Or what project to work on. I forget how many projects I've got going now--two baby sweaters, two or three pairs of socks, a couple of lace projects that make me think I really need some of those new Addi Turbo Lace needles (not to mention a new brain).
I found a bulky-weight wool-alpaca blend at $5 per ball, so I sent off for some to see if it might be soft enough for the sleeves of the two baby sweaters. Hopefully these guys will be as fast as Jimmy Bean's and I'll get it early next week, which will at least solve the problem of what to knit. Until then...
Trouble is, I keep looking at my stash. Like for instance, I have a friend with twin two-year-old girls. I have two skeins of worsted-weight handpaint. Two little sweaters or something.
Or this beautiful sock-weight handpaint. Bright, cheery spring/summery socks, don't you think? The color repeats are short, so you couldn't really do a lacey sock with it, but I think it would look just fabu with beads. Dark blue or purple, maybe? Or dark green?
This could go either way, either lace or socks. Or maybe a baby blanket--it's pretty baby colors. (Er, I see that all these yarns are variations on the same colors. Well, I like those colors--I think they look happy together. And I really did buy this yarn with baby things in mind; they're nice baby colors.)
Okay, here's something different. Got them from a Cherry Tree Hill New Years sale one year. I wasn't really impressed, I've never tried it again. They have "potluck" sales, where you say whether you want wools/animal fibers or cotton/plant fibers, and what colorway you want: Earthtones, Watercolors, Blues/Greens, Brights, or Jewels. So I ordered earthtoned wools for my sister as a present and jewels for me. Well, the earthtones turned out to be a bunch of muddy camoflage-type colors that I knew my sister wouldn't be able to do anything with, and the jewel-tones were this:
It's rayon boucle. I hate rayon and I hate boucle. This stuff is so scratchy, and as you can see the two skeins don't quite match, although that could be worked around. I bet it's awful to work with, too, but I bet it has a great drape as a fabric. I keep wondering what I can do with it. Maybe a very simple, basic shell--like, two rectangles--start with the scarlet at the bottom and end up with the green at the top and the colors in between would take care of themselves.
Or I could go for something simple with this lovely Regia Cotton Surf. The colors are so soft and calm. The yarn is very light-weight--I'd have to do it on 00s to get a nice tight fabric--but that and the cotton and the colors is what would make such nice summer socks.
Made it over to feed the cats without the transmission falling out of the van. Called and cancelled Timber's surgery. I guess when I take the van to the mechanic, I'll take Timber and walk home with him. He'll like that. Then I'll walk Taenzer down to pick it up.
No sign of bunnies tonight.
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