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Out to Lunch

I’m so ashamed about my last post. I think my brain was out to lunch when I posted, because not 5 minutes after I hit save, I figured it out. I guess since this is my first big project, I was making it more complicated than it really was. So please disregard my idiocy. I’m so nervous about getting the shaping right, since it will be my first attempt that I’m expecting it to be more difficult. But after reading through the pattern again, (after lunch) my brain started working and I figured it all out. Yeah, you all are probably laughing at me, thinking, “God, she’s such an idiot!” But hey, we all have our moments of brain freeze and I guess mine was yesterday.

In other news, I just couldn’t resist tempation any longer. I ordered my Summer Tweed for Chamomile. I will hold off working on it as long as possible. I’d like to get my Booga Bag done first so I can use it for my other small projects. I’m also thinking about possibly doing Tasha. Depends on how it goes with my booga bag.

My afghan is going well. I went out last night and got a bigger hook. I had to get L since I was already using K. It works well, my gauge it right again. I just ran up to Hobby Lobby and the only ones they had in that size were Crystalite. I wasn’t sure how I’d like it, but amazingly I haven’t had many snags on the Homespun with the new hook. Not sure if it’s the hook, or if it’s just me getting even more familiar with the yarn, but I worked one square up last night with it and it was great. I think I caught fibers <10 times compared to like 30+ with the aluminum hook. So I’m happy now.

Sigma is going well. The afghan is almost 50% complete. Plus, I’ve got yarn on the way for 2 more projects.

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Kureyon

I’ve ordered the yarn for my Booga Bag. Yahoo! This is my first order from ThreadBear and I must say…it was so easy and Rob was so nice. I will definitely be doing business with him again. I can’t wait to get my Kureyon and start working on my bag.

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Booga Bag

Yes, I’m considering making a Booga Bag. I’ve checked all the online stores I know, plus my LYS and none of them have Kureyon in any of the colors I want. So I may have to wait a few weeks. The owner of the LYS said she should be getting a new shipment in about 2 weeks. Her price is the same as the shops online, so I may have to just get some from what’s in stock at Jimmy Bean’s Wool or Royal Yarns. But I’m tired of carrying around my knitting projects in plastic bags. I usually just carry one small project, and none of the bags I currently have are small enough…they are all too big. So I thought I’d try a Booga Bag.

I have attempted another join on my tank top, using Alison’s advice and The Knit Stitch. We’ll see what happens. I can’t tell yet until I go all the way around one or two times. So far it looks like it might work though. Yeah! I can continue my tank and hopefully get some major progress done on it this weekend.

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