So, I have become the fourth hand recipient of 923947238432 skeins of crappy acrylic yarn. Which is totally okay with me, because I am allergic to everything but apparently cashmere, silk, and Yarn That Is Ridiculously Expensive. That and all my friends are bums who never do laundry and when they do, it sure as hell won't involve handwashing, so I don't feel bad making them gifts out of crappy 2-dollar yarn.
I've also received some of that KnitPicks dye your own merino laceweight, and I fondle it daily with no sort of hives as a result. I'm thinking I'll order up some of the Swish Superwash for...something...just to see if I'm allergic or not. But first, I need to make almost ALL of this stash go away. It's really getting out of control. I might just make some really crappy sweaters. Some of the acrylic I received is in the colors of Ernie's (from Sesame Street) sweater, and I may or may not knit my very own ugly striped sweater.
(A note on Bert and Ernie: I totally don't think they're gay. I mean, I know I have broken gaydar and stuff, but I wholeheartedly believe that if they were gay, they'd have better hair, clothes, and especially eyebrows. My take on their relationship is that Ernie is Bert's retarded half- or stepbrother, and when their parents died, the last thing Bert's mother said was "don't forget to take care of Ernie!" Bert, of course, could not refuse his mother's dying wish, so now he is stuck with Ernie, who he can't stand, but out of filial obligation, Bert cannot take Ernie out back and shoot him--can you tell that my stupid minor is turning me Japanese?).
I have a paper to write for Japanese Lit that is due tomorrow and because it is only 4 pages, I keep thinking "well that's EASY. I can do that in 3 hours or less!" and therefore have been putting it off for two weeks now. To be fair, I want to write it on the reading we had to do for last Thursday, and I sure as hell was not going to read ahead just to see if I wanted to write my paper on that particular reading. I really do NOT like the "choose your own topic" method of assigning papers. I am not good with picking topics that do not end up being done to death, or just so absolutely ridiculous that I sabotage myself (the one exception being my "Holden's-Hat-Can-Predict-The-Future" paper I did junior year of high school--pure genius! I love how I wrote that paper the day before it was due and had been putting it off until I beat Mango Boom!...now I really want to play Mango Boom!).
I haven't really done THAT much knitting. My poor Camisa is hibernating because by the time I finish we will be in the throes of winter. However, I should probably finish it now, just in case my hands explode and suddenly I am no longer a freakishly tight (or loose, depending on the yarn...buh?) knitter. My raglan is hanging out, waiting for like 4 more increase rows that I am too lazy to do. I've started a scarf for my mom in Malabrigo, which should be done in the next month or so (hahahaha I've doomed it) and I'm working on a crappy cheap beret for myself to see if I look good in berets.
I think when I finish my paper, I am going to finally buy the Gretel pattern as a reward. Horrible exchange rate be damned! I want to knit this pattern while it is still trendy.
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