dang!
well. well. well. so i got the order stuff straightened out…it isn’t coming. i wish i had known sooner, but do you remember my psychic knowledge that it wasn’t coming? i am good. too good. i am hoping that the small order will come today, and some other things that a friend is sending that can help me get started. the sock yarns…no dice. i need to see if i can get them from louet in time. i am not terribly hopeful. ah well. i do feel better just knowing though. and all of your kind offers…i was blown away. you guys are amazing.
last night it stormed like crazy. i wanted to be on the porch to watch the storm. i love storms. amy stood out there with me but i don’t think she liked it too much. a tree on the next block down got hit by lightening and split down the middle and fell on a house. i will walk down today and see what kind of damage it did. it looks possible that it is just resting on the roof, but that would be a lucky lady if it did. crazy.
started another sock using the sensational socks book, which is really similar to the method i had been using, i am just wondering if it will come out huge around the ankles, but i am trying to be good at sox. the joy of sox.
ok. off to do some work.
thanks again for being so sweet to me! especially when i am just freaking out and feeling like i am in a cage. you are there to slip granola bars through the bars. and that is so sweet.
xoxo,
n.
Erika said,
June 23, 2006 @ 1:07 pm
I’ve been feeling the hurt for you ever since you posted your last post. I wish I had some good, solid advice for you, but I have exactly the same problem whenever I get too responsible for something important, and I have yet to find a good answer for it.
The stress!!! And all people do is tell you to “Just relax, it’ll be fine.” SHUT UP NOT HELPING.
I know for me, the most stressful thing is when something I’m ultimately responsible for, ends up depending completely on someone else. Like your situation, with your suppliers. I know that *I* can get anything done if I set my jaw and go to it, but having to depend so heavily on someone else can give me fits of heartburn (and rage).
You just need to build up an entire room full of materials, fleeces stacked up to the ceilings, so you always have plenty when you need it. Fire code be damned!
msfortuknit said,
June 24, 2006 @ 5:17 pm
I hope that your neighbors are ok, and how do you like that book? It has been recommended to me but im uncertain?
natasha said,
June 24, 2006 @ 10:04 pm
erika, so so true! actually, i think that wool is not very flammable. before there was asbestos, etc, i think they used wool for insulation, etc, so!
msfortunknit, it is a really cool book, especially if you are just learning to make socks and want to alter the patterns to fit or use a different guage of yarn. reallly good. plus, it has directions for 4 needles, 5 needles, or 2 sets of circs…