After last week’s mess, I realized that yes, I am capable of knitting. Go me! First, some stash enhancement. I was on a mission to pick up some yarn for the Target Wave mittens, so I stopped by the lys that’s on my way home from work. I was feeling very blah about what was there, but they carry the most lovely selection of Koigu. I so don’t need any sock yarn, but the depth of color in those little skeins was so amazing. Yummy. However, I’m not sure what I’ll make with the yarn – I’m not really a sock person. I like to knit socks, but I am Always Warm, so I very rarely wear them. So we’ll see what happens with this stuff.

On Saturday, I dragged the always-working-must-finish-thesis-revisions Rob out to do some errands with me. Part of the errands involved stopping by Twisted Yarns for a sale they were having – the higher the temps outside, the larger the discount. It was a seriously beautiful (ie, not stiflingly hot) day on Saturday, so I figured it wouldn’t be super hot out. I picked up two skeins of Louet Topaz for the mittens, and ended up with a 25% discount. They said it was 100 degrees outside, which was so not true. I think their thermometer must have been sitting in the sun, but whatever, I’ll take it.

In the whole I Am Capable of Knitting Properly vein, I finished one hexagon of the Basalt Tank and proceeded to sloppily block it. A shiny cutting/blocking board is on my way from a big craft store this week, because the blocking space around these parts is not so good. This hexagon is basically a big gauge swatch – my row gauge was pretty off from the pattern, and I figured it would be best to just knit the hex to see how much it would affect the size. I think things may work out after all. I’m using Jo Sharp Soho Summer in the Currant color, which lived a previous life as a mostly knitted Corset Tank Pullover (which was a cute sweater, but so not me).