I got the job at the law firm and I start on Monday. And now I feel like a jerk for accepting it because I don't really want it. What was I thinking?!
Someone from Brittany finally emailed me this week and said a new needle will be mailed out.
I've joined the Fuzzy Feet Felt Along. I've got my needles, now all I need is the yarn.
Still working on the kids' sweater I started about a year ago. I finally picked it back up. Now if I could just finish it.
Why am I so bummed out? I'm really glad to be moving out of my friends' house, but I just don't want to start this job and I don't really want to move back to Lansing. If I only had some marketable skills. This is probably really annoying. I hate listening to people complain about being depressed, so I shouldn't be doing it. I will shut up now. posted by kristar 4:12 PM
Monday, January 20, 2003
I spent the weekend visiting my sister in Chicago. We got some decent knitting time in. I helped her start a hat on circular needles and we also went to Knitter's Workshop (which is just down the street from where my sister lives, conveniently enough) to pick out yarn for the hat and a baby afghan she also wanted to make. I, being without money, had to just admire the fine yarns on display.
Spent much of today looking for jobs. Talked to someone at a law office - he asked me to send him my resume. We'll see what happens.
I finally sent an email to the peeps at Brittany. Hoping they will replace my needle without too much trouble. I just hope it doesn't take too long. The website says a couple of weeks, but it also says they only check their email once a week. I'll give it a month to get here.
I'm working on 3 scarves right now and getting very bored. I need to work on something a bit more challenging. I think a sweater needs to be made by ME!
Carolyn's on all day bed rest, so I am watching the girls during the day. After this, I don't think I would ever have kids. Mind you, I did say "kids". As in plural kid. Maybe I could deal with just one. More than one is too much. Moms have the toughest job on the planet.
If only I had read the Knitting Curmudgeon's reviews. If you click on this link and scroll down to the entry on September 7th, she writes about the small Brittany DPN's breakage problem. Argh! I wish I'd known earlier. posted by kristar 2:57 PM
Check out the latest issue of Haypenny. posted by kristar 10:31 AM
Sunday, January 05, 2003
You'd think as much as I talk, I could come up with something to say here on my blog. I don't know why I've been neglecting it. Maybe I've just had too much to say...
I think I'll mention a couple of things that have had me down lately. First of all, I was working on a scarf for my friend for Christmas and I took it to my parents' house to work on it while I was away. I figured I had plenty of time to finish it before I would see the friend for whom it was intended. Well, I did have lots of time, but I didn't have lots of yarn since I'd accidentally left the second skein of yarn back at my house in Grand Rapids. Sucko! I thought for sure I could find this NO DYE LOT yarn at one of the popular craft megastores in which I'd seen it a zillion times before. But no! It wasn't until the 27th when I was visiting my cousin and his wife on the other side of the state that I located a skein of it. I busily got back to work on the scarf only to discover that the stupid yarn was way thicker than the other skein. Is this common? The only thing I thought I actually had to worry about was the yarn's color, but since it was a NO DYE LOT yarn I wasn't concerned. Little did I think I would have to make sure the weight of the yarn matched up. And this yarn was labeled exactly the same as my other skein. Same weight, same yardage, same gauge. Let this be a lesson to me: ALWAYS KEEP ALL YARN FOR A PROJECT IN THE SAME PLACE AS THE ACTUAL WORK IN PROGRESS AND NEVER BUY ANOTHER SKEIN MID-PROJECT EVEN IF IT SAYS "NO DYE LOT". Argh.
My second bad thing was breaking one of my new size 1 Brittany DPNs. Such a bummer. One of my Christmas gifts was Nancy Bush's Knitting on the Road. I was so excited that I went out right away and bought the needles and some pretty red sock yarn. I was just starting the cables in the "Conwy" pattern when -snap- my needle broke. Fortunately these things have a guarantee on them. I wonder how difficult it is to get a needle replaced.
Well, my head's hurting. I'm gonna go now. I'll try to write more tomorrow. posted by kristar 4:41 PM
