*pouts*

[scarylullabiez]

*cries*

*runs away with Knights of the Padackles Table and sulks and who needs algie anyways*

I lost my favorite scarf last night on the way to work. All the cool atheist kids are gonna laugh at me, but I think this happened for a reason. It was a handknit scarf made from handspun and handpainted (by an SCAdian gypsy friend of mine) merino wool, so no 5 cents to a 7 year old in China. I got off the bus with the scarf around my neck, and went straight up the stairs and onto the trolley. As soon as the trolley took off, I realized I didn't have my scarf. I got off on the next stop and came back. This took me all of 8 minutes, but the scarf was nowhere to be found. Here's the big meaningful thing: It's just starting to get cold here. (Yes, I know everyone laughs at California cold, but every year some homeless people die of exposure, and it's obviously not as bad as it is in Minnesota or whatnot, but still, the threat is there.) Merino wool is very warm, but light and not scratchy. In addition, I'm sure I would have felt the scarf fall off had I not been in a bit of hurry to get to the trolley, despite being more than 2 hours early for work. See, I wanted plenty of time to scour the Barnes&Noble next door to the theater in order to find a specific knitting book and copy a bit of a pattern that I need for the stuffed mama and baby kangaroos I'm knitting for Miles' birthday (which I did find and successfully copy once I got there). Understand?

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[xtinethepirate.livejournal.com]

*hugs you, sympathetic on the loss of your scarf* I lost my fave scarf once as well, and I have never been so attached to one since. *sigh*

Lol, but you know what? I will make a note of Merino wool, and see if I can find a gypsy at the next SCA event I attend (in december) who spins and paints the scarves herself. *nod nod* Because everyone needs a comfy scarf of love.

And ALG has pwnd me. I am so torn between being mad at Tove for killing Brandon (gah) or loving him for the GUNH hhhhotness of when he turned Jude. This is most conflicting.

[scary-lullabies.livejournal.com]

Merino is considered a luxury fiber, but isn't so expensive that your eyeballs fal out. I love it so so so very much. This particular friend of mine knits, but also sells skeins of her yarn, and that's (http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/9317/postpotreromay06234ey.jpg) what the scarf was knit from.

I never wanted to smack Tove so much as when he was all, "I was just joking! Hurr!"

[xtinethepirate.livejournal.com]

I facepalmed him there too. Tove, dear.... *laughs.* Ah well. I had to forgive him when he was being so fucking cute it hurt about turning Jude. And they're all snuggly. Which kills me dead every time.

That wool looks really pretty! I think I've seen it about before, but as I am not one of the knitting elite, I woudln't know what Merino wool looked like if it bit me in the ass. Hehehe.

[scary-lullabies.livejournal.com]

Usually I forgive him, but this one is staying with me a bit. (Don't laugh, but sometimes things in fandom or algie hit a little too close to home. I had a girlfriend a while back who used to smack me around, and she always said she'd been teasing me. Even it had happened in the middle of dinner or a conversation, she'd always make it sound like we'd just been rough-housing and she'd just overestimated my ability to take a punch. Meh.) I'm sure I'll get over it as soon as the issue of Jude drinking so much from Tove and omg did he see anything!?!? comes up.

I adore handspun. I have this huge ball of merino waiting in my room to be spun into yarn. ^-^

[altiloquent.livejournal.com]

I think you're adorable and sweet for thinking there's a grander reason for losing your scarf.

[scary-lullabies.livejournal.com]

That's the big sticky smooch I'm giving you.