a few calculations…justifications that is

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Here’s a photo of what I’m busy with in my professional life. The market started last week and went well despite the weather. This Friday ought to be great though (including the weather). I’m planning to buy some more baked goods, strawberries and grass-fed pork. But also, I’m going to get some tomato plants. I bought some seeds earlier this year and lost them. Then I finally planted some others that I bought (from a much less interesting place, a.k.a. Loewe’s) and they are about 2 centimeters tall. So is the basil.

Having finished three projects last week and what with the mid-year sneaking up on us, I shall now tell you how many yards I’ve knit (in terms of completed projects). The idea was to knit in a way that only sustains and shrinks the stash. I’m allowed to buy up to 9,578 yards unless I’ve knit more than that.

I’ve knit 3,461 yards. I’ve bought 15,783 yards. Some of it came from the Earth Day Yarn Swap and I’d bought 300 yards and received 800 yards in return. So we can call it 15,283 yards right? And I gave away two skeins of Regia and a skein of JKnits last week. So that’s minus another 856 yards, bringing me down to 14,427. 360 yards was a gifty for being Earth Day Swap hostess. So that’s 14,067 right?

Then, I sold 137 yards of Craft because some poor sod needed it to finish a project. I know what that’s like! And I sold my Yorkshire Tweed to a collector (360 yards). That leaves me at 8, 153 yards for 2008 or more than twice I knit this spring.

Erp. Of course, it’s also true that the Pearl Buck Cardigan is unfairly stalled by the lack of adequate yarn and worth 1233 yards. And I’m working steadily away on the Katherine Hepburn Cardigan that is 1575 yards. (I can’t really call the right front a swatch anymore because I started on the armhole and neck shaping.

I started a pair of the Child’s French Socks by Nancy Bush (360 yards).

I should finish the mitered mittens. That’s 218 yards of credit for another 3hrs of work. Whee! This photo is a little out of date. I’ve finished the body of the mitten (and they are close enough in size for me to consider that part done). But now I have to cut into the mitten and put in the after thought thumb. I’m a little frightened that I won’t do it right, so I’m going to have my knitting group witness my efforts tomorrow night at knitting.

I’ve also bought more yarn, but I should save that for another day. I will point out though that it is for two more baby surprises. No more pregnant mathematicians or their spouses! I can’t believe I’m knitting four of these in one year. Everyone else gets something different.

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