Jen G's confession
Hi, I'm Jen and I'm a fiber addict (hi Jen!). I'm also a mom, to a little guy named Andy (but I call him BoogerMonkey) who's 6 months old today, a graduate student studying magazine at the University of Oregon, wife to George (also called LlamaFace, slave to Radio Shack), and a total nerd.
I use words like "androgynous" (sp?) in every day speech, confusing a lot of people around me. I knit, I crochet, I sew, I make cards, I want to scrapbook but never have the time, I cook, I make stitch markers, I dye my own yarn with kool-aid (though that takes a GIANT leap of faith for me, so it happens rarely), and I want to learn how to spin.
Lately, I've been on a toy-making binge, I'm nearly done with a monkey for a friend of a friend's baby, just sent off a doll to a friend who's expecting any day now, have created what I call "grabby loop" knit blankies, and am about to embark on a felted "fruit" experiment. Purses are also fun. I have yet to finish a sweater or a pair of socks in any adult size, so those are summer goals (sweater for Mom, socks for Little Brother).
I didn't realize how much yarn I had until I purchased bins to put it all in when we moved into a newshoebox apartment, and filled four 32-quart bins with yarn, plus another 18-quart bin, plus all my needles and notions. I've put myself on a yarn-buying hiatus anyway, so when I found SoSKAL through Lolly, I figured why not join?
My exception(s) are thus: buying specific yarn for a specific commissioned project, if I don't have the necessary yarn in my stash already (which is unlikely) and the Black Sheep Gathering, which is coming up soon. Last year, somehow, I got out of the BSG with only one hank (or was it two?) of superwash merino sportweight from where I don't recall (but the colorway is "once in a blue moon" and it's autumnal and gorgeous) and it's just sitting in the stash waiting for the perfect project to come along.
I haven't decided my reward yet. I rarely buy yarn to make stuff for myself, so maybe that'll be it: make something for myself. I really like Tempting II from Knitty, but I'm not sure yet.
Oh yeah: my blog is here, though it'll be moving here once my internet guru guy gets the wordpress database all set up. I'll be sure to post when that happens.
Happy Stashbusting!
I use words like "androgynous" (sp?) in every day speech, confusing a lot of people around me. I knit, I crochet, I sew, I make cards, I want to scrapbook but never have the time, I cook, I make stitch markers, I dye my own yarn with kool-aid (though that takes a GIANT leap of faith for me, so it happens rarely), and I want to learn how to spin.
Lately, I've been on a toy-making binge, I'm nearly done with a monkey for a friend of a friend's baby, just sent off a doll to a friend who's expecting any day now, have created what I call "grabby loop" knit blankies, and am about to embark on a felted "fruit" experiment. Purses are also fun. I have yet to finish a sweater or a pair of socks in any adult size, so those are summer goals (sweater for Mom, socks for Little Brother).
I didn't realize how much yarn I had until I purchased bins to put it all in when we moved into a new
My exception(s) are thus: buying specific yarn for a specific commissioned project, if I don't have the necessary yarn in my stash already (which is unlikely) and the Black Sheep Gathering, which is coming up soon. Last year, somehow, I got out of the BSG with only one hank (or was it two?) of superwash merino sportweight from where I don't recall (but the colorway is "once in a blue moon" and it's autumnal and gorgeous) and it's just sitting in the stash waiting for the perfect project to come along.
I haven't decided my reward yet. I rarely buy yarn to make stuff for myself, so maybe that'll be it: make something for myself. I really like Tempting II from Knitty, but I'm not sure yet.
Oh yeah: my blog is here, though it'll be moving here once my internet guru guy gets the wordpress database all set up. I'll be sure to post when that happens.
Happy Stashbusting!
posted by Jen at 5:59 PM
3 Comments:
I'd love to see your grabby blanket you mentioned. Can you post a pic?
I'm also going to the Black Sheep gathering!
Liz~
I didn't take a picture before sending it off to my friend in CA (another one who's expecting...seriously, within a month of me giving birth, about a dozen people I know all announced they were pregnant & due within 2 months of each other), but I'll either make another one or have her post pictures of hers, whichever comes first, ASAP. They're fun and small and quick and my son loved the one I made, so I need to make him one, I think.
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