Magic Loop 4-Eva!

My knitting has slowed to the speed of molasses in January since finals time and the move. I don't know what's wrong with me- I don't have anything to do after work, so theoretically, I should just sit in my backyard and knit all evening, but I don't.

Since I'm uninspired by the Boot Socks (and my substitute yarn is too cottony and not wooly / acrylicy enough, so I have to find a different yarn with which to finish off the foot of Sock #2) and I can't bring myself to figure out the sleeve-cap shaping on the Elizabeth Bennett cardigan, I cast on for some more socks last night.

Except I had left my Addi circulars at my office, attached to the Boot Socks, so I cast on with dpns. I used to love dpns. I swore by dpns. I scoffed at magic looping.

No more.

Five needles, ten needle tips. No thank you.

It's all magic loop, all the time for me now.

I may have to skip over to the yarn shop on my lunch break - it's one block away and I haven't gone even once yet! How's that for self control? - and use my gift certificate to stock up on Addis. (The G.C. is from helping out with inventory back in March. $40 for four hours of yarn fondling? Yes, please.)

Craft City!!!

I skipped out on a little bit of work today and went to the fabric and yarn store with SS. We had a 20% off coupon, and we went a little crazy.

It's like Christmas here!

SS's fabric: Lucky Bronco and Cupcakes!

Mustard yellow for a shirt and lemons (mine) for pj pants.

Sock yarn (Cascade Superwash Sassy Stripes in delicious Juicy Fruit colors), hat yarn (Linie 146 in Montana), and more sock yarn (Frog Tree Bolivian Alpaca in a wonderful spring green).

Noro Silk Garden and Cascade 220 for SS.


Lucky Bronco made into a very cute shirt!

And what to my wondering eyes should appear...

Feeling like a lost little puppy without my 4th needle, unable to continue on the Long Sock, and without another WIP to turn to, I went to my odds-n-ends bag to start a cupcake for LP, who moved out of our apartment today. And, what did I find in that bag?!The final and fifth Brittany needle! (Imagine that heavenly, triumphant noise, like when angels appear or something)

Back to the Long Sock!