All the Yarn is Weighing Me Down

Looking at these socks, rather "this" sock, makes me feel a little melancholy. Not only has the lone knee sock been on sock island for, oh, five years or more, it also represents probably one of the last things I knit for sheer pleasure or just for the sake of knitting it.

I don't remember why I never knit the second sock because that Vesper Sock Yarn in the Knit and Tonic colorway is to die for. The reason I didn't finish the pair could be that after I finished the first sock I discovered how to knit two at a time and never looked back. But, part of me knows that the real reason has more to do with getting more involved with designing and writing books so that most of my time knitting is working on projects that I have to knit in secret--and at a fast pace--all alone up in my office with nothing else to do, my fingers flicking that yarn over the needles without stopping, and looking at my neighbors through the windows: Rachael Ray, The View, two episodes of Beverly Hills 90210, One LIfe to Live, General Hospital and Judge Judy humming in the background, then next, pick up Girlfriend, homework, cook dinner, take bath, and knitting again for a couple hours before turning on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. On better nights, there are a series of shows on hoarders or conjoined twins.

No wonder some days I get lonely.

I don't like how Rachael Ray does her cooking segments; can't explain it. At least she doesn't say "E.V.O.O." anymore.

The ladies on The View drive me nuts. If I hear Whoopi talk about peeing her pants one more time . . .

And 90210? How hopeless am I? I lay in bed at night and go over the episodes that will air the next day. I've watched them so many times that I know which one will come next. When I couldn't sleep at night, I used to mentally plot out the local mall, you know: I'd "walk" down the corridor and try to remember where each shop was. Now, I lay in bed and try to figure out what Donna or Kelly are going to do tomorrow.

Worse! Woe is me: One Life to Live is getting canned!

Maybe that will upset my apple cart and I'll mix things up a bit. I'm open for suggestions. Shooting for the third book starts on June 1st and I have a ton of knitting to do.

Heads up: I'm going to do a big Stash Buster Sale. I have way too much yarn and it is weighing me down. I need more room to think, if you know what I mean.

P.S. Knitterly Things Vesper Sock Yarn is no longer available in the Knit and Tonic colorway (at least I think so). There is a colorway that looks a lot like it, though. Julia has near weekly shop updates, so I suggest checking in from time to time or signing up for her newsletter if you want some. It is some of my very favorite sock yarn, evah and God help me if I order more because, like I said, all this yarn is weighing me down.