Do you see the problem? These bus incident almost had me on the phone to the 911 knitting police. A crime happened to me on the bus.
Picture this: Sockergirl serenely sitting on her bus to work, bus pass safely tucked in pass holder, busy with sock knitting in hands. Almost zen like, right? Then "pop!" and all knitting comes to a halt, Sockergirl looks down to assess knitting damage. Sock knitting was fairly safe and secure. But the favorite, preferred Knitpicks Options knitting needle was shockingly out of commission. The nickel plated needle snapped off of the connection. What was sockergirl to do for the rest of the bus ride and the transfers? How about the return trip?? Sockergirl was worried how the day would go from here!!!!!
Sockergirl does not carry excess pocket books as a skien of wool is much lighter and more useful in almost all cases. You can tie-up a bank robber with a ball or yarn. How about that romance novel or wall street thriller? I think you get me point.
The bus ride was ruined, and then my Boris Yeltsin looking bus driver sped off as I tried to get the connection. Again, left stranded with out my knitting to keep my company. I did get to work barely ahead of time and the day was okay. Come on, work is nothing like relaxing knit time at home in pjs.
Before leaving work I called knitpicks and they hooked me up with some new needles in the mail. :) Kind of a happy ending, right? regardless, was I tempted to walk to the next bus stop and buy some new needles for the ride home. I resisted and instead looked around work for a not too intellectual enjoyable book for the ride home.
Here is the product of two weeks of bus riding. This is the Sock Madness, sock number 4 pattern. It was an interesting pattern but not one for racing. This is Cherry Tree Hill color way of Loden. Nice yarn! One bus gal I seemed to see frequently at the first bus stop asked if I was making socks for the military because I keep making green socks. She will soon learn that I don't make a pair of socks everyday. Realistically, a pair a week or two. Next picture!
Yep! Sock scrap swap yarn. These are for my neglected blanket. It might be getting too big to haul around and knit on the sometimes crowded bus, so I will stick to breaking sock needles while I knit ligthening fast!
Oh and here is one more bundle of scraps to enhance my blanket to look a little less "uptight" and more "perky." We will see the effect in a couple of months, come summer, when I get back on my knitting schedule. I seem to be getting knitting orders riding around on the bus. These orders will help decrease the yarn stash and aid the costs to keep the yarn warm in the winter.
In conclusion to this day, I am going to stop telling my knitting friends to "break a needle" on their new exciting project. AND to always carry a spare set of needles.
