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Thursday, May 04, 2006

Swift Like the Bunny..

I don't know if I ever mentioned it before now.. I honestly don't remember.. but my family friend who built my yarn box has struck again.. and he has built me a swift!

Yes.. my lonely yarn winder has a new friend..



But unfortunately he's still nakie.. I'm battling myself once again with staining vs. painting.. but for this I would tape really well and spraypaint for sure.. Brushing would just make a mess of it.. but staining could be really nice too.. I really don't know.

I haven't tried winding any yarn yet.. I only have one hank that could be wound and I heard that if you wind yarn into balls too soon it can hurt the yarn.. and I'm not ready to start on dad's socks yet.. so.. erm... I dunno.. Is it really that big of a deal to wind ahead of time? Or could I wind it into a ball and then straight back into a hank? Does anybody know?!

..I don't.. lol.

If you look into the picture of the swift and see past the swift a little.. you'll get a feel for what my life is like right now.. I know we moved over a month ago.. but I am still drowning in boxes and other assorted clutter.. it is awful.. all kinds of awful.. and I've just felt dreadful because of it.. (This is why I haven't been blogging much.) I have been knitting.. don't think that I haven't.. I just haven't wanted to do much of anything that requires time besides that.. I guess I'm tired of keeping up a "everything is allright" facade. I guess I feel like I have to do that all day at work and when I get home I just want to sit and knit and watch tv and not worry about what other people are thinking or anything like that..

Boy that sounds bad.

Anyway.. I'm sure it'll get better soon.. my final exam is this weekend so after that I won't have to worry about doing school anymore.. so I'll have more time to do things like clean and put things away (hopefully.) and then get back into blogging and chatting on the forum. I think being done with school will help me feel a lot better actually.. even though it has nothing to do with clutter.. I guess I'm just drowning under stress? Yes.. that sounds like it. The clutter just makes it 1000 times worse it seems.. I just can't ever relax.

It's agravating..

But I sure do have a nice new swift : )
-Kim-   12:56 AM
 


3 Comments:

Moving really takes it out of you, and if it makes you feel any better, we still have some stuff in boxes from our first move that stayed that way until we moved again, and remains in boxes now. That "project" the husband somehow never "has a chance" to get to. Not that I can really talk about that =)

Anyway, (((hugs))) I hope you get to feeling better
April, at 5/04/2006 9:26 AM  
Awesome yarn swift--I really need one of those to go with my ball winder. I've never heard anything about it being bad to wind yarn into balls too early!

Hey, if life gets busy and you need to relax, you definitely should not feel *required* to blog or anything else! Blogs are supposed to be fun, not a burden! It'll still be here when you want it.
lobstah, at 5/04/2006 1:43 PM  
Nice swift! Regarding the question of winding too soon: yarn that is wound into balls too tightly can stretch, and it might damage the yarn, affecting gauge and all that. But as long as you're careful not to wind it too tight, it shouldn't be a problem.

I prefer to keep my yar in skeins as long as possible, but that's only because I find them easier to staple :)
Tina, at 5/06/2006 8:43 AM  

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