Four skeins of the most beautiful yarn I have ever seen just arrived from amazon.com. None of it is suitable for any of the projects I have planned.

( Picture that does not do the yarn justice back here )

So as part of survivalist knitting, I'm attempting to crochet a beanie out of paracord.

My thumb hurts.

Crochet: because I learned to do that before I learned to sniff haughtily at "girly," so it doesn't count as girly SHUT UP. Also, I forgot to buy knitting needles.

Beanie: it's just needling in circles, right? RIGHT? My thumb still hurts.

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Clears throat self-importantly.

I am going to learn to knit, not because it is a girly thing to do because we all know how I feel about girly things, but because it is a useful preparedness skill. Yes. Because cammo is hard, my initial projects will be in colors of the sea, flowers, coffee and dragonflies, but nothing girlyThis is totally ( Read more... )