Monday, September 06, 2010

Going through a phase

Noro Blankie and I had a falling out this weekend.  Maybe she was in a snit because it had been a while since we hung out, but that wasn't my fault.  She's too hot for warm summer weather.  Well, like whatever....

At first I thought she was glad to see me.  I started working on her seams and we enjoyed some fun time together.  We played some tunes and discussed our new favourite band.  Everything was going along smoothly, and then wham!  She threw a hissy fit at me.  As I approached the end of the seam one of her panels was a whole repeat short.  And as if this wasn't bad enough, it was on the cast on side. The witch. I mean, if it had been the cast off side I could just undo it and add more length. 

But she was all like "Well, it's not as if it were my fault.  You knit me."  Like I didn't know that.  She didn't need to use that snotty tone of voice.

So like, what could I do?  I wasn't going to let her diss me like that.  I dumped her in a closet and walked out on her.  Yeah, maybe I was a bit sulky.  I'll admit, I started wanting to hang out with other projects.  There's this friendly cardigan see...   I even spend an evening chatting with a merino/alpaca scarf. But these new friendships just weren't as satisfying.  All the time that Noro blankie and I have spent together means a lot to me.  We just need to get over this hump. 

So we've made up.  She very nicely agreed not to hold the closet time against me and I agreed to just pick up some stitches instead of ripping out all my sewing.  In the end, our friendship is going to look a bit patchy,  but at least we're still speaking to one another. Which is great, because we still have a long way to go together...

10 comments:

  1. These woollen things, they think they are so great, but we have to show them who's boss sometimes! Dumping her in the closet was only reasonable, I think. But now, everybody take a deep breath and get into that "teamwork" thing.

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  2. I'm having similar problems fixing a slightly moth-eaten (gasp!) afghan.

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  3. Sometimes a wooly timeout is needed to bring new life to our relationships.

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  4. Mary Jane4:19 pm

    Glad to see the humour back. Was this one just for me? If so, I appreciate it.

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  5. totally agree with the closet time. I mean, she didn't have tow ait until the end to get all snotty with you. But I am glad the two of you made up.

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  6. Hmm...Andean Hat and I are having words too. I forgot one silly row in the stranded partand it's totally noticable. Blah! I either cut the hat and fix it that way, or rip it all back. Of course it's on the 2nd darn row of the stranded pattern! And that bugger of a hat is taunting me....even though I moved her into the spare room and started on some mittens. Sometimes knitting sux LOL.

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  7. Whew! Glad you worked that out. Nothing like a good time out in the closet to get that wool back into shape. :-)

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  8. A sure sign of a true friend, tiffs get solved.

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  9. Alas, tiffs with Noro are all too familiar. But is seems your resolution skills are better honed than mine.

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  10. Cute post...made me smile.

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