Resist. RESIST! Those enablers at Knitter's Review ran an article about the new KnitPicks yarn lines today. I'll admit I have already ordered some of these yarns for the Kool-Aid dyeing experiment into which I've dragged my friends Dena, Sue, and Jenny Narcoleptikov. We got some plain ol' Wool of the Andes, some Andean Silk, and one skein of Elegance. If all goes well with the Elegance, which is 30% silk and 70% Baby Alpaca, I may order more to dye and make into a Clapotis. Though Elegance does seem a little fuzzy, and I have to admit I'd much rather order some of this droolworthy 50/50 Silk Merino from Mystical Creations Yarns, it's worth a shot!
Things have improved from yesterday (thanks everyone for your words of encouragement!), or shall I say the small hours of this morning, when I got home from school. It was just one of those days when I had so much to do that I could not afford to pry myself out of the building and spend an hour on the train before exhausting every wee bit of productive energy. It was one of those days when the security guards looked at me on the way out like "these law students are completely insane, do they ever go home," even though I almost never do that.
Oh, and in homage to the now-defunct-but-periodically-resurrected webzine Beef: The Meat, here's my early-Valentine's Day Valentine to you Fig and Plum readers, and especially to my Partner in Beefy Crime, Joy Olivia:
Courtesy of HipsterCards.com, where you can get all those valentines with naked butts on them that you can't find down at RiteAid. [via Awful Cufflinks]
Posted by jess at February 10, 2005 10:30 PMI made my Clapotis from the Mystical Creations yarn you linked. I just finished it two days ago and I love it. It's gorgeous.
Posted by: Alyx at February 11, 2005 10:27 AMGlad you're feeling more relaxed. Gotta love meat for any major holiday. I currently have friends trying to arrange a kosher tex-mex rehersal dinner.
Posted by: Jolt at February 11, 2005 1:31 PMmmmm. meat. kosher meat.
question: is kosher tex-mex really tex-mex? i mean, can tex-mex exist in a world without frito pie?
Posted by: jess at February 11, 2005 2:23 PMah, i totally agred : must resist the knitpicks yarn! why don't people ever have resist-a-longs instead of just all these enabling knit-a-longs ;)
Posted by: andrea at February 11, 2005 3:13 PMBest. Valentine. Ever.
I love it Jess! Speaking of Valentine's, I just bought a subscription to the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists for you. Happy Heart Day! Hopefully I submitted the sub-request in time for you to receive my first issue. If you want a sneak peak, its not-really-Valentine's-Day-themed TOC was posted online this afternoon by my talented co-worker Jim along with a thumbnailed version of the front cover at www.thebulletin.org. (Is it a bad thing that I love my new job almost as much as I love my friends, pets, and family? I hope not, otherwise it will be a very weird V-Day this year.)
Posted by: joyolivia at February 11, 2005 6:34 PMThanks for the tip on Mystical Creations. Have you ever tried their 100% wool? Is it soft, or is it scratchy?
There's been such a flutter of activity re KnitPicks. How can we NOT resist with those prices? :-)
woooo nice boomerang!
THANK YOU, joy! C. and I can't wait for our subscription to start. as long as you still love andre and weights and the d.q. a teensy bit more than your job, asking your job to be your valentine is no problem w. me. :)
Posted by: jess at February 13, 2005 2:40 PMKelly - I have not tried anything from MC yet, so I'm unsure re: scratchiness quotient.
Posted by: jess at February 13, 2005 2:42 PMi've been ogling the MC yarns on their website for about 8 months now and also was thinking of getting that same yarn for the clapotis. they really have some nice colors...
Posted by: holly at February 16, 2005 11:55 AM