The great jaywalker experiment came to a close. I realized I had made one too many mistakes for my perfectionist self and well better to frog then continue to put work into something I would be unhappy with. So I spent a few hours looking for inspiration on lj and the web. Nada. I also looked through the stash. That wasn’t really helpful either. All it did was make me feel like I HAVE NO YARN. Totally untrue I mean I have a stash its even a decently sized stash but nothing was calling to me. So in the end I decided to work on the hat for the cousin in the left over wick. Not particularly exciting and I’m planning on starting something a little less mind numbing this morning too. Maybe two somethings even. It is a horrible feeling when you realize you don’t have anything on the needles. Like I just get this restless twitchy feeling where I want to go yarn shopping that INSTANT to make up for the perceived lack of yarn. In my case that’s not a good thing since umm well I’m trying to not buy yarn. I’ve been very good too. I did buy a bunch of sock yarn from the coop but that was paypal money which doesn’t count. I have more coming in too. But I’m feeling a pull to buy some books. So I will in the end have to decide what I want more. I know one thing that’s getting bought is the new knit picks set. That’s a definite order. but we’ll have to see about anything else.

Well much as I love jaywalkers I frogged them for the third time. I made one too many mistakes and in that pattern it will show so I decide much like murtha that I should “redeploy”. So now I officially have NOTHING on the needles. Only knitting I have is weaving in the ends on the sweater which I’ll try and tackle tonight since I know sleep isn’t happening any time soon. I fell asleep this afternoon for about 5 hours. I guess I’d better find a new project. I was glancing at the stash and I realized I don’t actually have that huge of one. I mean yeah ok its large but I don’t have that much of any one thing. I have enough for 3 sweaters. A bunch of sock yarn and a bunch of stuff for smaller projects but it doesn’t feel like enough. Sadly I’m not buying yarn these days.

So I actually started the socks a while ago kind of. I mean I did the ribbing and ripped it out err twice I think. Plus I was sort of all consumed with the sweater. As previously stated I also do other things when I could be knitting..I know I’m a heretic. Anyway I love the jaywalkers pattern. Easy to memorize and yet fun since I always want to see how the next row is going. I had to stop though since I cut up my finger pretty badly on monday while slicing a bagel and size one addis and a bloody thumb just were not a good idea. It’s healed enough now that I can resume though. I’m using mountain colors in the yellowstone colorway. Anyway…

I also started a wee little sophie bag for grandma last night. I should finish it today or tomorrow. I have a bit of time but I want to make sure its nice since its her 85th birthday and there is going to be a big family party. Yee that picture really is a crime against photography but the color is pretty close if a bit bright. I’m using cascade 220.

I also started trying to work on my cousins hat cause you know June is certainly the time when we need alpaca hats. They are so nicely you know cooling. But alas it was not to be. I’m going to play around with different needles and/or double stranding to see if that makes it better but it was sort of too limp. Maybe some ribs too. I mean I know alpaca is more limp than wool but it was very very very limp so I might need to find a different yarn. I was seduced by the manly yet varigated shades of the yarn. I really hope it works out one way or another since I have zero use for it otherwise.