!
What kind of knitting needles are you?
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Craft on!
6 responses so far ↓
1 Laurie // Jun 28, 2005 at 4:01 pm
Now I get it. Thanks! This a very happy-making thing for you to do. I would really love to hear what you do with the bamboo, and what the drape is like, and how it is to work with.
2 Sue // Jun 28, 2005 at 4:27 pm
Have fun with the Aran Braid socks. I made a pair about a year ago, and they were fun and came out great!
3 Chris // Jun 28, 2005 at 4:28 pm
So what’s the bamboo feel like? How is it to knit? Hope the monkey girl feels better quickly! And monkey boy and monkey mom don’t get it too. Cute quiz: I’m bamboo.
4 Nancy // Jun 28, 2005 at 4:39 pm
Hey, just took the quiz – I’m turbo too! Guess we’ll have to split dark chocolate cake sometime huh?
5 Kristen // Jun 29, 2005 at 4:44 pm
mmmm….bamboo. I’ve thought about buying it before, but the price and fact that I’m not sure I’d love it have stopped me.
what size needle are you using for your socks? and more specifically, what size did you use for your feather/fan socks? I started a pair on size 2′s, but they just look too small! I remember that intially they were tight, but then stretched out a bit and were okay.
I hope the monkey gal is feeling better soon! (the pictures of the pool are great – that is a wonderful set up – I don’t think we have any pools like that here…)
6 Janette // Jul 1, 2005 at 12:32 pm
Oh, poor little monkey girl! Peanut had a nasty bought with a summer cold a few weeks ago. No fun at all. Sending you quiet benadryl nights and sniffle free mornings from Michigan.