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missroseroseRecently I've taken up knitting again. This came about for a number of reasons - for one thing, it's nice to have something to do for those moments when you need your attention relatively free but don't have much to do, and for another, it's a nice kind of indoor winter activity. Mostly, however, I figured that with all these rehearsals coming up, I'd want to have something to do with my hands aside from hold music.
In any case, I recently finished a nice vibrantly-colored red and blue striped scarf for Brian, which I knitted to replace the one he currently has (it's pale yellow and a bit effeminate for his tastes). I decided to make another one in blue and green (it helps that I have an extra skein of blue yarn left over), so I went to JoAnn's to get some more of the nice 10% wool-blend yarn that I was using (which, incidentally, costs about $2.50 a skein - not the cheapest, but not too pricey).
Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on how you look at it), in the center of the yarn area where they keep the specialty yarns, they had the fuzziest, softest, warmest, prettiest wool blend (60% wool) yarn I'd ever seen - in exactly two colors that (of course) were the exact right colors to match my winter gear. I waffled for about five minutes (would've waffled longer, but I was on my lunch break) before grabbing a few skeins. They ended up being $6 apiece (ouch!), but man, that's going to be a nice scarf.
In other news, they printed my letter in the Juneau Empire. Got the confirmation call from the Anchorage Daily News but haven't seen it printed yet, so I guess we'll see on that one...
In any case, I recently finished a nice vibrantly-colored red and blue striped scarf for Brian, which I knitted to replace the one he currently has (it's pale yellow and a bit effeminate for his tastes). I decided to make another one in blue and green (it helps that I have an extra skein of blue yarn left over), so I went to JoAnn's to get some more of the nice 10% wool-blend yarn that I was using (which, incidentally, costs about $2.50 a skein - not the cheapest, but not too pricey).
Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on how you look at it), in the center of the yarn area where they keep the specialty yarns, they had the fuzziest, softest, warmest, prettiest wool blend (60% wool) yarn I'd ever seen - in exactly two colors that (of course) were the exact right colors to match my winter gear. I waffled for about five minutes (would've waffled longer, but I was on my lunch break) before grabbing a few skeins. They ended up being $6 apiece (ouch!), but man, that's going to be a nice scarf.
In other news, they printed my letter in the Juneau Empire. Got the confirmation call from the Anchorage Daily News but haven't seen it printed yet, so I guess we'll see on that one...
