flyinmysoup

(two pats on the head for knowing what the title is about--really, the geeks of the world should unite!)
so, i bet you would like to see the progress that i'm making on the Deep V-neck argyle sweater vest, right?  right?  okay, here ya go. see?  isn't that just marvelous progress?  i feel retarded right about now--well, no, to be fair i felt retarded right about five minutes before i started unravelling the 7 inches of progress that i had made. yep, seems that the row gauge was off, by oh, say 1.5 sts.  sucksucksuck.  the vest would have been roughly 31" long when finished and me, at just under 5'2" would have looked like i raided my mom's closet.  GAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!  i was crushed a little bit, and have lost the steam that was moving the knitting train.  i look at you in shame, pile o' delicious yarn. 
i'm still with the stash decreasing, and have started up one of the Airy Scarves from Last-Minute Knitted Gifts.  it
it's the kinda of project that has lots of bang for the buck...sooo easy to do yet it looks so pretty.  hey, does anyone else adore the combonation of the yellow-green needle with the mauvey KSH?  oh, and it really is the same width the whole way down.  when i was snapping the pic i almost fell face first into the wall i moved, making the bottom of the scarf appear wonky. 
and i behaved just shamefully today.  the closest LYS is having a 30-50% off sale until sunday and stupid idjit i am, the fella and i went.  he is a freak of knitting nature and only knits on ONE THING AT A TIME...oh, and he--you'll want to sit down i think--he doesn't stash, at all.  he valigntly tried to find yarn for this beetchin aran he took a fancy to, but no luck.  i, ya know, me of the "i'm not buying yarn for a while", did find something, but i can totally justify it!  those of you that have been coming to these parts for a while may remember Ralph and Andy.  well, these boys here are the same yarn, different color.  (ps.  this is NOT cashmere, as the LYS owner told me, it's Lacey Lamb and i still love it).  got both of these guys for less than the price of 1 ball online.  see?  totally justafiable...i hang my head in shame.