Well, I'm still not up to watching "chick flicks". Tonight I watched "A Walk to Remember" on TV. Ignoring the parts that were heavy on religion, I really enjoyed the movie. However, it had a sad ending. It reminded me that I'm all alone. Reading what I'm writing, mentally I can tell myself that I'm being silly, but I still feel lonely and wish I had someone to snuggle with. *sigh*
Well, I started frogging a sweater I'm working on. It's the turtleneck raglan sweater made out of TLC Amoré. The sweater was ending up way too big, so I wanted to start over. I had a fair amount of the body done, and had started a sleeve. Since the sleeve was attached to a partially used ball, I frogged it, and started the new sweater with it. When I've finished off this ball, I'll start frogging the body, and transfer the yarn straight from the old sweater to the new one. I didn't want to have to ball it, since it was already using 3 6oz balls of yarn. Tonight I started on the neck, and got about 3 inches done, I think. I had to keep frogging at first, because I have a tendency to get confused and accidentally add stitches when I end a row in the round and make the turn. I added some stitch markers (the economical kind... scraps of yarn) at the turning point, and am doing much better now at keeping the same number of stitches.
I'd like to finish off this sweater soon, so that I have fewer projects waiting and in progress. I remembered tonight that I had another project waiting in the wings: a tapestry crochet pillow that I've bought the yarn for, but haven't started. Oh well, first things first... I'll finish this raglan sweater, then finish off the scarf I'm halfway through. And *NO*, I will *NOT* let myself go out and buy more alpaca yarn until I've gotten *BOTH* of these projects done. (Can you tell I'm sorely tempted? I haven't even fully decided what to make, I just want more alpaca yarn! I want to make a sweater, or a vest, or *something* out of dreamy soft alpaca yarn. *sigh*)
I wonder how superwash wool is made machine washable? Is it a method that can be accomplished at home? Can it be applied to alpaca yarn, or is it sheep wool specific? I'll be good and not machine wash my sweater, but it would be really nice if they made machine washable alpaca yarn. Of course, that would be even harder to come across, and even more expensive... *sigh*
Another thing I find interesting about alpaca yarn is that I find it both really soft, and scratchy. I read somewhere that sometimes an allergy to wool is really a reaction to a harsh chemical used to break down vegetable matter in the fleece. I wonder if that's why I find the alpaca yarn both soft and scratchy. I hope the scratchiness goes away when I wash my mittens. I wonder if I would find a different brand of alpaca yarn better? Well, I'm over budget right now, and have too many projects underway, so I will *NOT* order various balls of alpaca yarn on the internet! (The local yarn store only has one brand, "Inca Alpaca".)
And to finish off, I bought some really neat paper today. A class I'm assisting with will be going on a field trip to a paper store next week, so I got three different sheets to see what kind of origami is suitable for the paper. I want to do a David Brill rhino out of some neat gray paper that looks kind of like swiss cheese made out of spider webs. It's very thin, but has a lot of starch, so it should work. I also got a sheet of blue marbled paper from Indonesia, and a dark grayish paper with a print. I haven't decided what to fold with those yet. I should find some simple models suitable for the class... maybe something that would look neat as Christmas tree ornaments.
Well, it's now after 1 in the morning, so I should go cheer myself up by reading a bit, and then go to bed. (If I go straight to bed, I'll likely end up crying myself to sleep... being alone sucks!)
Take care, and pleasant dreams.
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