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People! PEOPLE. I'm so excited. For the past few days I've been in a weird state of knitting ennui - I really feel like knitting, but there's nothing I could think of thsat I wanted to knit. I want to knit myself a sweatervest, but I couldn't find a good pattern in one-colour DK yarn. This is because want a classic boy-looking cricket-style vest, with boy cabling, but with waist shaping. Funnily enough, they don't really design boy vests with waist shaping, and I'm too green to improvise it. Or I have a whole lot of yarn that I want to knit up, but the DK I'm saving for a vest, the Velveteen I want to knit a jersey out of which means buying another 10 balls in a different colour which I SO cannot afford right now, the mohair I don't know anything about and am scared to knit with. Or I want to knit a scarf for a friend in Wellington - that's a project AND an audience! All I have to do is pick a pattern - but I think she'd like bright stripes, and stripey patterns are all dull-as-ditchwater stockinette scarves. I could do something with variegated wool, but that's tough to pick the right pattern for too; and I want to challenge myself with cables or lace, and they don't suit stripes or variegated yarn. I was stuck!

And then I ran across the Adamas shawl, which is gorgeous lacework with a lot of repetition - so I should be able to memorise it, even though it's more challenging than anything I've done so far... and it only takes two or so skeins of laceweight... which is not that much... and it's knit on 3.75 needles, which I already own... and I promised I'd knit Tas something lacy. It's fate! I'm so excited! I want to go buy yarn! I want to cast on already! But I have to go pack. LAME.

But the reason I have to pack is great: I'm going to Welly for a mere day to see my family because I had a birthday on tuesday and apparently 21 is significant, or something. ;) YAY. GOOD MOODS ABOUND.

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We will be by between 7.30 and 7.45! I had a total freakout earlier this evening about having to check luggage because of stupid rules before remembering that the stupid liquid rules (I _need_ my moisturiser and deodorant, y'hear!) only apply to international flights.

It was your birthday? Happy Birthday! :D

Thanks! :)

Once again, I completely forgot *headdesk*

Happy birthday.

Heh, no worries! Thanks! :)

yay! shawl!
laceweight can be a pain to find, but is really pretty when done <3
oh! also, best improvisational blocking mat ever: those horrible sleeping-pad-things from the army surplus. they're long enough for a scarf, or can be cut in 2 bits to be convertable for sweaters! hooray!

and don't be afraid of the mohair! mohair is your friend... until you need to tink back or rip it out. then it will laugh in your face and shed all of its fluffiness. :/

YES YAY! :D I'm planning an expedition to knitworld tomorrow to find laceweight. yum, yum. Also, re: blocking mat, dude, clever! Will have to check it out.

It's not that I'm afraid of it, I'm just afraid of picking projects for it!