Sunday, February 03, 2008

Frog Sunday

Well, today is Superbowl Sunday . . . okay - the game is on somewhere in the house but I am sure not watching it. Even if I did watch it, I'd be watching for the commercials and not so much for the game itself. Instead, I had a lie in today and a lovely day of puttering.

I've done a couple of loads of laundry and I began straightening and cleaning my Atelier (I think this means studio). In the studio room I had piles of clothing for mending, yarn, patterns, sweaters for recycling, etc. etc. Now, I can see the floor and find yarns and such! Woohoo!!! Now, it is 9:45 p.m. and I haven't knit a stitch - but, there is still a little time for that.

A while back, I found some lovely natural fiber sweaters at various thrift shops. My plan was to deconstruct them and reuse the yarn. There were about 10 or 12 pieces of angora and a few of lambs wool, others were all wool of varying colors and qualities. the sweaters were good brands - Talbots, Abercrombie and Fitch, and others. I still like the idea but changed my mine for this batch of sweaters. These will go to the local homeless shelter. It has been in the single digits at night and in teens during the day. Yorble gathers up things the shelter needs and in watching this - I decided the sweaters would be going there as well. I can afford yarn. Although the idea of recycling is great - the reuse is more important here. They are going to a good home.

Okay - after that decision was made and those sweaters were set aside, I found several UFOs that needed attending to soon. One was the start of a pet cosie for the Royal Oak Animal Shelter. It was knitted of 2 yarns combined - one eyelash and another poly worsted, both in shade of red. I'd run out of the eyelash and was debating finishing the blanket just inthe worsted so I tried it. It just didn't look right. I even tried rationalizing that it was just for some kitty or puppy who'd be adopted and the animal wouldn't care what it looked like. But, the sensibilities took over and helped me realize it did matter and I frogged the darn thing. The yarn is now destined for a hat and scarf for the homeless shelter. I have and will make other pet cosies - but, not with the red yarn.

Another frog incident was with some elann.com Peruvian Highland Wool. I had been knitting fingerless gloves for my sister. These were simple with a single large cable up the arm. In looking at them - I realized the gauge was off and they were just too long and chunky (from my knitting, not the yarn). Sister wouldn't wear them. She is always cold and deserves something lovely and wearable - so, they got frogged. The yarn is a coppery color and will probably be reknit into fingerless mitts for her but in proper gauge!

So, there it is. I am now headed to knit on another UFO - the Gwen socks from Simply Shetland - also for Sister. Yea!!!