Ok, so I spend about 20 minutes talking about jobs and what life would be like if we could get paid to knit. I start rambling and it's only by virtue of the fact that I got sick of my own voice and put on some music that I was even able to shut up.
I played New Leaf - Magic Carpet, which can be found on the podsafe music network, music.podshow.com.
I finished my Monkey Socks in Cherry Tree Hill Gypsy Rose, which are so cute, I know that at some point I will make that pattern again. I have always found the kitchener stitch to, well, not work, but the pictoral tutorial on knitty is the only one that i have found that is detailed enough to show me what I was doing wrong. I will never kitchener again without this tutorial in hand. I had nothing on my needles when I recorded last night, but I have since cast on Cookie's Twinkle Toes socks which she demonstrated on the DIY network's Knitty Gritty. I am using Lisa Souza's Hardtwist Merino in What a Melon. They are coming out really cute and knitting up so fast! They are knit from the toe up, but instead of using the figure eight cast on that is usually used (or so I hear since I have never tried it) I used the magic cast on found on the Knitty website. I still plan to cast on for that sweater coat I have been wanting to knit, but I have to say that sock knitting is damn addictive. Of course, I am knitting the socks two at a time, because it goes even faster that way, and any mistakes you make on one, at least match in both.
I realize that I have become powerless over my yarn purchasing at the Loopy Ewe, it's just that the yarn is delivered so nicely and it arrives in a day and a half, and I it gives me a delivery at my office to look forward to. This time, I succumbed to the charm of some Lorna's Laces supersock and some Lorna's Laces Sport. Don't judge.
I had no real yarn porn, well just a little yarn porn. Mostly just some stuff that I saw on Etsy.
I dont' find any of the mass marketed tote bags especially cute or fun, so if you share my opinion, check out Janine King's designs.
I have been looking at some Amigurumi, and Amy Gaines has the cutest. Check out the Garden Gnomes, pretty awesome.
And finally the only real yarn porn comes in the form of pairs of hand-dyed sock yarn. Epicurious $14- you can't beat that.
And I leave you with David Ippolito - Talk Louder from the Podsafe Music Network, music.podshow.com
Keep knitting, and until next week, Secret Squirrel is signing off and, finally, shutting up.
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