Oooh, I love Debbie Bliss. That's what the alpaca silk I'm using is. I don't really have money to spend on knitting--it's totally cutting into my food budget, and I have all this credit card debt from last summer still clinging to me, plus they don't automatically take money out of our stipend for taxes and I have like, zilch in savings--but Yale gives us a lot of free food, so I'm not starving yet. At least knitting keeps me happy. And sane.
Mostly.
The tattoo is awesome. It's not too big or crazy and would be really pretty! I love the idea and sentiment behind it, too. I don't know if I'll ever get mine. If I do, it will probably be after I have kids (if I ever have kids), because it's supposed to go over part of my stomach and I don't want it to stretch out. Also, I figured that if I got it AFTER I get wrinkles, then maybe I can move the tattoo AROUND the wrinkles. Or something. Anyway, it would completely change the surface of my body, so it's unlikely that I'll ever actually do it, but I really want to.
I kind of want the shawl to be a little holey, and sort of loose. I want those five balls to go a long way, too, and I really don't need the shawl to be all that warm, since I'll mostly be wearing it around the house. So maybe the 15s will do the trick. But I dunno if the pattern holes combined with the looseness of the large needle effect would still look okay. I might just leave out the k2tog/yos in the pattern. SWATCHES!!!
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Date: 2007-02-21 10:17 pm (UTC)From:I don't really have money to spend on knitting--it's totally cutting into my food budget, and I have all this credit card debt from last summer still clinging to me, plus they don't automatically take money out of our stipend for taxes and I have like, zilch in savings--but Yale gives us a lot of free food, so I'm not starving yet. At least knitting keeps me happy. And sane.
Mostly.
The tattoo is awesome. It's not too big or crazy and would be really pretty! I love the idea and sentiment behind it, too.
I don't know if I'll ever get mine. If I do, it will probably be after I have kids (if I ever have kids), because it's supposed to go over part of my stomach and I don't want it to stretch out. Also, I figured that if I got it AFTER I get wrinkles, then maybe I can move the tattoo AROUND the wrinkles. Or something. Anyway, it would completely change the surface of my body, so it's unlikely that I'll ever actually do it, but I really want to.
I kind of want the shawl to be a little holey, and sort of loose. I want those five balls to go a long way, too, and I really don't need the shawl to be all that warm, since I'll mostly be wearing it around the house. So maybe the 15s will do the trick. But I dunno if the pattern holes combined with the looseness of the large needle effect would still look okay. I might just leave out the k2tog/yos in the pattern. SWATCHES!!!