Arms and things.

Wow, it has been absolutely ages since I updated here.. Bad blogger, no cookie?
This is pretty much all the knitting I have managed to do. Oh no I forgot, it has been ages, there has been more socks. I absolutely love these, and I have to make some more at some point when my arms are feeling better. All the twisted stitches weren't the best idea, but it was worth it in the end :D.

I was supposed to go learn how to do magic loop knitting this tuesday, but things got a bit out of hand, overtime, arms acting up, and my grandfather back in hospital. Looks like I have to get a book about it. Shame though, I really wanted to go, one of my colleagues was doing the teaching, and she suggested I'd come along. She also gave me a knitting machine :D. Apparently her mother didn't want it anymore. Can't wait to get really into it, but I suspect I have to read the manual a few more times before I figure it all out.



My books from Amazon arrived today, and I love one of them. Not so sure about the other one though, it was a bit simpler than I thought. I might do some of the stuff in it, but it wasn't quite me. However I do love Spin to Knit by Shannon Okey. It talks about everything I want to know about spinning, it made me want a spinning wheel even more than I did. I just hope the £ drops even further so I can get it even cheaper from England :D.

Ok, now for todays rant, which has nothing to do with knitting. WHO decided that Harem trousers should be reintroduced to yet another generation of stupid teenagers? I suspect that some of the designers out there have a challenge going to see who can make people wear the worst possible outfit. Evil harem trouser person clearly won this year. I don't like the stupid bdsm leggings, I don't like a lot of the other stupid teenager fashion, but harem trousers are a crime against humanity. Harem trousers should be banned by international law. Why would anyone want to walk around looking like they have had a poo? No doubt one of my sisters will get a pair.

Another thing that bothers me is the norwegian version of the bachelor.. 20 vs 40. I can understand the fantastically dim 20 year olds wanting to be with this guy who looks like he stuck his head in grease and then ran into the wind, but 40 year olds really should have more sense. Why on earth would they make fools of themselves on tv like that? Meh, I'd rather get 13 cats with or without tails who pee all over the floor. But then I guess I'm not desperate enough yet.
I hope I never will be. Fingers crossed...

No more Secretary Wednesday

I was really happy earlier today, I finally get to spend the entire week in *my* office, with my lovely desk that you press a button, and it goes up and down, my crazy plant that just get bigger (I made it look like Donald Trump the other day, that was awesome), and my knit a day calendar thing.

Where was I? Oh yes! The pictures are my best friends birthday present. I have to mail them, because she was silly and met a man from the other side of the country, and moved to be with him. Very very silly thing to do. But anyway. I got to use my new awesome tags from Knit on Etsy. I love them so much, I want more people to knit for now, just so I can use the tags. It's a brilliant idea, now she knows how to wash them, what they are made off, and the best bit.. it just looks sooo awesome.

Now I need a new project, I had to frog yet another Noro sock. Somewhere in my mind the idea that I have the fattest legs ever is stuck, because the sock I knit would fit over my knee. Well almost anyway. So now I need something new, fun, and nothing that has to be a specific size. I really don't want to worry about gauge, I'm way too tired at the moment. And I do not need wool knee warmers.

Oh yay, I found something else fun today! I really really want to go here for a little holiday next year. I really want to learn how to spin, and I figured I need to try it before I buy a wheel in case I don't like it. And when I know how to spin, (doubt I'll love it as it costs a lot to get all the gear) I want to get lots of stuff from here to dye my own roving. Another plan for when I win the lottery, I think.

I am also planning my first proper holiday for ages, so now I need to research all yarn shops in England, so I know where I want to go. I'll end up with a little bag full of clothes, and my huuuge suitcase (which is called "The Luggage" after the amazing case with feet in Discworld) full of yarn.

I discovered something really cool the other day, I'm clearly years behind every other knitter in the world, but I can't stop listening to Lime & Violet. I even listened to one of their podcasts at work during my lunch break today. They are amazingly crazy, I wish I had a really nutty yarn obsessed friend too, who could be my yarn enabler. My mum does her best, but she buys yarn specifically for projects, and that just won't do. She keeps asking me what I need all my yarn for.. And she really should know, she's the one who showed me how to knit when I was 7.. I guess mothers have to be sensible. I'm clearly not.

And I forgot.. if anyone wants to buy me a present.. --> this please