Temptation

[norsegirl]

So I've made a new friend down here and we're getting along very well. She's in the SCA and we share many of the same interests. I've also got her tempted into trying the cloth diapering thing and when we went shopping last week I discovered that they've come out with a brilliant little kit that will get you enough for 2 day's worth of diapers for a mere $100. Wish that was around when I started. That said I do enjoy trying all the different kinds of diapers that are out there. Anyway, this weekend while I was trying to clean the temptress sent me a pdf with a knitted soaker pattern. It's not like I've never seen these patterns before. And it's not like I could use the particular pattern she sent anyway (it was for knitting rovings, not yarn so the gauge would have been all wonky) but she tempted me and now the house isn't clean like I wanted it to be and I've got a soaker 1/3 knitted on the needles. I'm very easily distracted, especially if it gets me away from the crappy jobs like cleaning.

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[haworth-attard.livejournal.com]

What is a soaker?

[utsi.livejournal.com]

a me too on the soaker q.
and how does one knit rovings? i can't imagine it being very stable.

curious now, but glad you have a companion in crime so to speak :)

[eve-the-just.livejournal.com]

The idea with knitting the rovings is to felt it when you're done.

Companion in crime, alas, is only for 3 more weeks. She's about to move to Dallas (which is not too far away, but far enough not to be a regular afternoon shopping buddy) in preparation for a move up North to either Illinois, Indiana or Connecticut (that's apparently where the work is for her husband). It means in a few weeks she'll revert to being an "events-only" friend and in a few months I'll probably only see her at Pennsic. Bummer that we didn't get friendly until she was about to leave.