Mikknit

I had a post almost completed and then I accidentally navigated away from this page, losing the post. Grr!

I’ll try to post later when I’m less irritated with myself.

I got an email from the processor saying that my two missing fleeces had been found. Hooray! The other two arrived the other day and they are gorgeous - if the other two are as gorgeous as the ones I already have in hand, I’m going to be very happy.

I just need to finish up what’s on the wheel before I can start this, though. Wish I could pull the wheel out during the day, but Arlo is still not to be trusted around the wheel.

I finished up a pair of socks yesterday and wound up a new ball of yarn. I thought it was so pretty I took a picture:

Wool/nylon blend from Scout’s Swag in the Green Bay colorway

I’m giving the Monkey pattern a go with this. So far, so good. I’m only through one pattern repeat, though, so we’ll see if it keeps looking good as I go along.

I think we’re heading off to pick strawberries later, so I should round these two up and pack up a snack bag so they don’t eat all the strawberries before they get into the bucket. Should be fun!

There are no words for how angry I am right now. Remember those fleeces I sent off for processing in March? I got an email from the processor today saying that she’d lost two of them. LOST. Nice. She thinks they may have been sent off to another customer and is hoping whoever received them will notify her and send them back. Um, how about calling around and trying to track them down?

One point in her corner - she’s sending me the two remaining ones free of charge and if the others are located they will be returned free of charge as well.

So who can recommend a fiber processor who won’t lose my fleeces?

Summer is here and that means I’m spending a lot of time outside supervising the kids while they play in their little wading pool. Of course this also means that I’ve got a bit of knitting time on my hands, so it’s a good thing I have enough yarn here to last me for years! Spending the days outside also means that I’m not getting any housework done, but since we’re not inside much to mess it up, it can’t be that bad, right? Right? Yeah, I didn’t think so either. It’s a mess. But if I’m outside I don’t have to look at it, at least.

I’ve finished a couple pair of socks since my last post. Both were fun to knit but ultimately very tedious knitting. I suppose an 8-row repeat at the most will do that to you. Even the color changes of the Trekking weren’t enough to keep me excited. Sad, I know.

Trekking 100, Cloverleaf Eyelet Cable from Sensational Knitted Socks. Shocking, I know.

Meilenweit color 1313, 3×3 Cable with Moss Stitch from SKS. Again. This is more of a hot pink than it appears in the picture - I’m having some trouble getting the color right

Socks modeled by the lovely sock blockers Chris gave my for my birthday. I’m glad he did it, as I never would’ve been able to justify the purchase to myself. It seems a little silly to buy something like that for the sole purpose of displaying socks for blog photographs, but that’s what they’re best for! I’m very happy with them, though! He went all meta and bought the sock blockers with socks carved in them… Amusing as heck.

My Shapely Tee has stalled out - I got it up to the underarm bindoff the first time and realized that I’d gone way overboard with the short-row bust shaping. Ripped it back and did a more modest amount. Now it’s right in the bust but the waist is hitting me way too low, and this is *after* I shortened the torso to accommodate my freakishly short-waisted self. Apparently I didn’t shorten it enough. So I need to have a date with my tape measure and a notepad sometime soon, preferably tomorrow so I can maybe actually have a chance at finishing this in time.

Think I’ll go knit before it gets all hot & humid on me and I don’t want to think about wool.

Anne over at KnitSpot is running a contest to drum up donations to Claudia’s fundraising for her Multiple Sclerosis ride. Go follow both of those links and see all the pretty things that Anne and Claudia have rounded up to give out to people who donate.

I’ll wait.

Nice, yes? Let’s help Claudia meet her goal, help bankrupt Anne (her words!) and get entered into those contests to win some lovely stuff.

I put in a bit of money and while it may not be much in the grand scheme of things, remember - every little bit adds up! $5 from one person, $20 from another, whatever you can spare. Let’s help them find a cure for MS!