KnottyMinds

The view from Nina's in the lovely Cathedral Hill neighborhood of Saint Paul.

I am practicing my favorite Sunday morning routine:

I make my way to my favorite local coffee shop.
I pack all of the necessary material to study such things as rhodopsin pathways and the results of autoradiographic experiments.
I focus, focus, focus. Study, study, study. Think, think, think.
I discover that someone has wisely and thoughfully packed my new favorite knitting project into my school bag.
What a lovely way to spend a Sunday morning.

Answers for my sock pal

For my new sock pal:

About my sock size...I am sorry about this....my measurements are 10 inches long and 8.5 inches in circumference.  That''s a size ten, baby.  On a positive note, I like snug fitting socks and I also don't like my socks to be very tall, usually around 6 inches above the heel.  So you catch a break in the leg length that (hopefully) makes up for the gi-normous  feet. 

In terms of yarns, I like Cherry Tree Hill, Koigu, Mountain Colors' Bearfoot and Schaefer Yarns' Anne.  I really like all of the sock yarns, especially the nice ones.

About the pattern/color choices.  I love all patterns and colors with one stipulation.  I like pretty, patterned socks to be knit in solid yarns.  I hate losing the pattern to a lovely varigated colorway.  Plain ribbed socks can be in any yarns, varigated or solids. 

I don't have any allergies, though I would always choose a softer wool over a coarser one.  I'm also not a big holiday celebrater.  I am more the winter solstice type.

Any questions, or comments about how snotty and elitest I sound can be directed to my email.  I will have one of my peons get back to you in due time. 

I cast on this morning for a new sweater.  That said, only two short weeks ago I finished another sweater for myself.  It can be seen on the wall of my LYS, where is will sit as a shop model for 15 long months.

That brings me to the question; What is wrong with me?  I have been knitting for ten, count 'em, ten years.  I have finished multiple sweaters for friends and family.  Yet in my drawers, I can count 3 self-knitted items; two scarves and a OSW.  The new job at the LYS should remedy this situation, at least in terms of yarn availability.  That still leaves the little issue of time.  Hmmm, what to do? 

Scenario #1:  I could quit school, ignore the mounting debt, and knit like a fiend for a few short months until the student loan bills start rolling in.

Scenario #2:  I could stay in school, and use all of my "study time" to knit on the sly.  Then, when I graduate with a 1.nothing GPA, I could sulk about my lack of job offers, while drowning my sorrows in yarn. 

Scenario #3:  I could stop posting (at least for the moment) and study my f*cking biochemistry, which I swear is trying to kill me.  I could accept the death of my knitting life for now, while continuing to accumulate yarn like a mad woman, and them when I finally have a real job I can knit in the evenings and weekends. 

Sounds like a plan.