NEWSFLASH: ACTUAL KNITTING CONTENT

Woo Hoo, I have actually started my Sockapalooza socks. Of course, this makes project number 6 that I have started recently. I must have knitting ADD.

My foray into dying with food coloring was fun, and just too simple for words, though, my kitchen smelled like vinegar for a while. I started by dying the whole kit and kaboodle yellow, and when that dye bath exhausted, I added some blue splotches. So, it's mostly yellow, with some subtle green places.

I am now using this yarn for my socks. I'm doing the Latvian socks from "Folk Socks." Yes, I know, I did those with some Lorna's Laces for me earlier this year, but I really like the pattern. The hardest part is knitting that (*^*&# picot edge together. About went nuts doing that. And, I'm doing something that I don't do very often: I'm knitting on 0's. Damn, they're small. But, the yarn is working fine, the stitches look good. The colors aren't pooling horrendously, and I think I actually dyed enough to do something for myself. Note to self: When using your warping board to skein off yarn, skip some of the pegs. Your arms are not that long.

I'll try to get some photos taken this weekend. I'm really bad about taking photos, even though we have two digital cameras. Leigh graduates on Sunday, so you can bet at least one of us will have a camera.

Sockapalooza!

OK, I signed up for Sockapalooza 4. Why? Because Leigh said it would be fun. And it's an excuse to buy sock yarn. And to knit socks. And to get a new pair of socks.

I actually have two paying sewing gigs coming up. The first one is to sew eyelets into a dress. This will be the toughest, because it's a dress that is laced from the waist to the neckline, and the eyelets need to be 1/2" to 3/4" apart, and the girl is LONG waisted.

The second one is to sew maternity tops for a friend who is expecting twins. As she said, she's tired of the yoke of the shirt not coming down past her boobs. I don't say that I blame her.

I've been applying for new jobs, but haven't been successful at even getting an interview. There are so many things that I can do, but it's really hard to translate it onto paper.