Sock it to me!

I really want to try knitting some socks. However, I have no sock yarn. This could be a good thing: I can make one 'practice pair' of socks with slightly-too-large yarn and get a feel for how they are shaped. Then, when I have the munnies, I can buy sock yarn and go nuts!

I'm super jealous because the hall directors are having a potluck in the kitchen below me. It smells really good. Maybe they'll offer me their leftovers.

There are some flowers in a little vase at the front desk, and I'm totally loving the green marigolds!

Money talks. Mine says "Goodbye".

After reviewing the sorry state of my finances, I've put myself on a budget. Three days later and I'm ordering yarn online. Clearly I need to practice this a little more. I decided that necessary things like groceries and toiletries and cell phone bills and the like are exempt from the budget, but things like yarn and going out to eat are definitely budgeted items. So with the meager $15 purchase I made, I've blown this week's budget and half of next weeks. Hopefully in the coming weeks it will get easier, as I will be busy with RA training and I will have my cafeteria meal plan back.

YARN BALL WINDER!!!

After a very long weekend, my yarn ball winder is here! I'm as happy as a clam.














No more loose skeins!

Getting back into the groove

After a breif 1-month hiatus from yarning, I'm feeling re-inspired. I finally broke down and ordered a yarn winder, which should arrive later today (hooray!). Unfortunately, I need yarn. And not in the normal yarn addict way, where new fiber is always welcome, but I actually don't have the yarn I need. Until recently, my stash has consisted of Red Heart Super Saver because it was cheap and readily available. As I learned yesterday, RHSS doesn't felt so easily (or maybe I just have no patience?) So I need to get some nice felting yarn. Seeing as I don't have a car, my only ways to purchase yarn are online or hitching a ride to the nearest craft store 30 minutes away. And I honestly think I'd get the yarn faster if I ordered it online, but I want to be able to feel it and see the color with my own eyes before I spend my hard earned dollars. Oh well, at least it's payday.