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••• Thursday, July 17, 2003

The Yarn Thickens 

A couple of nights ago while catching up on favorite blog/journal reads, I revisited Girl From Auntie. While I had previously seen the links to Auntie's ##### Chronicles (for the purposes of personal safety, within this post, I'll refer to them as "the Culls"). I had not really been interested in checking them out until Auntie drew attention to them in a recent journal post (I'm sorry I can't link you to the Culls or the journal post because Auntie's place is currently not available, which is weirdness, if you know the story).

For those who don't know, Auntie's "Culls" reveal a colorful saga involving a color full deziner who shares moniker with a housekeeper on a tv show that aired in the early 70's, which was a story about a lovely lady who was bringing up three very lovely girls.

I was up reading the Culls until 2am, when I should have been doing something else.... like sleeping (okay, I admit that some of that time was devoted to playing Aunties matching games ::link not available:: at which I kicked some bootay). When I finally completed the last available edition of the Culls, I was hungry for more.

I was so hungry for more that in the morning I was hoping to find that the next (and final I believe) edition had been miraculously posted during my 5 hour slumber. Of course this was a ridiculous fantasy.

Tangential Thought Alert My psycho/social history is rich with fantastical musings. As a child I was convinced that my real mother was Glenda, the Good Witch of the North. Some mornings, upon waking, I would convince myself that my real mommy had finally shown up to claim me, and was waiting down stairs to float me away in a Wood-veneer Bubble Station Wagon, loaded up with all things Barbie (I only had Midge and Francine, Barbie's flatter chested cousin).

Back to the story. I'm new to the knitting information superhighway so recognize that many of you may already know this story and perhaps have been keeping up with Auntie's updates. For those of you who haven't read the Culls, I highly recommend. It's fascinating stuff, of the 00 double pointed variety. And Auntie makes the reading easy. For the record, I had meant to post about this yesterday, before I found out that her site went MIA.

*I'm not using complete titles so that my cute but porky flanks won't be readily googled by "someone" (or his/her minions) and subsequently become the catch of the day at the local Bob Evans. Again, you'd need to know the story to know that my anxiety has legitimate basis.

Dang, this intrigue is draining. I apologize for any confusion here, in the event you don't know what the hoohah I'm talking about and/or haven't been able to successfully link to the articles.

Some Knitting
Here's a shot of the Encore chunky variegated I purchased on vacation. It's very, very soft. The yarn lady said it was new. At this point my plans are to make my nieces (and maybe some sisters) wrist warmers for Christmas. I may add some eyelash to it, for adolescent appeal. I now have to find a wrist warmer pattern calling for chunky yarn.

I bought a couple extra skeins of the Encore for a sweater for my baby girl. At this time, however, I have too many compulsory projects on the table. With each project generating at least 100 obsessional thoughts a day, I can't plan projects too far ahead at this point without getting dizzy. I don't look down.

At this time I really, really need to attend to some hygiene needs and prepare to get out for my once a week interface with real people.

I'll check Auntie's place later to get the rest of the links...I hope. If I mysteriously disappear, someone please feed the pig. She likes Smart Start breakfast Cereal and Slim-Fast Ice cream bars.

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