right back atcha! Thank you so much for all your comments and emails – it really lifted my spirits. While I’m so sad I’m not alone in my plight – I wouldn’t wish infertility on my worst enemy – I’m glad to know my feelings, however uncomfortable they may be – are not misunderstood. I’m forever grateful.
I want you all to know too that my sister is very conscious and solicitous of my feelings. She’s not without her own guilt about the situation, I’m sure. Know too, that when I’m around those kids, there are NO BAD FEELINGS. Only joy. It’s when I’m alone, puttering about, that the sadness wells up.
I’d been wanting to blog about it for awhile, but wasn’t sure if I should take so personal a leap. I’m glad I did. I hope someone out there read yesterday’s post and subsequent comments and was comforted a little to know they, too, are not alone.
Jen helped pick me up; she took me over to Handknits. It was a successful trip! I picked up some new Addis and this:
If you guessed Koigu, then you’re right! It’s much more of an aqua color – the perfect retro color for the Retro Rib socks. How do I know the color’s retro? Because we went to a totally retro diner in Englewood – Baumgart’s Cafe (it’s a combo Jewish Deli/Chinese Restaurant – don’t ask) – and my Koigu matched the retro blue booth. (Please, if you’re my friend ;-), don’t remind me how much sock yarn I now have and the fact that I have never knit a sock! Thank you very much!)
Beth, the proprietress at Handknits, had a great idea for a border on my Pinwheel blanket too! I’m very excited about it – but I think I’ll keep it a secret for now. Suffice it to say, I will not be using a different yarn – I’m going to do the border in the same ASC (which is good because I have way too much of it!) Onto the fifth skein as of last night.
Vicki asked me some more interview questions – so read further for THE KNITORIOUS INTERVIEW!
1. Is there a crafty or artistic endeavor that makes you say, “I’d like to try that someday!”?
It’s funny. I don’t think of myself as a crafty person at all. To me, crafty is like all scrapbooky Martha and stuff – which is so not me. (I know, I know, there’s nothing wrong with scrapbooking!) That said, I used to throw pottery and sometimes I really, really miss it – I would like to get back to that maybe. And quilts. Quilts are fascinating to me. Not sure if I want to try it, but I greatly admire the work that goes into them. I’m pretty happy with knitting, though. It’s enough for me.
2. Many of your photographs feature botanicals. Do you have a green thumb?
Absolutely not. Besides the fact that I live in an apartment and really don’t have the space for gardening – there isn’t a living thing in my home. Unless, of course, you count mold. For some reason I’m really good at keeping that alive.
3. What is your favorite food a) at a restaurant, b) to make from scratch, c) for a snack?
At a restaurant: Hmm. That’s tough. Lamb chops, maybe? Georgie’s always finding me new places to have lamb chops. Ocassionally I get super cravings for the roast beef mozzarella hero from the Italian deli around the corner – best freaking muzz you’ve ever tasted and I love they’re roast beef.
Made from scratch: I don’t know how made from scratch it is, but my stuffed shells are the best. Never fails to please a crowd. Maybe I’ll make that for dinner tonight. Georgie would be so, so happy!
For a snack: I’m actually not a big snacker. One thing I really like is Alouette cheese and crackers. That’s fun to eat. And Georgie hates it, so it’s a little me snack. Yesterday I had some almonds and dried cranberries, cherries and blueberries mixed together. It was one of the best tastes ever!
4. “Summer vacation” and “summer home” used to have a more literal meaning – some people would actually spend their whole summer at their summer home! Where would yours be located? (Anywhere in the world and money no object, of course.)
Well, I would only go to my summer home in the winter if it were in La Quinta, California – about 30 minutes east of Palm Springs. Georgie and I go out there at least every other year. It’s really a home away from home for us. If it were a true summer house, I’d have to say somewhere near the beach – Hawaii’s always nice. Maybe Cape Cod – but I’d want to go off season. Maybe we could divide our time between Laguna Beach and La Quinta? They’re only about a two hour drive away. (hey – you said money was no object!)
5. What’s at the tippy-top of your “I’d Like to Make That” knitting project wish list? (Again, money and time no object, nor even “skill level” if you believe in that sort of thing.)
Believe it or not, I’m dying to make a pair of socks. I started one a little while ago, turned the heel, got like an inch done on the foot and stopped. Since then I’ve bought a ton of (expensive!) sock yarn and have yet to make a sock. Yesterday I bought more Koigu. I have like five sock books. I want to make the Retro Rib socks really badly. I’m trying to figure out how to do two socks on two circulars since I think it’s my aversion to dpns that’s holding me back.
Thanks Vicki! If anyone else wants to be interviewed, let me know!
hm, i’m totally sensing a trend here of knitters who used to do ceramics and/or want to — i threw a bit in college, when it was free and there was always a potter’s wheel available about 15 minutes from my dorm, but now? too expensive!
for sure one of the main reasons knitting is such a hit, recently and always, is its portability and budget-friendliness (please ignore the big stash sitting behind me in boxes while i type this!) — but seriously, who can afford a wheel much less a kiln much less.. you get the idea.
anyhow, your personal jump is totally appreciated by me — not because of baby-issues or anything like that (here’s hoping that’s not in my future..) but more because i’m always posting non-knitting stuff, especially ‘personal jumping’ stuff, and since i don’t see it that much on other people’s knitting blogs, sometimes i feel weird about doing that on my own. to sum up, bravery is always appreciated and it sets a good example for others 😉
sorry, this is one loooong comment – feel free to delete away if you want!
I so want to make a pair of socks this year too – at least you have STARTED a pair, I can’t even figure out when I am going to fit a pair into my to do list.
I totally loved pottery (and ceramics) when I was a girl, but finding the space and the supplies to do it was a challenge. Parents didn’t seemed too enthused by my hobby.
That Koigu color is such a lovely blue. Let me say it again: Such. A. Lovely. Blue.
I’m so totally loving reading the answers to my interviews! I didn’t think it would be so much fun!
Quilting! I have a sister who quilts — one year she taught me and another sister and we made pillow tops for Mother’s Day. Well, two of us made pillows; the other one is a hanging because one of my sisters is so freakingly perfect and detailed that both sides just had to be seen (it hangs in a small window and is regularly viewed from both sides).
Do you think you’d garden if you had a yard? I totally suck at houseplants and it’s only been in the last 10 years or so that I’ve had a real interest in outside stuff (and then nothing that involves TOO much work — perennials!).
Have I ever had lamb chops? When I was a wee one, my mother would make leg o’ lamb, but I don’t think I even remember how it was. I made a Greek dish and had to special order some lamb once… Stuff shells — a favorite of mine and definitely counts as “from scratch.” Nuts and dried fruit — mmm, yum, too.
I knew you’d say La Quinta! I’m glad you added the others, though. I don’t know if I’d be able to decide… I’d want a place in many different locations, too (and each in a different architecture style!).
OMG, you make me laugh — at both of us! I have more sock yarn than a girl who’s never knit a sock should have, too! I want to, and someday I will (and so will you!).
Thanks so much, Cara.
I’m with you on the socks — I, too, have bought some good stuff, Lorna’s laces, etc. and lots of patterns, but, so far, no socks!