adam knits!

Ok, so the bad news first I suppose. I knit a few rounds on the oily project last night, and even though the stain isn’t visible anymore, well the oil is still there. My hands got all greasy and I just couldn’t do it, so with a big sigh I ripped it out. I’m going to be putting a whole lot of time and effort into this project, and I just want it to be as perfect as possible. And I wasn’t that far into the project, so I’m coping fairly well. I’m definitely going by Village Wools today to pick up some Bryspun DPNs, because I can’t stand those blasted bamboo ones I have, they just grip too much. Oh well, I had to learn the hard lesson that wool and food don’t mix well at some point eh?

Now in honor of today being both Yarn Pr0n Friday and Friday the 13th, I present “Attack of the Crinkly Wool Blob!”. The poor dogs were terrorized by this blob of wool all night, it was pretty scary.

(I really tried hard to get them to have looks of sheer terror on their faces, but really all their looks are the same. Kinda like Blue Steel.)

But you know what? I’m not that sad about ripping out the oily wool? Why you ask? Well because it’s Socktoberfest, and I finished a sock! This sock will go into the “Christmas 2006″ drawer…now only 80,000 socks to go. This yarn is my 2400 MHz Merino Superwash, in a colorway that Carole helped name: Steelcut Oats. I dyed this skein a while ago, and decided to keep it for myself, party because I’m selfish, and because I wanted to actually knit something with my yarn to see how it came out. Well here it is!

oatmeal with added fiber

the colors go better if you imagine the oats cooked up with some brown sugar…mmmm

I’m planning to cast on for this sock’s twin during tonight’s Battlestar Galactica, although I may be way too absorbed in the TV to do any knitting…last week was seriously the best 2 hours of TV I’ve ever watched (at least since the golden days of Alias, before it started sucking…)

Alright, I’m going to sign off now, but I’ll leave you with some more fibery goodness for Yarn Pr0n Friday. These 2 skeins were just dyed last weekend and are up in the shop now, both are 2400 MHz Merino Twist. Barber Pole and Finger Paint. Better hurry up and buy this before I hoard it all for myself!