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July 11, 2006
Life is short
Thank you ladies for your comments. My boys are not so good yet, but I can make it. It would be OK, soon. I know.
So let's talk about more pleasant stuff now. Let me show you my recent stash enhancement:
Sooooo beautiful, gorgeous sock yarn....Claudia's. The colorway "Donna's faborite". Now I keep my FIRST Jaywalker at the bottom of purse, and finally, miraclously I am finishing the first one, but I cannot wait to cast on the another sock! Not the another one of the pair of current Jaywalker, the brand-new sock to try this Claudia's yarn! Aww... Maybe it might be my another summer-vacation project to bring out with Hemp ponchette. And, I have just got these:
You know, cheap colored aluminium dpns. Since I have read Yarn Harlot's second book, I have searched and searched these needles, but could not find out it was Boye. For the photos of Boye dpn on online shop's page are normal silver, I could never know actually these would be colored one! The other day when Grumperina showed her needle collection on her blog, I sent her an e-mail to ask her the brand of her colored aluminium needles. She kindly replied me at once, with detailed explanation of color differences between Boye and Susan Bates. Oh how nice she is! Thank you Kathy!! You cannot believe why I have been looking for these cheap needles, but these are "rare" for Japanese knitter and I just wanted to try it.
But wait, if I bring Boyes for sock I cannot knit it in the plain...embarassing. (you know, I love that kind of embarassement to find a way out)
BTW, two full weeks later than planned, I finally finished my Coast:
That's just...imagined. Nice for size, good for now to wear, no surprizing. This garment is not so bad, but I don't think I am glad. After that, I resolved that I will never start to knit something for just "because I have these yarns" reason. Life is short, no time to waste. I want to enjoy knitting, that's not the way to tidy up stash.
Posted by trico at July 11, 2006 09:56 PM
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Looks nice on you!
Posted by: Charmaine at July 12, 2006 04:56 PM
The Claudia's handpainted look lovely! I've bought some for my SP but have yet to try any myself. Are you liking the yarn? I've always really loved the bright colors of the Boye needles but they always hurt my hand. :(
The tank looks good. Very good fit! But yes, I agree, life is too short to make yourself knit things you are not inspired by. :)
Posted by: Marie at July 13, 2006 08:44 PM
Hello there, I was wondering if you would be interested in doing some kind of yarn/magazine/etc swap? I did a swap with Kat of http://pinkurocks.typepad.com a little over a year ago, and it was lots of fun! I would be willing to look for yarns, magazines (knitting and otherwise), needles, etc... I do have a couple of specific things I would love to get from Japan (took a trip there for 12 days in April). Please let me know if you are interested!
P.S. Nice job on the new tank.
Posted by: Julie at July 15, 2006 06:40 AM