Startitis

Well, my birthday, and my boyfriend's birthday have both come and gone. I got a set of Knit Picks Harmony Options interchangeable needles from mom, a prequel to a series I've never read from dad ("The Alchemist's Cat"--it was actually pretty good), and....not...much...else. I've been wanting to order a pair of Doc Martens for myself, and I've been eyeballing their "For Life" ones, but haven't yet. And Knit Picks is having sales in anticipation of the holidays, which is tweaking me out a bit, because i shouldn't/can't buy more knitting stuff for a while yet.

So, I've been going through my stash, and seeing what i actually have--and developed a moderate case of startitis as a result. First, i was working on a pair of Jaywalker socks (Grumperina's design; available on Ravelry), using Knitpicks Felici sock yarn in the (discontinued) Alexandrite colorway--but i couldn't get them to fit properly, so they've been frogged, the yarn hanked and soaked to take out the kinks from knitting, and left to dry. I plan on trying again, and i'm sure the solution to my problem is a stupidly simple one, i just haven't hit on it yet. The yarn is so soft and nice though, and the thick striping looks wonderful in the zig-zag biasing of the socks--it just removes almost all stretch from the sock, and that's where my problem lies.

I still haven't finished the Equinox shawl; it's tucked away in the Silvanus bag. I also haven't finished the other fingertip-less glove; it's sitting on the altar next to my desk. Instead, i started another pair of plain socks (using Stephanie Pearl-McPhee's formula from Knitting Rules!) using Knitpicks Multicolored sock yarn, in the Jester colorway (it's pooling and zig-zagging strangely--not sure if i like it yet), I started a Flying Spaghetti Monster to top our tree, but have only gotten half a meat ball and half a noodly appendage. I've started a pair of Hurry Up Spring arm warmers from Stitch n Bitch Nation, and realized by the time i got to the start of the thumb gusset, that i screwed up the ribbing, by starting with a K2 instead of a K1. Frogged and re-started.

I made a little cotton pouch to hold rune stones using single crochet, and the 100-yen pouch as a base--i just made it bigger, because rune stones take up a lot more space than 100 yen do. I started cleaning/rearranging stuff in our apartment, and managed to find some things that had been missing in the process. No money, unfortunately--otherwise i think I'd have gone to Woolbearers in Mount Holly, NJ, and snagged something fuzzy and soft (except they are closed on Mondays....grumble). I finally bought Christmas cards to send out, so now i just need to go through and sign, address, and mail 'em all.

*sigh* and I'm hungry, but already had fast food for lunch. I may just go around the corner and grab a sandwich from the convenience store. Wawas rule.