Cuh-razy

Okay, let's talk about knitting. And how all of the sudden, I'm so busy that I can't even think hard enough to knit on my freaking sleeve for Thermal (it's hard to remember to increase every 7 rows or whatever when you are trying your hardest to zone out for 42 minutes of the first season of House, MD (the only relaxation that you are getting that day because you have literally been studying every other minute of the day). Cable Twist socks are too hard because I'm only knitting when I'm watching TV in the dark or reading, and I can't manage to do the pattern without looking. So, I was stuck. Then, the Knitting Philistine saved the day and shipped the yarn that I bought from her stash reduction sale won from her yarn contest (M, don't read the strikethrough! I totally won this yarn! Didn't pay for it! Nope, nope! Oh, lord, I have a problem....).

Anyway, this is a hand-dyed, varigated yarn from Hello Yarn, called Tough Sock (can't seem to find it on her site right now), in a colorway called dusty (you can see a picture of this yarn here, though it's a Ravelry link, so if you don't have Ravelry, sorry!). Anyway, it's a lot less warm than in the pictures, and I think it's going to look super with jeans. I'm knitting a plain Jane sock out of it, and it's got something ridiculous like 128 grams in this ball. Since I have small feet, and I'm knitting it toe up, I'm super excited to see how long I can get these socks. I'm planning on knitting them a la Yarn Harlot, stopping the stockingette stitch where the calf starts to expand and knitting ribbing and doing increases. We'll see.

Cable Twist socks are also in danger of being frogged (again!). The vast majority of my sock yarn is solid or heathered yarns, and I just can't bring my self to knit plain old socks out of plain old yarn. These yarns are meant for CABLES and PRETTY LACE and REALLY NIFTY (and too complicated for my completely brain-dead brain) TEXTURES! I currently have three non-solid sock yarn in my house, my new sock yarn, my Cable Twist sock yarn, which really doesn't care if it's Cable Twist or Plain Jane, but really, can't you just finish me already, and then some pretty Artyarns Ultramerino 4 that really wants to be Jaywalkers (I mean really, this yarn will cry if it's not Jaywalkers. It's kind of pathetic, actually. However, we can't have crying yarn in this house. Must cater to yarn, treat it gently and with kindness and let it get what it wants....). I might take the needles off my poor little 4" sleeve, leave it on it's cable, and cast on the body if I get too desperate. If I remember correctly, there's no increasing on the body for about a million years, so I should be good for a bit.

This had better end soon, or even at my slow as hell pace, I might run out of mindless things to knit (and by mindless, I'm talking this toe is on the edge of being too hard right now. DPNs too, why don't I have a circular needle in this size? What was I thinking??). And then what will I do? The M has banned me from buying more yarn until all my unused yarn is used up (within limits. He understands that if I run out of sweater yarn before I run out of sock yarn, I should get more sweater yarn. He also understands multiple projects, so if I had more time and wanted to start, say, a complicated lace project, I could get some lace yarn. But right now, I have enough yarn for a sweater and enough yarn for 9 or 10 pairs of socks. That's enough for now). Oooh, I know! The M will need some socks, and, gosh darn it, all my sock yarn is girly-looking. (goes and hides her plain chocolate, navy, and black yarn, those are for MY dress socks, dammit!) That means I'll have to buy new yarn!