Yarnification

Hmm. Twenty-four hours later, Bloglines has still not listed my last post. Wonder what’s up with that.

I just bound off the first gauge swatch for the tank top, need to wash it, block it a bit, measure it. This is possibly a bit of a farce—I’m sure I need to use bigger needles—but I don’t know if anything weird is going to happen when I wash it.

It will also delay me from beginning the second gauge swatch on bigger needles, which will prevent me from slacking off at the things I’m supposed to be doing. Like unpacking all my stuff and writing that resume.

First things first. I got tagged by Cetta: List five things you are obsessed with, then tag five people to do the same.

1. Crafts of various kinds. Lately I’m most obsessed with knitting because I’m still learning and I feel like if I stop I’ll forget how, but I have a longstanding obsession with crochet.
2. Music, mainly bluegrass, punk, country, folk, that sort of thing.
3. Writing
4. Reading
5. Learning new technogeeky stuff

Am I a terrible person for being incommunicado for so long and then tagging people when I’ve probably not responded to other taggings while I was busy packing and moving? (I saved them in Bloglines, I promise!)
Tagging:
Marvie
Kari
Lori
Deneen
Mandi

Or, y’know, if you feel like doing it, consider yourself tagged. I’m flexible that way.

In other news: I’ve been holding off on the lace knitting attempts until my life is slightly more settled because knitting for five minutes here and five minutes there is not conducive to reading a chart or complicated instructions.

But since I have new-project-itis and since I have a bunch of DK wool blend I got the other day with my yarn store gift certificate, I’m spending my bits of knitting time today doing a gauge swatch for this top. Isn’t that cute? Given the yarn I’m using, it’ll probably be more of a chilly evening thing or for layering under other clothes in fall—I can’t picture wearing it on a summer day. But it’ll likely take till fall before I finish it, anyhoo. I’m a little slow with the knitting.

That’s all for now—gotta run.