Last night, however, my ball of sock yarn got nearly completely all unballed. I realized this as I was getting into my car. I was getting into my car because I was awaiting the arrival of a person to change my tire since the same tire (it's a brand new tire, but it's on the same wheel) is now flat again. When the tire went flat (which occurred as I parked my car on the street just around the corner from my friends' home where I was going for dinner), I left it where it was and went to the house for dinner. I called for a tire change (it's included in my car warranty - I know it's not difficult to change a tire on my own, but it's way easier when someone else does it for you!) and ate a little dinner and then went back to the car. As I sat in the car I felt a tug and saw that there was yarn extending from my purse.
I looked back from whence I had come and saw, to my horror, that my thin yarn extended across the sidewalk, through two yards, into a bush, and around the street corner...
Thus began my effort to find where the ball now was, inform passers-by that they might get tripped by the yarn (I missed telling one runner, who DID get tripped up by the yarn...), and untangle the yarn from the branches of a large bush.
Wow.
I suppose you could say that I'm going through one of those streaks of bad luck, except I don't really believe in luck.
All I want now is for my tire to stay inflated until I get back to Kentwood and am with my parents and near tire stores whose reputations I know!!
Anyhow, here's a picture of the sock mid last week. It's much farther along now, but I have no digital camera.
Ooh, also today I am wearing the first sweater I ever knit. It's big and acrylic and purple. I think this is the first time I've actually worn it to somewhere that people know me...!
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Have you ever read the Harlot's story in (I think) Knit Lit II? She tried to knit while ice skating, and, well ... you can imagine.
Love the socks. I bet they'd look good with your purple sweater! :)
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