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[oyceter]

Joy! The new issue of Knitty is up!

I may have bought even more yarn. Um. Yes. Despite the fact that I am still working on my first sweater and am only halfway through, I seem to be finding even more patterns I want to knit!

(this post is interrupted because free breakfast has appeared at work, along with fresh coffee! I am perpetually amused at how people will immediately spread the word and descend like vultures on the hapless pastries. Not that I would ever do that, of course ^_~)

But they had some balls of cotton yarn at Michael's going for 97 cents a ball. That means I can knit up a cute tank top or t-shirt for 10 dollars! I'm going back tomorrow afternoon to pick up more, heh heh heh.

I am also in two knitting circles, which are actually incredibly fun and relaxing, one of which is with some people at work, which is really nice and a good way to get to know people.

I'm just really enjoying this, even dropping stitches or trouble-shooting other people's mistakes. For some reason, I like the mathy bits of converting patterns from one gauge to another, and I like figuring out how all the stitches fit together so I can figure out what happened to make a hole in the fabric.

Since there are only so many scarves I can knit for myself and foist off on my family, was sort of wondering if anyone would be interested in assorted knitted pieces. Hats, blankets, random whatnot that I may like knitting but not wearing... Still sort of wondering if they would be sell-able for a teeny amount or to cover shipping, or as presents or whatnot.

Aaand, this is all counting-eggs-before-hatching, given that I haven't even finished my sweater yet!

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[wakinghour.livejournal.com]

I'm crocheting like a madwoman, but I'm running out of people to give things away to :) Our local animal shelter is having a fundraiser/Tricky Tray (aka "Chinese Auction") so I just took a bunch of the scarves and ponchos I made up there to donate to the auction. Now I'm making dozens of little toy mice for cats out of some cheap acrylic yarn and stuffing it with catnip and I'll drop those off for the shelter babies and for them to give out with adoptions.

[oyceter]

Hee, yes! Well, I haven't actually made all that much yet, but I have things planned! And of course now I'm making scarves for everyone in the family, even though summer is beginning.

I think I shall see if I can donate things as well or something.

I must learn to crochet some time. Someone in my office does it and it looks so cool!

[wakinghour.livejournal.com]

I find it easier than knitting, but the knitters around me seem to think it's harder. For pete's sake, it's just making loops and loops and loops :)

[oyceter]

There does seem to be that divide... it looks really fun though!

[wakinghour.livejournal.com]

It's a blast, and I crochet at top speed so I can get a scarf done in an hour and a poncho in a day.