an occasional journal wherein I write about my fascination with the color gray and sometimes add some photos.
Monday, March 09, 2009
Be there, be square
So, it's daylight savings time again. That doesn't particularly bother me since I live my life on cat time. I either got up at 3AM or 4AM this morning. I'm already thinking about when I can go to bed tonight. But anyway that's not what the picture is about, except I had to use a flash since it's still pretty dark. Plus it's overcast.
I got some more dpns. Square ones from Kollage. I've started yet another pair of socks. This time in Cherry Tree Hill sock yarn. I like the needles partly because I could get them in a 7" length. I don't like them as much as the Signature ones I got for my birthday. These I purchased with my own dwindling supply of hard earned cash. I don't notice the squareness when I'm knitting with them unless I consciously try to. The stitches stay securely on the needles. I think I'm getting back into metal needles, especially for socks. I have some trouble with K2tog when I'm working at sock gauge and am always apprehensive that I'll break one of the bamboo needles. I haven't yet but I feel like I have to be extra careful. The new Signature and these Kollage are strong enough that I don't think I have to worry.
Something else new. The New Knitting Stitch Library by Lesley Stanfield. I'd never heard of this book until I saw a reference in one of Charlene Schurch's sock books. Anyway, it's been on my wish list for a couple of years and I finally got it for my birthday. I haven't spent much time with it as yet but it looks pretty good so far.
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Interesting needles. I am boring and always use metal for socks. I do have bamboo needles in the straight needles only. Love the color of you socks, too.
Animals like to put themselves first, don't they? Especially cats. Jewel got Hubs up at 4 this morning for a drink and to go outside. Maggie never bothers for anything through the night. I hear the cats howling sometimes through the night. Don't know most of the time what it's about, they always have food and water. I think they just want to hear themselves.
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