Mikknit

Whoops.

I may have “accidentally” bought a spinning wheel. Oops.

We went out to Detta’s Spindle today, the last day of her annual sale. I only planned to get some fiber, maybe a book or magazine, maybe some yarn. I got the fiber - a bag of her Woofspun fiber (dog hair blended with wool and a couple other things), a bag of alpaca/corriedale (I think) in a colorway called “Lima Bean”, and a bag of mill end wool (from Brown Sheep) that Kerry so kindly enabled me into buying. From there, I decided that maybe it’d be fun to try out some of the wheels, since I’d been thinking about making a change for awhile. I briefly tried a Kromski Minstrel, which was nice but not really *it*. Then the Majacraft Suzie, which was lurvely. I also tried the Rose, which was nice but didn’t work as well for me as the Suzie. Negotiated a little with DH, promised him that I’d sell my Louet S90, and the Suzie came home with us. It’s waiting until the grabby-handed ones are in bed, then I’m going to get it out and have at it. I’ve got to go back out to Detta’s (oh, the torture) to collect the rest of the bobbins and pay, later this week. She’s going to buy the Louet from me (less work for me, yay!) and we decided it’d be better to just take care of the whole transaction at once. Detta is simply awesome!

Hmm… where’s the pizza delivery guy?

Hi there, welcome to my blog! My name is Jess and I’m the resident knitter here at Mikknit.

What? Oh yeah, that’s right. I’m not new here, just been AWOL for a while. Socktoberfest nearly did me in and our bathroom remodel has driven me to the brink of insanity. Do you have any idea what it’s like to be unable to use your own (and only!) toilet for 4-5 days in a row? Or to be unable to take a shower in your own bathroom for over two months? It’s not fun, we’ll say. BUT! The tile installer told me that the shower will magically be usable at 4:30 tomorrow (Saturday) afternoon. I will be in the bathroom with my shampoo, a nice squishy towel, and a bar of yummy WAHM soap promptly at 4:30 tomorrow. Granted, the remodel is not done yet - he still has to come back and do the final sanding on the walls (lots of patched plaster), I’ll need to paint, install/reinstall baseboards, and clean up a hell of a lot of dust. Yuck. It looks fabulous, though, even under a thick coating of dust. For this I am most grateful!

I’ll write more about the Socktoberfest problem tomorrow, as I do have some pictures to share.

There was something positive to come out of that fiasco, though - I discovered that I am completely in love with the KnitPicks Options line of circular needles. I never noticed that the Addi Turbo needles were particularly blunt until after I’d been working with the KnitPicks needles. Now I truly understand why Kathy refers to them as “Blunti Stumpos”. Holy cats! I’ve also noticed that the KnitPicks needles have a much MUCH more flexible cable than the Addis, which is a great benefit when one is using the two-circulars method. It’s not all that noticeable on smaller-gauge needles, but with the US7 needles I’m using at the moment, it’s hanging there like a piece of piano wire - slightly flexible but just barely.

I think my Giftmas wishlist just got its first entry - the KnitPicks Options set would be such a lovely thing to have! Just have to try not to think of the amount of money I’ve spent on the Addi needles…

I’ll leave you with a cute kid picture in lieu of finding more actual knitting content:

He knows he’s cute, all right! He really loves his Halloween costume - it’s getting lots of wear.