Onslow has a boo-boo.  Thank goodness he is the only one!

I was making a left hand turn at a light on a very busy road and this woman came (from out of nowhere!) and clipped us on the rear passenger side. 

I swear to God, she was driving like a bat out of hell.

Even Daughter #2 said she didn’t see her until she was on top of us.

Thankfully all are okay and all have insurance.

Onslow is smushed.

::sniff::

In other bad news:  I do not have enough suede to finish my Clapotis.  Thanks to some very helpful emails from Mindy, I have determined that this is also not my fault! (see above).  It seems that everyone is running short.  The pattern says it used 3 skeins at 205 yds/skein.  Mindy reports that Clapotis is taking 700-750 yds.  Not only do I not have enough suede to finish Clapotis #1, the Andean Silk Twist that I ordered from Knit Picks for Clapotis #2 will not be enough.  I ordered 6 skeins. Further complicating this situation is that Knit Picks put the wrong yardage on their website and in their catalog.  The yarn actually has 96 yards/skein but was stated to have 110 yds/skein.  I read on a Live Journal site that Knit Picks customer service was fabulous and sent two skeins for free when she encountered the same problem. 

So here we have an innocent knitter who is using a pattern understating the amounts required, not ordering enough yarn, combined with a yarn company overstating the amount of yarn per skein! 

Knit Picks has shorted me one skein’s worth of yardage.  In another case, they sent someone two skeins to make good on their mistake.  But I need three skeins to make this project.  Technically I need three, but I really want four — don’t want to be caught short again!

are you following all of this?  do you see how none of this is my fault?

How will this turn out?  I would be happy just to not have to pay shipping.

what do we have here?  It’s birthday yarn!!  When My Boar asked what I would like for my birthday (more along the lines of Saturday evening during the blizzard saying, ‘Crap! It’s your birthday on Monday – I haven’t gotten you anything’), I told him not to worry about it, I was planning on ordering a bunch of yarn.

The first picture on the left is yarn for the Fry Up Knitalong.  This is from Knit Picks and is their Wool of the Andes.  Have you seen the great prices on this stuff?  Only $1.79 for 50 grams and if you order over $30, shipping is free ….. how can they do this?

The middle shot is also yarn from Knit Picks.  On the left is Andean Silk Twist in the Pumpkin Patch colorway.  This is destined to become another Clapotis – although I have checked gauge and yardage, I am concerned that I didn’t order enough.    The striped yarn in the middle is Simple Stripes – a self striping superwash for socks.  I ordered the Storm and Snapdragon colors.  My sock yarn collection is growing and I better start knitting some of it soon!  On the right side is more Wool of the Andes in the color Fern.  I have failed to mention that I received the book Scarf Style by Pam Allen for Christmas – the fern is for the pattern Backyard Leaves by Annie Modesitt.

The picture on the right …. well that is yarn on the cone that I ordered from Webs it is Valley Yarns Brora Soft Spun.  I screwed up and thought I was ordering 1 cone (which in this case are 2.2 lbs).  What I actually ordered is 1 pound.  I bought this without knowing what I would do with it, but felt certain that whatever it was, 2.2 pounds would be plenty.  Now I have 1 pound.  Will that be enough?  How would I even know considering I don’t have any plans for this wool yet?  Which leads to the question, do I order more? 

rephrase: do I order more yarn since I don’t know how much I’ll need for the project I don’t know I’m making?   

is anyone else out there this ridiculous?