Is it the weekend yet?

No? How about now? Still not? Really? I am SO ready for the weekend.

Actually, scratch that. I’m really not ready for the weekend. I hate weekends. No one to talk to. On a weekend such as this at home I would say WHO’S UP FOR A MOVIE?? Friday night and then watch one of our favorites (a Will Smith scifi movie, or a Star Trek, or Legally Blonde or The First Wives’ Club), and laugh and laugh and make popcorn and talk to people. Destress.

Now, though, I don’t know how to destress anymore. How to relax. So when I ask, “Is it the weekend yet?” I really want to know, “How can I get rid of this knot in my back that is growing greater by the day and I can’t seem to unclench my jaw?”

And of course therefore I said some stupid, rude things in the comments section of some people’s web sites today. Argh.

See, there’s this exciting part of Socktoberfest that’s the Mystery Sock, and man do I want to take part. Unfortunately… I am out of ‘unclaimed’ yarn. Period. None here and two skeins on their way home that I’m not ready to turn into socks yet. So I whined a bit in some people’s comments areas of their blogs, and for that I apologize.

But see?! See see???

This is the extent of my yarn stash here. Not shown: the yarn for the sweater I’m currently working on and the cream Koigu for Grandma’s socks. Shown: three skeins of yarn for stranded socks for my uncle, the second skein of yarn for my aunt’s socks, two skeins of Brown Sheep Lamb’s Pride Worsted in two different colors, at first for a Uniscarfity from Magknits, and now that I’m not interested in scarves… why didn’t I send it home again? Two skeins of Koigu, one of which I’m going to turn into a Good Luck Cowl very soon, one skein of Mission Falls 1824 Wool in case I ever decide to crochet the edging for my Nantucket Jacket, and some random dishcloth cotton for those ARGH I NEED TO KNIT moments.

And what’s at home? Mostly leftover yarn, with the exception of a sweater’s quantity of Berroco Ultra Alpaca, enough sock yarn for 2 pairs of socks that already have designated patterns that I want to use with them. What I just sent home? Leftovers + two skeins of Brown Sheep Cotton Fleece that I’m unsure what to do with + two skeins of sock yarns that I’m not ready to use yet.

So, this Socktoberfest is not particularly inspiring, what with only being able to knit gifts in sock yarns that don’t totally inspire *me* in patterns I didn’t choose (with the exception of my aunt’s).

But I can’t do anything else because I don’t have any yarn for anything else. Sometimes that makes me sad. This is one of those times.

I guess this is why people grow their stash, so that they have lots of yarn to play with in times of economic emergency like this one, where we have to tighten our belts and so forth. Wish I’d gotten that chance sometimes. Maybe it’s a GOOD thing I have to re-knit my sweater. I’d run out of yarn to play with that much sooner otherwise.

Maybe I am still whining. I blame stress. Tomorrow I’ll just post a picture so that no one will hear me whine.