I'm going to change up my normal posting order this week and start off with a follow-up from my last post. If you're reading this and you're not interested in theater drama, keep scrolling to find the knitting. In that previous post, I described very vaguely that there was a situation going on with people involved in my next mainstage show, Journey to the West. It's rather too long of a story and probably not that interesting of one to actually describe the events that led to said situation in detail. We'll just leave it at "some guy" was dating "two other gals" (one of whom was me - we weren't exclusive so I did not care about the other gal) and a "different gal" found out and was hurt by that information. Because she was hurt, that "different gal" was considering quitting working on Journey as she didn't think she could work with one of the "two other gals" (not me, the other one...for some reason). However, after the "different gal" had a few days to calm down, she decided that she would be able to work with the two other gals as a professional and we're all moving on. Phew!
In non-drama theater news, I finished running the Reader's Theatre production of Other Desert Cities. It's a great show - if you ever have a chance to see it, I'd recommend it. We're getting close to starting rehearsals for Journey so I started getting my SM book together and wrote the first draft of the props list last weekend. I can tell you without a doubt that it is the weirdest props list I have ever written. I actually had to include "Poles with babies in cages attached (9)" on there. I'll give you a second to re-read that. Yep, babies in cages....not my idea.
Ok, so on to knitting stuff. I finally have a FO to show off - Liz's Rainbow Monkey Socks are cast off, finished, and blocked. Since her feet are much larger than mine it was hard to get a good picture (her feet weren't available), but here's what I did get.
I also entered these into the Sock Knitter's Anonymous Ravelry Group's June 2014 Sockdown contest. For anyone who doesn't know, they don't actually judge your socks other than to make sure they meet the criteria of the challenge and the general rules. All you have to do is cast-on a sock that meets one of the month's challenges and then cast it off (and post photos) within the given time frame and then bada-bing bada-boom, you're entered into a drawing for a variety of prizes varying from yarn to stitch markers to patterns and more. I've never done any sort of contest like this, but so far it's fun! I added a ridiculous amount of patterns to my queue just because I made the mistake of looking through all the other entries - they're gorgeous! Anyone else fall prey to this trap?
In non-drama theater news, I finished running the Reader's Theatre production of Other Desert Cities. It's a great show - if you ever have a chance to see it, I'd recommend it. We're getting close to starting rehearsals for Journey so I started getting my SM book together and wrote the first draft of the props list last weekend. I can tell you without a doubt that it is the weirdest props list I have ever written. I actually had to include "Poles with babies in cages attached (9)" on there. I'll give you a second to re-read that. Yep, babies in cages....not my idea.
Ok, so on to knitting stuff. I finally have a FO to show off - Liz's Rainbow Monkey Socks are cast off, finished, and blocked. Since her feet are much larger than mine it was hard to get a good picture (her feet weren't available), but here's what I did get.
They are super soft and stretchy and I think she will really like them. I did love working with the Araucania Huasco other than the fact that if it was warm, the yarn that was resting over my forefinger for tensioning was leaving a little blue stain-line. When I washed the socks, the color didn't seem to bleed much either in the sink or on the towel, so hopefully she won't have a problem.
As soon as I cast those bad boys off, I immediately cast on for the May Rockin' Sock Club socks, Quite Contrary Socks. They have a very different sort of construction from normal cuff-down socks so I had some trouble with misinterpreting a few instructions and got myself confused and frustrated. Fortunately, the lovely ladies on the Ravelry RSC forum helped me out and I am now done with the first sock!
I have totally slacked on my Summer Breeze Pullover - I got past the raglan increases and separated the sleeves. Then, I promptly set it down and have not picked it up since. There are two reasons (I think) for this behavior. First, I had to get Liz's socks done before this coming Saturday when I'll see her at the Renaissance Festival (and I really wanted to have a FO to show on here). Second, I am obsessed with getting these Quite Contrary socks completed. I got the first one finished in 3 days which is a new record for me!
Lastly and briefly cause this is getting really long, I finally stopped by another LYS near me, The Loopy Ewe (also an online store) last Friday. It's a lovely, bright, friendly store with a seriously huge amount of yarn. I spent about 45 minutes petting all the yarn I could and finally forced myself to leave. Surprisingly, I managed to escape with only 1 hank of yarn - Handmaiden Casbah Sock yarn in the Tourmaline colorway. The picture makes it look slightly more blue and less green than it is in real life. I think it's destined for some Christmas socks for my Mom (maybe Treebeard Socks?).
Lastly and briefly cause this is getting really long, I finally stopped by another LYS near me, The Loopy Ewe (also an online store) last Friday. It's a lovely, bright, friendly store with a seriously huge amount of yarn. I spent about 45 minutes petting all the yarn I could and finally forced myself to leave. Surprisingly, I managed to escape with only 1 hank of yarn - Handmaiden Casbah Sock yarn in the Tourmaline colorway. The picture makes it look slightly more blue and less green than it is in real life. I think it's destined for some Christmas socks for my Mom (maybe Treebeard Socks?).
Okay, I think I've gone on enough for this week. Hopefully, I won't be a slacker like last week and will actually post again within a week. Then maybe I wouldn't have so much to say! If anyone is reading this, I hope you have a lovely week full of yarn and/or theater!
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