I have a problem. I’m really bad at making decisions. For a while, it was to the point where I couldn’t go to the grocery store, because AGH CHOICES HELP! It hasn’t been that bad in a while, but I do still find myself choosing not to eat rather than having to decide what to eat, because it’s easier.
So now, my dear Cloverhill Yarn has picked it’s next Knit-Along project, and it is a beautiful cardigan that comes in meri sizes. It’s name is Harvest, and the pattern is free. (Free, I say!)
Harvest, by tincanknits
Isn’t it pretty?
But lo! The choice has been made for you! You do not need to decide what to knit next, as you already know what it will be. So grab your yarn, grab your needles, and cast on, right?
Wrong.
While I have much yarn, I do not have much yarn in sweater quantities. (In fact, I checked my stash: I have exactly no yarn in sweater quantities. Not even the camel that I was dreaming about last night at knit night.) Most of the yarn I have, I could make a shawl, or a pair of socks, or a hat. Not a sweater. This means yarn shopping. Normally I love yarn shopping, but I appear to still be a bit flattened by Christmas, and it’s a bit overwhelming.
My criteria are: worsted weight, preferably super-wash (that’s a me thing, not a pattern thing), at least 2,000 yards available, will not bankrupt me. (Insert obligatory pony comment here.)
In the meantime, I’m pretty happy with how my Hitchhiker is working out. Only 4 repeats remain!
So, in between attempting to do page layout in Microsoft Word (don’t ask), doing laundry, trying to find my *#@$(* hoodie, and doing my PT stretches, I’ll be trying to shop for yarn. If you hear a soft *pop* from Burtonsville way, you know it was all too much for my little brain to handle, and my head imploded.
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Nah, this isn’t for web consumption, just PDF. It’s just that it’s taking for flippin’ ever to do something in Word that would take me less than 5 minutes to do in InDesign. But, future editability, etc, etc.
*laugh* Evil genius. 🙂
On the yarn front, I’ve narrowed it down to 21 options. *sigh* I need someone to help me winnow.
Word still doesn’t do layers, does it?
does the fact that we’re going to dye a superwash worsted weight help?
does the fact that we’re going to dye a superwash worsted weight help?
Dave: To the best of my knowledge, no. And if it did, it would only support it in Layout mode, and (again, to the best of my knowledge), it’s impossible to combine layout mode with any other mode. So, say you’re document is 90% report, and 10% graphics-which-you-wanna-use-layout-mode-for, you’d almost have to create two separate documents. And, when the goal is to have a single, overarching document that a client | friend | non-layout person can update, hair starts being pulled out of scalps.
Wae: It does, immeasurably! My only concern with that is getting sufficient yardage in a colorway that will work on me. Perhaps I can make a request? 🙂
We found your couch – so bought it. G and his dad should be at your place with it within the hour…. It’s only 5 months late….
*laugh* So I heard. They just left to go pick it up.
Yes, I am in the same boat. I might be leaning towards using Remix, but I need to check my yardages. I might need to get a few more balls.
BTW tonight is spinning night if you need another dose of us.
We were so happy to find it we paid for it and said we’d pick it up tomorrow – until they said they only hold for same day pick up…..Since they flew out of the store last fall we figured “buy it NOW because by 9:30 tomorrow morning they’ll be sold out again – especially when we saw how much interest there was in them.
You are an amazing writer! (And withthat great cardigan, i would splurge on alpaca…..)
Ask away mary, what color are you thinking of?
Wae: I think you were the one who was using your (beautiful) black and navy / dark blue for the Celestarium, weren’t you? I’d love to have 2,000 yards in that. But first, I should ask how much that would cost? (I don’t want to put in a request for something I can’t afford. 🙂 )
I was using the black navy! Of course I can dye that up. Each skein of the worsted weight will be 20.
*giggle* Great minds, and all that. 🙂
What’s the yardage on a skein of the worsted? Based on the price, it’s not those uber huge skeins that sometimes appear. 🙂
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