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February 20, 2006
Meltdown
I must have offended the knitting goddess big time because everything I touch turns to crap.
I made some very hard decisions. I decided to ditch the Ambrosia and reattempt the Olympic project using the exact same yarn the designer used - Jaeger Baby Merino 4ply. I found a British shop on the web that carried it. Unfortunately, they not only do not have the Baby Merino 4ply colors I'm after, they had to struggle to find much in the 4ply range period. So I went to The Fold and found what I hope is an acceptable substitute. I cast on, confidently changing the pattern. I decided to work the sleeves in the round and do away with the weaving of the ends. This eliminated one problem and created another. By not alternating the increases I ended up with a join that swirls up the sleeve. And it bugs me. It bugs me huge. I mean look at it. It's tacky!
So I make another decision. The baby is due in a week and a half and she needs a receiving blanket more than she needs an Olympic sweater. I work on the outer border feverishly and then I run out of yarn. The yarn I bought at the Alpaca show in Gray's Lake last year. In a little basket. Off to the side. Four skeins. Only four skeins. 1000 yards. The pattern called for 900. I'm short. At 9pm I call up the vendor. She'd like a sample so tomorrow morning I'm express mailing her a sliver. Hopefully I can get another skein and finish the outer border before the baby is born.
If it wasn't for the other thing I bought at The Fold I would be so low in the water right now.
Patterns for Fingerless Gloves and Ribbed Wrist Warmers by Kaci Kyler Hays. And yes, two skeins of Socks That Sock by Blue Moon Fiber Arts in Lagoon and Spinel. Because if I'm to recover, I need something simple and fast and for me.