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Damn Tempting

January 18, 2012 at 1:24 am (knitting) (accessories, addiction, circ, circs, circular-needles, dang book, double-pointed-needle, dpn, dpns, drop spindle, hand-spun, irrational, irresponsible, knit, knit-picks, knitting, knitting yarn, magazine, merino, needles, sock, socks, sweater wizard, wizard program, yarn, yarn bobbins)

Patterns. Damn tempting patterns. I don’t like how you taunt me from those glossy pages.

Enola was nice enough to leave a Jan/ Feb 2011 copy of Knit Picks magazine at my work for me. I keep trying to remember if there was something specific she told me about, or if it was just something she offered me. (I have the worst memory for…well, anything)

There are so many awesome things in this magazine! I’ve already found about ten things I want but don’t need, need(sort of) but can’t afford, and just plain won’t use but irrationally must have.

The patterns I want, I’ll probably never use, so buying the whole dang book would be kind of a waste. But, the needles (maybe that was the reason she left it…hm) are so nice! There are some really sweet sets. I even want the circ set, and I friggin hate using circs.

I just found myself looking at this really pretty roving and thinking “I could buy that and the drop spindle. I’ll make my own yarn. But I’ll need the perfect project for my beautiful hand-spun. Surely intarsia is the perfect use. Hey, you know what would make that super easy? Knitting yarn bobbins. That’s what. And if I make these beautiful intarsia socks with my lovely hand-spun yarn, I need these sock blockers…Holy CRAP. Is that a Sweater Wizard program??? I NEED that! Oh my god, superwash merino worsted!” etc.

…help.