Jury is out ~

Question for you.  What do Meat Cleavers, Spear Guns and knitting needles have in common...

 Think this through....it must make perfect sense to someone....

 

Are you ready for the answer yet?

 

Answer:  All are Prohibited items for Jury Duty........(here is a partial list below) so I have to sit in Jury Duty for at least a day with no knitting.....THAT should be illegal...... (how do you think all these items make it on the list...did someone try to get into the Jury room with a spear gun????)

A. Prohibited Items
1. Sharp Instruments
• Box Cutters/Utility Knives
• Corkscrews (any size)
• Knives (except for plastic or metal round bladed butter type knives)
• Knitting Needles (any size - metal, plastic or other material - includes circular
needles)
• Razor-Type Blades (straight razors and razor blades-does not include safety
razors)
• Meat Cleavers
• Swords/Sabers/Daggers/Dirks
• Scissors (metal with pointed tips - any size)

• Spear guns

Silk cuffs ~

I'm using the same pattern on these cuffs as I did for the Hazel Knits socks for my oldest daughter, as I mentioned here. Since this silky malabrigo is not plied, it is a bit trickier to do the knitted stitch TW2R, which I just learned for the other sock cuff. When I knit 2 together, then leave them on the left needle and then knit 1 stitch from those two, I sometimes catch part of the other stitch in this K1. I didn't think that a no-ply yarn would have some downsides, but only for this stitch!Otherwise, they are looking lovely, and I'm still dazzled by the colors. Seems this is the only knitting I've done this weekend, with small bits on a few other projects, just to see them in the daylight...Do you ever feel like casting on all your favorite yarns at one time.... just to see how they cast on, and how the colors work with the pattern? I'm having troubles not casting on everything...I think that means I need to knit a bit each day so I'm not crazy in knitting withdrawal by the end of the week...

Dear Interweave ~

Dear Interweave:
Where is my Fall 2009 Issue? I called you after the Sock Summit to tell you that my friends had received their copies, and you said you would send another issue to me right away.... I called last week to say I AM DESPERATE as I still have not received my copy, and my friends have cast on projects, and I've listened to many pod casts about the wonderful projects in this issue.... and where is my issue... either the original one, or the one allegedly sent after Sock Summit? The nice lady on the phone said my issue(s) are probably lost at the post office....but....but.....I AM GOING THROUGH WITHDRAWAL!!!!!!

If you could send a courier out with the issue, I promise to quit stalking the last copy in the grocery store.....

Yarn at work ~

A knitting fantasy of mine is to be able to knit at work. Actually, to be encouraged to knit at work, perhaps even paid to knit at work....this would be great. I'm not saying that I want to knit for a living - no, not that.... but to be paid to knit, to have those 10 hour days full of yarn & knitting, and then come home....well, waking up to my real world, I do not get to knit at work. So, I have done what others in my fantasy world have done. I made a great screen saver on my computer made up of fun yarn & knitting pictures that I found on the Knit Picks website. Then I can see the beautiful images scrolling through and I can dream of knitting while I'm on the phone, or thinking of that next work related inspiration. They are really great little "knitting breaks" in the midst of my work day!

This ice cream picture is my favorite ~ which is your favorite?

Twitchy ~

My knitting chair has been empty since Monday. I have not knit since Monday and am getting a bit twitchy. On Tuesday, P wore her beautiful mohair cardigan she knit, and I had to pet it. On Wednesday, MO brought her newly knit alpaca fair isle hat to work, and I desperately wanted to cast one on immediately (except I don't have needles or yarn at work....but I keep some in my car....) as the hat is stunning with the colors and pattern - another A+ project by MO. I had trouble handing the hat back to her, as the alpaca is sooooo soft.....By Thursday, I was plagued by fantasy knitting, fantasy patterns and fantasy yarn purchases... I should cast on a fair isle hat, I should buy some alpaca, I could cast on the sweet hat Lisa made, I could figure out the tricky cast on in the Nups & Braids hat.......Friday, I came to work wearing the sample sweater from a knit shop in Michigan. MO was wearing her A+ amazing blue sweater she knit I was hopelessly and completely in a fantasy world of knitting ~ combating knitting withdrawal with all weapons and strategies..... Helpless, I asked DK if we could go to our local yarn shop...and we bought some yarn... and then I could breathe normally again..

Note: I will be knitting tomorrow. Count on it.