Dichroic Reflections

expensive hobby

Drat. I thought I'd be done with my scarf now, but it appears to need two more stripes (a total or 36 rows, 32 stitches/row, so that's still not too daunting).

I'm a bit disappointed to realize that knitting my own sweaters may be more expensive than just buying the darn things. Yesterda I spent $75 at the local yarn store: 1 red skein of a tape yarn for a small scarf, to hang around the collar of a jacket (I'm envisioning only about 3" wide by 36" or less long); 3 pink-and-red skeins Rudder liked, in a cotton for my sleeveless sweater, and one long hank of undyed cotton yarn (500 yards, and what a pain it was to wind into a ball) for a poncho. Also one button to finish off my purse and a set of size 9 needles. At least with beading it was usually cheaper to make my own for most things.

A quick check of the Gap and J. Crew websites cheered me up a little, though; for one thing, to buy the same items thee would cost a little more, and for another I don't like the Gap's ponchos as much, at least not for my climate.