Holy Fast Knit, Batman!

I didn't expect to have another FO to show off so quickly. But I somehow blitzed through the Namaste Yoga Mat Bag in three days - more like two and a half, as I started it Monday night and finished Wednesday night. The pattern is a total breeze. At first glance it looks a little fiddly, but everything was set out, really easy to follow. Pretty fun too, and the lace pattern is very forgiving of mistakes.

It's for a friend of mine, who is just about the bounciest, sparkliest, chipperest lesbian you'll ever meet. She requested a bag for her yoga mat and offered to pay for the yarn, and I'd already had this pattern in mind and Noro Kureyon was the first thing that jumped to mind for the yarn. I used one needle size up for the whole thing, and almost two complete skeins (which is half a skein less than the pattern calls for). To compensate for the change in needles, I cast on 51 instead of 61 stitches, which still got me the circumference stated in the pattern. Going up a size didn't really have anything to do with gauge or drape. I just didn't have 6.5 mm DPNs.





Speaking of Noro Kureyon . . . I've become a yarn snob in the worst way, my God. A trip to my yarn source - can't really call it a LYS - is just depressing. The only non-acrylic you can get is Patons Wool Merino (if you're lucky) and Briggs & Little. Of which there is an entire wall, which is pretty damn sweet. Got some for a Highland Triangle.

The meeting of the Knitting Society was even sadder. It was acrylic and garter stitch as far as the eye can see. Man, I sound like a jerk. I don't know. We were all new once, but I think I've just been spoiled by being the young'un in the group so I have people to go to for advice. Part of it was that when I go to a stitch'n'bitch, I expect the conversation to be about stitching and bitching. I like talking about knitting and techniques and yarn and patterns and there wasn't really any of that. I felt uncomfortable asking what people were working on, and when I did, they always seemed kind of taken aback or defensive. I must be weirdly adventurous - one girl hasn't even tried to learn to purl yet. But I am going to help one of the RAs from Mac learn lace, which should be fun.

Still makes me miss the ladies (and gentlemen) from Linda's. I'm going to go again this Sunday, unless I'm busy with Homecoming shenanigans, and maybe next Sunday. Give it the old college try before I abandon it totally.

Speaking of Linda, she's awesome and helped me out with my Highland Triangle long-distance because she's awesome. And speaking of the old college try, I think the only way my swift could be even more collegiate would be if I had used cases of beer:



The beer was in the kitchen and I was too lazy to get up.

Now I have to go and clean my apartment like a madwoman because my parents are coming to town tomorrow for Homecoming. Well, technically they're coming to the province tonight, but are getting together with some of their old university buddies and getting their drunk on.

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