I have been sick for the past few days, but today I ventured out into that mysterious land of Jo-Ann’s crafts. Why would I do such a thing? Hello.. 75% off the clearance price! I bought ten boxes of easter-egg dyeing kits. Why? For yarn of course. Speaking of yarn… I didn’t buy any! I bought a book, a magazine and the easter egg dyes. I was extremely proud of myself. I think if I had found any sock yarn on clearance, I probably would have snatched it up. Alas, I didn’t even pick up any of my beloved Angel Hair yarn. One of the most pleasant feeling synthetic yarns I have ever worked with.

I’ve been itching for a knitting project. I needed something that I could do in between classes and not have to concentrate on too much. Oh, and it had to use the yarn from the part of the stash I left out*.

Well, I decided on a project. I have a ton of chenille from a recycled sweater and I have decided to make a little tesselating fish blanket from it. The original pattern has been taken down, but someone attempted to improve it by making the fish flat. It is pretty good except for one part. Towards the end of the decreases, the numbers don’t match up.

Here is my changed version of the decreases. (leaving her text in place so it is easier to tell where to replace)
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Here is the change!
Slip, SSK, K1, Kfb, SSK, K6, K2tog, Kfb, K1, K2tog, K1
Slip, K4, P8, K5
Slip, SSK, K1, Kfb, SSK, K4, K2tog, Kfb, K1, K2tog, K1
Slip, K4, P6, K5
Slip, SSK, K1, Kfb, SSK, K2, K2tog, Kfb, K1, K2tog, K1
Slip, K4, P4, K5
Slip, SSK, K1, Kfb, SSK, K2tog, Kfb, K1, K2tog, K1
Slip, K4, P2, K5
Slip, SSK, K1, Kfb, SSK, Kfb, K1, K2tog, K1
Slip, K10
Slip, SSK, K1, Kfb, K2tog, Kfb, K2tog, K1
Slip, K9
This is the end of the change.
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I haven’t tested this yet, but if it doesn’t work, I’ll re-edit this entry. I hope it does work. These will be great little projects to take me away from the studying this last week of class and during the hours I have between finals next week.

* I packed up a HUGE box of vacuum sealed bags of yarn in an effort to use up some of my existing yarn.

When did the knitty surprises come out? Did I totally miss their arrival or am I super cool and spotted them first? Anyhow, Starsky is cute. It might even be useful in my cardigan dilema. Want to hear something really bad?? My mother has a raincoat in the same cut that I refuse to let her throw away. It is too tight across the chest but damnit, I just can’t let her let it go. I just love the way it is built!

Oh how jealous I am… look at the stash and look at that organization. The darn aquifers and our need for clean water keep my from having a basement to put such a wonderful stash!

The new Magknits is up. So far I like Calla and I think Zombies need not apply is cute. I admit the Slinky socks are amusing, but I wouldn’t ever wear them.

The call pattern is making me think I might want to knit a tank top, but of course I would need a light shrug or cardigan to go over. What I really need is a cardigan, but I have yet to find the right pattern. I think I am just too picky. I like Samus, but it is too bulky for the weather here. Candy might be OK, but I think I would stick to a solid color.