FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK

i went to some really nice knitting blogs the other day that belong to english people with lots more money, time and probably talent (or perhaps practice?) than i have and thought maybe it would be nice if I had a nice blog like that and stopped swearing and stuff. then i started knitting today and decided FUCK that after i completely FUCKED up my FUCKING stole.

i was working on this when i somehow started randomly increasing and ended up with about 10 more stitches than i should have thus fucking up the pattern. i have no idea how this happened...like i said random. the pattern itself isn't difficult, as long as you don't fuck it up repeatedly...i simply couldn't figure out how to go backwards with all the dropped stitches. i think i've already mentioned this, but this is why i love crochet...it's perfect for people like myself who absent mindedly fuck up now and again...or constantly...whatever.

i don't think i'm bad at knitting, i was very proud of this project as it's at or above my skill level. it was turning out lovely. i loved it. then i fucked up and had to rip out about 60 or so rows AHHH!!! at least the frill is intact. SON OF A BITCH...well, there goes fourth of july weekend. i'll be spending it working on, and most likely fucking up my stole again.

it is so insanely hot here i can't even bring myself to knit. i was going to write a self righteous post earlier about how i don't have a huge stash and probably never will because i generally finish and, perhaps more importantly, start all the projects that i buy yarn for and usually only buy yarn for specific projects. well...that was until today. i bought 12 skeins of lion brand kool wool to make a sweater when it's 95 fucking degrees out. i don't have much shame in working on an afghan while sweating profusely; however, i don't think i can handle even the though of a sweater much less working on one right now. anyway, it was on sale and discontinued and nice and soft...

in other knitting news i have completely finished and even sewed in the ends of my red stripey socks (finally!) and am almost done with the cloth thing. i just have to sew in all those damn ends too. that's what's so horrible about stripes for me anyway; i can't stand any form of sewing. i'm going to start the frill stole from knitty tomorrow because brain is too hot to function at the moment so will continue typing nonsense about knitting instead of actually doing it. and i think i'm going to make spring fling from knitty. the facking yarn costs $60 though which i think is insane. went to ben franklin today and found classic elite four seasons which seems a perfect substitute but only brings price down to $45. SOOOOO... guess what i found instead??? LION BRAND BITCH! yep. i think i'm going to try to make it out of microspun from lion brand. it's cheap, soft and the same gauge...although not made out of the same stuff, but at $12 for the whole project it's worth a shot.

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I'm really bad at posting on a regular basis apparently. not that anyone reads this blog. but anyway, have been getting a lot of knitting done lately. i have mere rows to finish the second stripey sock, have started and am almost finished green/cream colored crochet cloth and have been working on a new knit afghan. i was originally going to give it to someone else as a gift, but considering certain circumstances which i won't go into in a public forum, i've decided to keep it for myself. i'm glad anyway, i never wanted to give it away. it's the most lovely vintagy (sp??...forget spelling, is that even a word?) green. The yarn i'm using is lion brand jiffy in grass green. what i love about it is that it's sort of fuzzy because it's supposed to be like mohair, but it just reminds me of the afghans my great grandma made with acrylic yarn that have gotten a little fuzzy from being used and washed so many times. please don't think, however, that lion brand is my yarn of choice. i'll never say anything bad about them because they get the job done and are most importantly relatively cheap (1.86/ball for jiffy!). of course i'd like to knit/crochet with expensive yarns made out of better stuff, but please remember i'm quite poor.


i also bought some sandnes mandarin petit (real yarn! egyptian cotton!) for the frilly stole on knitty.com in a nice green color. i also got some green beads that i'm going to use for the ends. i'm excited to start something summery for once, although i doubt it'll be done in time to be enjoyed this season. oh well.

i'm posting a picture of all that stuff here. i know the photo sucks but it's way too damn hot to make the effort to take another one.

This is the red/white/grey sock I mentioned earlier. All I have left is the toe but can't seem to find the time. Now that school is out I'm working full time and doing a lot of work outside so am exhausted when I get home and can't find the energy to knit. Also I have a horrible schedule, 12:30-9 which makes it impossible to do anything during the day than work, lay around and eat. I'm really getting sick of my job anyway, I'm the only female there and don't always feel like a part of the group or whatever. Not that I care particularly, it's just not a fun place to work anymore. On Tuesday I was using the tractor mower for the first time and thought I broke it cause it got so clogged with grass that it stalled. After that it wouldn't start so had to walk back and get supervisor who also couldn't figure it out, then had to get another guy to come out and start it...later I realized that you have to have your foot on the break to start it. Then yesterday I lost my keys weed whacking and everyone had to walk around to try an find them. Not having a good week at work, it would probably start making me feel disfunctional if I cared more.

Anyway, I'm hoping to finish the socks as soon as possible so I can move on to something more summery. I also finished one of the mittens I was making for my mom when I was home a couple weeks ago. I wanted to finish it there to make sure it would fit her so I can make the other one here. Not that I like making mittens. I'm really sick of them. I think I hate everything I knit though...why do I continue???? I think it's more the process than the product I'm addicted to.

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