One Geek to Stitch Them All

Happy World Wide Knit In Public Day. I hope everyone had a good time and got some good public knitting done. I headed over the the  Central Library at Grand Army Plaza, but didn’t get to stay long, as I had a birthday party to go to. There were knitting, crochet, and spinning lessons. I would have loved to learn to spin but the time crunch as I had to make it down to Prospect Park West.  Maybe next year.

So as you all know I broke the yarn drought while down in DC. I felt this was a good cause when I heard, “I didn’t even bring any yarns or needles with me”. Said friend is only in DC for eight weeks for an internship but still so wrong.

I’ve decided to keep the tally going because I am making a dent in the yarn, and as I gear up for Christmas knitting, and other gifts I will have to buy yarn eventually but I am making progress. So I have simply added a new category. Skeins Purchased in 2010.

Another thing I’ve been picking up like there is no tomorrow are stitch dictionaries:

Those two being the most recent purchases.  Both books have appealing stitches and are helping to inspire and show me how I’m going to pull out some of the images in my head.

I also picked up a new project bag. This one in fact. I had been turned onto the seller by a fellow knitter and needed a second bag.

Despite the knitting in public I’m still only a third or so of the way done with the  blue jeans shawl, I blame writing, and reading on the bus, but I’m sure it will get done soon enough. Hopefully to keep me warm on said bus.

Tally

Skeins Likely to Use: 138
Total Yards: 25, 558
Cast on in 2010:11

Skeins Purchased in 2010: 2
New Skeins used: 0

Days without a yarn Purchase in 2010: 4

Completion

Projects: 5
Skeins: 19.25

Remaining:

Yards:  22,815
Skeins: 118.75

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At the moment I’m on a boltbus on my way back from visiting a friend down in DC no idea where I am right now but we just went through a tunnel.  So of course we ended up in a yarn store. Stitch D.C. in fact.  I actually went because I wanted to get size 2 bamboo circulars so I could attempt  Anthemion again after seeing a completed one live in person from another friend who had completed it and thought some of the difficulty may have been my metal circs.

We were up until well past 3am chatting and catching up, so we didn’t have a high hopes on getting a lot of sight seeing done. She’s only been in town a week and neither one of us had a car. We did end up at the National Portrait Gallery where I was distracted by this painting.

My friend despite being a fellow knitter laughed at me. But socks! Or possibly gloves but really its DPNs!

So I have ended the yarn drought.  I bought 2 skeins of 50% Wool 5o% silk, they are being put aside for the pantheon project, because they make me think of Poseidon and Hephaestus and I’ve been keeping an eye out for yarns that make me think of any of the things that make me think of the gods. I have plans to re-read my copy of Edith Hamilton’s Mythology to get some ideas for the rest of the twelves.

Also purchased were some buttons. I had wanted to take part in the Tilting Tardis Cowl knit along over at the Who Knits group on Ravelry but  I didn’t have any buttons, I found these glass recycled ones and thought they would be perfect.

I also picked up some red buttons because despite not being one of  the 12 Persephone was another member of the Greek Pantheon that I had ideas for.

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