Wed 5 Apr 2006
Man, I wish the cast had kept their stomach bug to themselves. Although, high praise indeed to our actress (just one this show) for going back onstage after intermission, and out our intrepid and sorely underappreciated deck captain for holding the bucket. Fortunately I don’t get ill very easily- my stomach is just way too greedy to give up easily. I managed to make it till the afternoon, when I went home and had a nap. Hooray naps!
I also started in on the newly wound Socks That Rock yarn. I made my first short-row toe, and intend to do a feather-and-fan pattern with it. Not that I can go too quickly- I get woozy sitting up and being active for too long. Man, I’m hungry. Food sounds horrible. oog.
April 6th, 2006 at 7:39 am
Aw man, my roommate got that stomach bug, too. It’s going around; with my luck I’ll be next.
How is the Socks That Rock? I’ve been wanting to try it out for a while, but it’s so expensive and I’m so broke. Looks a lot like Koigu to me, but it’s probably largely because they’re both Merino sock yarn. I figure since I love Koigu (also expensive, still broke), I’ll probably love this stuff.
April 6th, 2006 at 8:27 am
I’ve really enjoyed it so far. Of course, it’s my first sock on truly sock-sized sock needles (US 1) so I’m finding it slow going. All my other socks were on US 3 needles- I wanted to make sure I could see well for the heels. I’m still new at this whole “sock knitting” thing.
I loooooooooooooove the colorways though. This blue is downright sexy. I’m a sucker for gorgous colors. I hear you on the price though. I bought them as a splurge present for myself as a reward for something at work. I mean, if you can’t reward yourself with yarn, why bother trying?
April 6th, 2006 at 7:16 pm
Hells yeah. I made someone a sweater out of 10 skeins of Takhi Soho ($13/skein). That stuff is its own reward to knit on, though… substantial but not scratchy, and it’s got bits of grass and leaves in it to remind you that yes, it came from something that lives outside and a semi-independent yarn mill.