Mojo, or lack thereof

Yin/yang

Balance

First, the good stuff. Yesterday was full of good stuff.

The South Bay knitters anxiously waited for Yarn Harlot to arrive at Full Thread Ahead.

Bri, Jeni, Seltsame, & Spinnity


Bri, Jeni, Seltsame, Emy, Abigail, and Stefan

And not pictured ('cause I'm a baaaad blogger) were Kristi, Cookie (who baked a batch of awesome molasses/spice cookies to share--Hey Cookie, I NEED that recipe!), Nathania, CJ, no-blog-Rachael, Margit, and approximately 300 other knitters.

It was wonderful having the gang-o'-knitters together again. Thank you everyone, it was great spending the afternoon and evening with you.

Stephanie arrived and soon I was laughing to the point of tears. The stories are funny on their own, (if you're familiar with Yarn Harlot, I'm not telling you anything you don't already know) but the delivery--goodness, together they were unbeatable. The talk was over too soon, but then came more good stuff. The book signing.

So we stood in line and crept along for about 30 minutes and then suddenly it was my turn. Oh crap. What was I going to say? Thankfully, while we were waiting Spinnity had me read Yarn Harlot's definition of entrelac in her 3rd book, Knitting Rules.

Anyone who can knit a pair of socks using this technique without resorting to curse words, stomping, or flailing about should (in this humble knitter's opinion) be immediately sent to the United Nations, where her gift can serve the world.

I was already familiar with Stephanie's opinion about entrelac from her second book, but this was perfect. I showed Stephanie the entrelac sock and said something about the UN, she replied with something about NASA, and then we laughed. I told her this was my 4th pair and she said that perhaps the affinity for entrelac that she was missing was residing in me. Wow. Do I have Stephanie's entrelac mojo?!

I handed her a bag of Peets chocolate covered espresso beans (no liquid required, the perfect pick-me-up for the airplane) and a T-shirt. With that, my visit with Stephanie was over.


It was a thoroughly enjoyable evening spent with good friends.

Today is a different day.

I've got a headache and am a little sniffly. No biggie, I should have worn a jacket last night when it cooled off. I'll be fine.

It gets worse.

I planned on having a photo of a finished entrelac sock for today's post. With only the afterthought heel and toe to go, completion is entirely within my grasp.


Except for one thing.

I don't have enough yarn for 2 socks.

Even if I knit the heel & toe with a different yarn, I don't have enough yarn for 2 socks.

The STR hank was 122gms. The sock without the heel & toe used 66gms. I don't have enough yarn for 2 socks.

So maybe I rip back and do one less repeat before the heel. Yeah, that's it.

Except for the fact that the sock is too big. Yesterday, Abigail very politely didn't point it out, but alluded to it. I think what happened was, I was intent on having the colors in each rectangle would look the same (stickler!) so I ended up knitting a bit looser than my normal tension. Mind you, not insanely loose, but just a tad looser. That and I didn't check to see how much yarn was required. I still haven't done that.

So forget about the UN or NASA and forget about this sock.

Hey Stephanie, thanks so much visiting, I had a great time. And I think you've got your mojo back.