Despite the troubles Seth discussed briefly regarding getting our visas, we were able to get them, and they’re now in our hot little hands. So, um. Guess what? We’re going to Taiwan!
I should actually be finishing up repacking our bags right now. Most everything is more or less ready to go, but I need to organize my carry on, decide what I’m going to be knitting on the plane (well, I know it’s going to be a sock. I’m really deciding on the pattern - it’ll either be the Straight-laced Socks pattern or the Shetland Lace Rib Sock pattern), and pack away the last few things we’ve been using, like the toothbrushes and stuff.
Hmm…housekeeping. I need to post some links to our RSS feed, but I’ll put them here for now.
Well, that’s everything I can think of for now - I’m sure we’ll have more soon!
I just signed up for Pink Lemon Twist’s third Mystery Stole knitalong. Nevermind that I need to be focusing on packing for our big Taiwan adventure. Nevermind taht I don’t really have any laceweight laying around. Nevermind that I already have a lace project languishing on the needles (I work on it, but not all that often - socks just go so much faster!) that I started sometime last fall (October, I think?). But - it looks like fun, and the deadline to join the group is tomorrow, so I decided to go for it. I’ll probably pick up some cheap laceweight yarn from Knitpicks (or find something on Etsy). I guess we’ll see how it goes, but from what I’ve seen so far, it looks like it’ll be pretty!
Oh, and I got my invite to ravelry a few weeks ago. I’m MissLisbeth if you want to say hi!
So, Walm*rt is having a $1/yard fabric sale, beginning today and running until Saturday. I leave tomorrow morning for a work trip, so I don’t have the luxury of waiting until Saturday - I need to go stock up tonight! This is complicated, though, since I don’t have a car. Seth left this morning - he’s helping out with a Special Olympics trip this weekend, and took the car. So, I have to catch a ride to work today. I’m supposed to meet with a friend tonight to show her how to cast off some knitting (she’s making a felted purse! I am so proud!), and I’m hoping she might want to go get some fabric, too. I suspect the sale is due to Walm*rt’s decision to phase out fabrics in their stores, which pretty much sucks. With no fabric available, I’ll have to either go to the quilt shop here in town (they’ve probably got nice stuff, but it’s probably out of my price range), or drive the 45 minutes to Joplin to hit Hobby Lobby or Jo-Ann Fabrics.
I really shouldn’t complain too much, though. We’re getting a yarn store! Right here in Pittsburg! It’s tentatively slated to open the first week of April. I’ve already warned Seth that I’ll be putting a pretty significant dent in our checkbook as soon as I visit, which I hope to do right away. I know I can probably get yarn cheaper online, but I also know that having a yarn shop (right here! where I live!) is worth a lot, and I’m going to do my part to ensure they stick around.