My Fiber Diet and NaKniSweMo

This year, Knit Grrl is hosting the 2nd Annual NaKniSweMo. I must be crazy, because I decided to join. NaKniSweMo is the knitter's NaNoWriMo. In the month of November, you knit a sweater. 50,000 stitches. For the past week or so, I have been obsessed with it. OBSESSED!

I plan on knitting the Mommy Snug from the fall Interweave '06. It calls for an aran/worsted sorta yarn. I've decided on Cascade 220. Mainly, because they have this one color, "Summer Sky Heather", which is a blue/green sorta color that is exactly what I want. The only problem is the sweater will be hand wash only. *shrug* I'm willing to deal with that. Plus, Cascade 200 is at $7 a ball. The Superwash of that is $9 a ball! Dramatic price difference, another reason I went with 220. There are buttons along the side of the sweater, so I havn't picked those out. In an ideal world, I'd learn how to do some torch working, and make said buttons out of glass. I do have a month to prepare, so who knows.

So, because I'm about to shell out almost $100 on yarn. I'm going on a fiber diet. Unless it's for Secret Pal or a swap, I'm going to knit out of my stash. Though, I won't discourage any yarn or fiber gifts :-P If I do finish my sweater in time, I plan on rewarding myself with this bracelet (the one that says "...as soon as I finish this row")

I Went To The Common Ground Fair

And fell in love.



He's an German angora bunny. It was love at first sight. Sadly, Kim wouldn't let me buy him. I think he was jealous.

Also, being on a fiber diet (because of NaKniSweMo) and being surrounded by hand spun and hand died merino, cashmir and angora is downright torture. Torture!! Not only did I almost buy an angora bunny (I sware I was *this* close to buying him) I had briefly considered buying a cashmir goat. $100 for a kid, can you imagine what that would save me on yarn? What was worse, was the goat harder (another knitter) said cashmir goats are the easiest of all goat breeds to raise and make great pets.

All in all, I had lots of self restraint. I didn't know I had it in me. The Common Ground was lots of fun, maybe I'll go back tomorrow after we go sailing. Maybe, if my bunny isn't sold by then, I'll take it as a sign and make him mine :-)