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02/26/2005 Entry: "Sorry."

Yeah, I'm sorry I've been largely absent from the blog world for the past month or so. I don't know. I don't feel like doing much of anything these days, and when I do, I feel like time triples and I never get as much done as I want, get down on myself for the impending mass of work, want to give up on stuff.

So here's knitting: BTW: We're back to small, clickable pictures. I just like them better for some reason.

Farmer's Market Bag

I felted the Farmer's Market Bag two weeks ago.

I've dubbed it's final name: "The Yeti's Hairball." Here's a closeup to see why.

Does anyone have any word on taking a beard trimmer to these things? Hair clippers? Someone recommended burning all the fuzz off. I know felted stuff is supposed to be fuzzy, that you're not supposed to see the stitches. But I spent HOURS on that fair isle pattern, I want to SEE it!

I'm never going to use this bag. I wanted something that was tote size that I could take to the supermarket, like the title in the book suggests. It felted up this small in less than a 10 minute wash cycle. Ugh. Alpaca. Never again.

I'm going to give the Yeti's Hairball to a girl who lives upstairs who has expressed fondness for it. After I figure out a way to de-fur it.

Harry Potter

You'll recall my renewed fervor for the Harry Potter sweater back before I left for Pittsburgh. Why had I given up on this truly British creation? I took it with me with renewed vigor.

I redesigned the "H" into an "M" to suit me better and to make it look as if Mrs. Weasley cared for me too. :-) Harry Potter proved to be a wonderful companion around the kitchen table where family seemed to gather at home. Difficult enough to draw some attention, easy enough for me to talk and not count. Perhaps this is why it took me until the tip of the "M", more than half-way up the intarsia, to notice the problem.

Can you see it? There are 17 stitches between the two pillars of the "M". There should be 16. This would be fine if this were to be a measly "H", but it will make the "M" look incredibly uneven. I had hoped that I had added a stitch, a missed yarn over, a mistaken M1. But no, the error lie 4 inches down in the first row of intarsia.

Back to penalty box, Harry Potter! No Quidditch for you!

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