Moths and Yarn

Moths and yarn do not mix. I have learned that from reading many yarnharlot books. While laughing like crazy, I realized I have never had a problem with moths in the past. Bugs aren't a problem in my house (except for spiders of course). The other night I was out making cheeseburgers on the grill after dark. I opened the door to come in and what followed me in? A. GIANT. MOTH. I about freaked. More so than I do with spiders. My husband was like, what's going on?? I told him, and he said oh yeah moths like to eat wool. I was like, no shit sherlock. So we both tried to find it and couldn't. I closed the door to the craftroom hoping that it couldn't get through that door and the door to my closet where all my yarn is. Some of it is in a plastic tote, mind you, but not all of it. So I went about my business Saturday night and Sunday. The intruding moth is still in the back of my mind. I'm knitting in the living room and looking at my wool to make sure there are no holes. I'm still freaking about this. I have hundreds of dollars invested into yarn which is mostly wool. Sunday evening I go out to help my husband with something. When I come back in I spot it. Perched on the window. AH HA! I grabed the fly swatter and beat it so hard the window shook. I did kill it. Phew. Now I have to be more careful when coming inside, and sympathize a little more with the yarnharlot when I'm reading her books. AND, I really need to invest in a cedar chest.

On the idea of not buying more yarn until Rhinebeck....that went out the window today. I bought some merino off of ravelry from someone in Florida who just so happens to be a teacher too! I couldn't pass it up because I've been dying to make the February Lady Sweater. Now, of course, I have the CPH in progress along with a shell and some socks. But that doesn't matter does it. Must. Buy. More. Yarn. Always.

Summer

Summer is great, minus the hot weather. I love being home and doing the things I dreamed about all winter long. I finally finished pressure washing and staining the deck furniture. That took 3 days. Right on to the next project, which was painting the office. I had to do that in stages and took most of the week. Plus, I started working my summer job being a nurse at the school's summer program from 12:30-3 on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. I've picked up some shifts at WAVAC as well. I did kind of miss it, but not all the drama. An ambulance corps/fire department is really just as bad as middle school with all of the he said/she said. Aren't we just all there to save lives and help people? I wish people would realize that. On the knitting front, I've finished 3 pairs of socks since I last wrote. I love Jitterbug yarn, and the Nutkin pattern. My shell has stalled out. I lost desire to work on it. I also decided to really not buy any more yarn until Rhinebeck (we'll see how long that lasts.) I rewarded myself for getting through the school year with a big purchas of 5 skeins of lightweight sock yarn from BMFA. Absolutely gorgeous. Last night helping my husband put rustoleum on the trailer was a chore. I pinched my finger real bad and I think it might get infected. I had rustoleum inside the cut and of course you can't get that off unless you use paint thinnner (which I'm NOT using inside of a cut). It hurts so bad. We'll see how that all pans out. My parents are coming today from TN. They are currently driving through Ohio. I hope they don't get here too late. I'm dying to show them all the stuff we've done to this house since they visited 2 years ago. It's been a lot of painting and other things. Well no pics for now. Like I said in my last post, if you want to see pics go to my ravelry page which is cweigand. Take care for now. Hope I can knit with a bum middle finger on my right hand :-(