The Defiant Knitter

Monday, September 8, 2008

No sleep for the wicked (awesome).

It's one of those rare times when I really don't feel like going to sleep. I went surfing today in the remnants of I don't know which hurricane and got totally battered. It was absolutely amazing though. I then staggered over to my mom's house where she fed me and let me curl up on the couch and catch the House marathon (hooray!). I also went to church for the first time in a few months. I briefly chatted with one of the women in prayer shawl and she lovingly offered to help me learn to knit socks and hats. I've become terrified of using multiple needles. It seems so confusing. I know I'm going to need to learn to use them if I want to do things like cabling and obviously hats and socks. I'm really excited. I also did a little reading today about dying yarn. That's another thing I'm wicked excited to try out. Apparently you can use stuff like Easter egg dye or sugar free Kool Aid. This made me happy as I conveniently just happen to have a Pas kit left over from last Easter. Tomorrow I head to the store to pick up what will hopefully be my last skein of yarn for big blue, and I think I might pick up a cheapy skein of white yarn and go for it. Naturally I'll post photos of this little experiment. I'm dying (haha) to see how this goes. I never thought something like this would make me positively giddy. (Or as much as you can be when you're totally sleep deprived.) I've also been online checking out knitting blogs, and I've compiled quite a few. I'm very pleased that I went out and did this because this, to me, is one of the most helpful tools to help me grow as a knitter. My brain is a dry little sponge that just can't wait to suck up every little bit of information it can. On a totally unrelated note: Kynan finished the banners for both my blog and my dawanda shop. I haven't posted anything yet, but I'm thisclose to getting something up. Tomorrow I'm heading over to Fedex to see how much it'll cost to send my first little project. I'm really excited to start getting my stuff up, but I really don't have a name for any of my products, and I'm dreading having to create descriptions for stuff and figure out policies and stuff. I think tomorrow I'm just going to have to suck it up and do it. Even if it's just a little bit. Now that I have a new banner for my blog, I need to re-tool my color scheme, as they are apt to clash terribly if I don't. Now it'll look big, bright and beautiful. I want to start so bad right now, but I really don't know if I'll have the energy to see it through. I start my classes again tomorrow, which is pretty exciting, and I'm almost positive I have an appointment to meet with Dr. Wyatt about maybe tweaking my meds some. I was feeling pretty crappy when I placed the call 2 weeks ago, but now I actually feel like I'm doing pretty well. I also need to mention somewhere in here that I have become a full fledged star knitting addict. I just sit and make star after star. This has led me to try and possibly create a blanket or scarf made entirely of stars. If I pull this off, consider everyone's mind blown. I might post again tomorrow, but I'll probably be busy and exhausted. Look forward to freaking awesome things later this week. (I have no idea what they are yet, but hold onto your hats folks!)

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