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March 2, 2005

Pink Becomes Purple

After I had firmly decided on the pink GGH soft kid because that was what made the most sense with the skirts and dresses I have in my closet, I called Knit Happens to order the yarn and needles for the knitalong cardi.  Well Kristine wasn't there, but I talked to the most delightful ladies (one on the phone and the other in the background) and we had a rather serious discussion about the undertones in the pink and that it was really more of a rose color.  Rose and I don't do so well together - too blue, so I decided on the lavender.  I'm beginning to think that I have developed an obsession for all things purple - purple sweater, purple superskinny scarf, purple and brown Koigu for socks, now the lavender soft kid.  The good thing (or maybe bad, depending on your point of view) is that I'm not sure what I'm going to wear with this new lavender cardigan.  Hmmm, I guess I'll just have to go shopping!  I'm always looking for an excuse to shop for clothes (although I've put that particular obsession on hold in favor of yarn and paint).

I'm to the knee on the legwarmers which means that I had to recalculate my decreases because there isn't as much change in diameter from my knee to my ankle as there was from my thigh to my knee.  I sure hope I don't mess up the calculations because I'm going to be really annoyed if I have to rip it back to the knee.  I'm hoping I'll be able to get the first one finished by this weekend.  I still haven't decided on whether I'm going to start the socks or finish the second legwarmer.  I guess I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.

I found cabinet hardware that I really like at Guadalupe Forge.  The problem is that the handles are too long to replace the ones I currently have.  I sent the link to Travis and I'm hoping he can figure out a way that they will work because I haven't found anything that I like as well as these.  Nothin's every simple.  I swear.

I have quite a dilemma.  I have a job interview this afternoon (over lunch) and I have been considering private practice for a while now.  My problem is that I really think I would be much happier with my own business - being a lawyer is pretty boring most days.  I really want yarn store and I think there is definitely a need for one since there aren't really any in this area of the state (Colorado is the closest).  The problem I have is that I had planned to wait 12-18 months so that I could do a business plan and have more knitting under my belt before I tried to open a store - seems logical to me.  I don't know how I feel about taking a new job knowing that I don't really want to stay for very long, but I'm not sure that I can survive at my current job that long - the politics are killer.  What do you all think?

Tonight is my big tv night - LOST and Alias - so I'm not sure how much knitting I'll get done.  Those shows require my undivided attention - lots of action to be missed it you aren't paying attention, which makes knitting difficult for me, but we'll see.  Have a great day.