Heard at an Oakland Laundromat

Due to the fact that I have older, and occasionally ornery, kitties, on Wednesday night they performed acts to my bedding that required a trip to a Laundromat of Large Washers, as a king-sized mattress pad really oughtn't attempt entry into a standard washing machine, and in any case the sleeping bag is specifically contraindicated.

Steeled by a pair of hand rolls from Piedmont Grocery and a Green Tea Freddo (okay, it's essentially a milkshake, but it's green tea, dammit!) from the adjacent Peet's Coffee, I entered the laundromat last night, bedding tied into a bundle and slung over my shoulder in the tradition of my Polish ancestresses of old--it's amazing how much you can get into a king-sized sheet, for that matter.

The Washer of Unusual Size, large enough for both the mattress pad and the sleeping bag, was being freshly taken by to charming young ladies who also had Cat and Bedding Issues. I used a lesser washer for the rest of it, and settled in to lie in wait.

I am--for research purposes, you understand--making several scale-sized sweaters with intent to cause at least two pullovers: one Wool and one Not-Wool. I am using the Ancient and Honorable Proportions gifted unto the Knitting Masses by the Knit-Dis, only done half scale...
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Imaginknit has Sea Silk. Imaginknit has Sea Silk now.

Tonight, I pick up more needles...and scout. Next Friday, faeryl and I will infiltrate.

-- Lorrie

( My footnote lives here. )

I Can Has Knittin' Books // Lorrie's Expedition to Imagiknit

My Schoolhouse Press mail order of crazy Scandinavian knitting books arrived intact. Frabjous day!

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After the random laundromat encounter last night, I had been thinking that I might go to Imagiknit round about payday.

Until I realized they were actually easy to get to from work...

( So I went. )

Yes, they have Sea Silk--about half a dozen skeins, one each of several colors including Midnight, Capri, Nova Scotia, and Renaissance. They have manymany things, because they wedge as much yarn as they possibly can into their Towers o' Cubbies. I am, however, Firmly Assured that they will be getting in all the colors, and in quantity, as soon as possible. This is a by-hand operation, so that will be awhile...

Elsewhere in the store:

Their needle selection was quite extensive, but was compacted in such a way as to make negotiation difficult. Their notions selection was quite good--I found the Clover yarn-cutting pendant in pewter, which means no more gnawing through yarn just because I'm on an airplane. Huzzah!

BUT--special to walkyrja--I achieved one skein of Soy Silk's Pure in Vineyard Green. This is a Not-Wool that should be tolerable for Fair-Isle style stranded knitting, by which I mean, "a sweater for walkyrja". It was even on sale--but it was the last skein, and one skein is not a sweater, unless it's a verrrrry small. As a Not-Wool scale sweater is part of my Cunning Plan, I am okay with this--for the full-size test, I'll have to buy some ridiculous amount in any case. Said test will also have to wait for me to find cream of the same vintage; I'll make some calls.

( Even better was their book selection. )

-- Lorrie