YetAnotherAmy suggested yesterday that I could use less silk in my batts to save $$$. That spurred a discussion/disagreement between Nate and I. We really don’t disagree much, so it was amusing. I had said that although I am an artist, and are therefore not interested in saving $$$, I was interested to see what less silk would do to the batt.

Nate argued that I’m a commercial artist, and therefore should be VERY interested in saving $$$.

I don’t think I’m a commercial artist, and I’m sure that Cassandra Barney, who sells her art for a living, doesn’t scrimp on paint to save a little $$$.

He said he figures she doesn’t scrimp on paint, but if she could buy her favorite boards somewhere cheaper, she would.

I said that was a completely different matter, because in the end, she’s still working with the same product.

He got frustrated and said he wasn’t trying to pick a fight.

I laughed at (I mean with) him.

So anyway, I made up a tan batt with half the silk of the blue batt. And I really like it.

In the skein at least, it’s much tidier. And extremely beautiful. Additionally, I’m quite proud of the spinning. It’s so even and smooth…

(There’s twice as much yarn in the tan skein than there is in the blue one).

I’m interested to see how they compare knit up. I think I have enough of each color, once the second blue batt is spun, to knit a pair of fingerless mitts from each.

Thanks YetAnotherAmy for the suggestion. It was a nudge that I think I needed, saving $$$ or not :-).

Also, to answer Anna’s question yesterday, my elbows are still very slowly getting better. They hurt when I play guitar, so I have to limit my practice sessions to about 30 minutes. They hurt occasionally when I pick up something that’s both small and heavy. And I need to be cognizant of my arm position when I knit. However, I can tell that they’re getting better. Thanks for asking.

Yesterday was full of laundry (shudder. It was taking over the house), the usual, never ending clean up, a long phone conversation with my sister, spinning the tan batt, and at about 10:30 last night, I started another book.

I got to sleep at around 2 am and am over 2/3 through House of Many Ways. I’m not enjoying it as much as the first two, but now that Howl, Calcifer and Sophie have shown up, it’s getting pretty good.

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