O.O

[neadods]

Between what I already had and what I bought when Tangled Skein went out of business, it turns out that I have *142* skeins of Tahki Cotton Classic in assorted colors. I have no idea what I'm going to do with it, but with 15,000+ yards to work with, I'm going to be doing it for a long time.

I haven't counted all the remix, but simply judging by the amount of storage it's requiring, I've got at least that much, if not more. I certainly have enough just in shades of brown and cream to knit a queen sized blanket. And I have enough red, green, and goldish yellow to make a Christmas throw, although I'm not entirely sure I want to dedicate that much time and material to something that will only be used 6 weeks out of the year. (M wants me to knit a Christmas sweater with it -- she's appalled that I knit so much and have nothing to wear -- but that doesn't particularly address the effort/materials v usage calculation.)

Also, Knit Night Lives!!! We met last night at a little place in Riversdale. We have to pass the hat at the end of the night to pay for the space, but the fee is nominal, particularly when split among the group, and it's actually closer to my house than the store was. A Tangled Skein may be gone, but the community it built is fighting to survive.

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[sadbhyl.livejournal.com]

The Watson Christmas Jumper is going around on the Rav 221b group. It would look great in R/G/G!

[neadods.livejournal.com]

I've never actually done a sweater or intarsia before, though!

[sadbhyl.livejournal.com]

Well, it's not like you don't have enough yarn to practice on...;)

A couple of our Nerd Warriors are doing that sweater as their dissertations. So there are people who can help you through if you need it. Should you decide to go that route. It is a nice sweater. If you start now, you ought to be done by Christmas!

[mme-hardy.livejournal.com]

Gosh, I should go poke around in 221B. I haven't been there since the \Ravelympics\Ravellenic Games ended.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

Oh, my, yes you should. It's got all kinds of stuff, and the photo forums at Sherlock are worth the price of admission.

The incredibly high volume price of admission....

[sadbhyl.livejournal.com]

Yes, you should! And our Nerd Wars team is kicking butt this time around, too!

[neadods.livejournal.com]

I don't even know what Nerd Wars is. Dare I ask?

[sadbhyl.livejournal.com]

Only if you want to be AWESOME.

It's a tournament of geekiness. Competitors join teams based on their favorite nerdery (I'm captain of Team 221b. Of course. But there's a Who team and a LotR team and a Stargate team and a science team and a mythology team and on and on...) and then every month for three months the teams compete in a series of challenges to earn points. You're encouraged to knit what you would have anyway, but you have to make them fit into specific challenges and tie them back to your own nerdery. It's really a lot of fun! This is my second tourney, and 221b is one of the biggest teams this time out with 31 members.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

Aw man, that is SO cool... let me know in advance before the next one? Because this time there's no way I could jump in, but next time...

(I've inventoried about 2/3 of the stash. God knows I have yarn enough.)

And by the way, thank you for all the work you're doing on collating the various patterns for the Sherlock blanket KAL. I've been downloading charts and patterns, with the idea of turning them into knit/purl arrangements instead of intarsia so that I can combine those patterns and Holynarf's Who stuff into one big wholock blanket o' doom.

[sadbhyl.livejournal.com]

Oh man! That sounds like an awesome project. Don't thank me on the KAL, though. That's mostly Runciblespork. I just designed the Baskerville square.

Signups for Tourney 8 will be in May, with the Tourney itself happening June, July and August. Just in time for Tour de Fleece, which I am so doing this year! But I'll definitely be doing promo for it on my LJ so you won't miss out!

[hildy.livejournal.com]

I thought of you and my other knitting friends when I saw this article on a mobile yarn truck.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

I love that!

[redpanda13.livejournal.com]

Glad your group is finding a way to hang together.

[mme-hardy.livejournal.com]

I think you could go into guerrilla knitbombing at this point.

I just bought The Great North American Afghan book and am going to start doing squares. Some time. http://www.amazon.com/The-Great-North-American-Afghan/dp/1933064242 You might consider it or a similar sampler-square book.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

I missed out on the only yarn bomb Tangled Skein did. :(

[neadods.livejournal.com]

I've got that one too, although I'm more tempted to do a series of the fannish washcloths on Ravelry and use them as blocks. Also, Mason Dixon knitting has a log cabin blanket made of this yarn, but I can't find my copy of the book (which may not matter; I know how those blocks go).

[tchwrtr.livejournal.com]

The library has their books--ask me how I know. :-)

[neadods.livejournal.com]

:)

Thing is, my Mason-Dixon #1 is signed. So it's not just the patterns that make me want to lay my hands on it!

[starmalachite.livejournal.com]

Glad for you that Knit Night will survive!

[themis1.livejournal.com]

Very pleased to hear about Knit Night.

[stlscape.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad to hear that Knit Night is still there. Now start knitting!

[silmaril.livejournal.com]

So, um, when and where?

[neadods.livejournal.com]

You have to get on Jennifer's email list, although she says she's going to start a Rav group too. Look for a PM; I'll forward the info.