Feb. 21st, 2007

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First, the good news. I went to visit the lovely [livejournal.com profile] fearga at the costume shop. While there, I got to chatting with some of the nifty ladies there, and one of them noticed that I was knitting. She mentioned that she had gotten a fabulous score of four balls of handspun, hand-dyed alpaca yarn at an auction for $15. While I was envying her purchase, she asked me, "Do you want it? I still have a couple of balls left." I stared at her. Give away alpaca? Was the woman mad? I finally managed to ask, "Are you sure? It must be gorgeous stuff." She assured me that the yarn was, indeed, gorgeous, but she had seen me knitting kittens and thought the yarn would make perfect little critters of all types. Besides that, she was "done with it." Again, my mind boggled. Done with alpaca?! Still, having made certain that she really didn't want the yarn anymore, I felt no compunction about taking advantage of her insanity and gratefully accepting her offer. She left the yarn at the costume shop for me, and I picked it up yesterday. It is beautiful--a lovely, deep red with what appears to be a tiny strand of black running through it. Far, far too gorgeous and touchable to be a kitten, as lovely as the kitten would be. I believe that I have enough for socks for Alex, and that is what the alpaca yarn has declared that it wants to be. The color is perfect for him--a deep jewel tone, but still quite manly. I really, really hope I have enough. If I don't, then I shall find another yarn to extend the alpaca so that it can still fulfill its chosen destiny. However, I think that I shall keep the alpaca in my stash for a few days so that I can take it out and rub it against my cheek occasionally. It's that kind of yarn.

Now, the bad news. (Though this may be good news for some people, like [livejournal.com profile] naelany). Joann's has every single skein of yarn on sale. Every. Single. One. [livejournal.com profile] naelany, I know that you do Prayer Shawls, and I just wanted to let you know that all of the Homespun is on sale. The sale is going on in the stores and online. The temptation to pick up that one kind of yarn that I like is strong, if only I could remember what the name of the yarn is.

Speaking of that particular yarn...I made a scarf out of it (it's a wool/cotton/nylon blend, unplied and so soft) and wore it just about every day this winter. Yesterday, I made the mistake of tossing said scarf over my friend Ashley's Psycho Cat (tm). Psycho Cat sniffed the scarf innocently while I was watching. I looked away for about ten seconds, and, when I looked back, Psycho Cat had torn a hole in the scarf and was happily pulling stitches out with his teeth. I took the scarf away and examined the damage. It turned out that Psycho Cat had broken the yarn in a looser stitch about halfway down the scarf. I pulled out the tormented strand, neatly separating my scarf into two halves. I shall probably frog the scarf and reknit it. The incident amused me more than anything--the scarf is a simple one, and I have more than enough yarn of the exact same type and color in my stash to make another scarf. It was my own fault for underestimating Psycho Cat's destructive powers. Of course, my neck is cold now.

I have pretty much decided to merge [livejournal.com profile] needle_ninja with this account. Would people like to be on a "crafty filter" or something like that? Is there anyone out there who would prefer not to read about my yarn adventures? Just let me know; I promise not to be offended. Not everyone out there is obsessed with fiddly string crafts.

The Elfie Icon Challenge continues. If people require inspiration, I would really love some sort of knitting icon...I don't have one of those yet. I may look at making one myself, eventually.

I must go and see about getting a bit of lunch now. My stomach has been misbehaving today, but I think it wants food. I believe that the kitten pattern will be coming next entry--watch this space!

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