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untonugganI don't know if I will be able to respond to all your lovely comments individually; just know that they were read and treasured in a time of flipping out-ness.
Have decided that the sweater is indeed still lovely in the light of a second day. However, its intended potential recipients all desire machine washability, and other possibilities in my family risk Family Drama (i.e. two siblings with children, I don't want to have to knit another darn sweater, my mom keeps implying that they'd both have to get a gift wtf).
Instead, it is going to friends of a friend who have a daughter in about the right age range; who are happy to hand-wash items that need it; who both work retail and don't have a ton of disposable income; who appreciate funky colors (as does their daughter, apparently). Huzzah, the sweater has a home! Plus, I don't have to pay postage, even better!
It feels, oddly, a little reminiscent of Glitch and Ur. "Here I made this thing but I don't want it, who wants it for free who could really use it?" as opposed to some market version of the thing. I definitely want to continue incorporating that into my knitting, although as I say that I am still plotting adding more things to my Etsy store just because the rest of the world operates on a market system and therefore those green things are useful sometimes.
It also helped that I had some successful creations yesterday to rub in the balm of my creator-wounds. Plus, I started swatching for an Adult Surprise Jacket in earth tones as it seems they had taken over my stash. Am uber excited about how the swatch turned out, omg.
Have decided that the sweater is indeed still lovely in the light of a second day. However, its intended potential recipients all desire machine washability, and other possibilities in my family risk Family Drama (i.e. two siblings with children, I don't want to have to knit another darn sweater, my mom keeps implying that they'd both have to get a gift wtf).
Instead, it is going to friends of a friend who have a daughter in about the right age range; who are happy to hand-wash items that need it; who both work retail and don't have a ton of disposable income; who appreciate funky colors (as does their daughter, apparently). Huzzah, the sweater has a home! Plus, I don't have to pay postage, even better!
It feels, oddly, a little reminiscent of Glitch and Ur. "Here I made this thing but I don't want it, who wants it for free who could really use it?" as opposed to some market version of the thing. I definitely want to continue incorporating that into my knitting, although as I say that I am still plotting adding more things to my Etsy store just because the rest of the world operates on a market system and therefore those green things are useful sometimes.
It also helped that I had some successful creations yesterday to rub in the balm of my creator-wounds. Plus, I started swatching for an Adult Surprise Jacket in earth tones as it seems they had taken over my stash. Am uber excited about how the swatch turned out, omg.
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Date: 2012-12-12 08:24 pm (UTC)And yay on successful creations and having an awesome-sounding swatch!
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Date: 2012-12-13 04:14 pm (UTC)The swatch is really awesome...and I'm still not sure what I want to do with the yarn. However, I found some other yarn I'd put in "a safe place" and lost, so that's good!
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