No, REALLY...

Today, as the fate of our nation is decided, as great decisions are made, as people give grave consideration to the power of their votes, another debate rages on. It is, perhaps, less important than the U.S. Presidential Election occurring at this very moment. It might even be labeled "trivial," or, indeed, "very silly". But it is a debate, nonetheless, and one that I must personally face every day of my life.

Let me give you a transcript of this debate, which occurs, as I mentioned, every single freaking day.

JENNIFER: We should go to Yarn Barn and get you more fiber.
ME: Oh dear, no, I'm not going to buy any more fiber until I use up everything that I already have.
JENNIFER: You always need more fiber. You have to have a stash.
ME: Oh dear, no, I'm not going to buy any more fiber until I use up everything that I already have.
JENNIFER: You need more fiber to spin.
ME: Oh dear, no, I'm not going to buy any more fiber until I use up everything that I already have.
JENNIFER: I guess I won't get you anything fiber related for Christmas then.
ME: You could get me a Majacraft Suzie Alpaca spinning wheel. It is only $850.
JENNIFER: No, you can't have anything fiber related until you use up everything you have.
ME: But a spinning wheel is a tool to use that stuff up, and I want a second wheel.
JENNIFER: You are a greedy bitch. Also, my cat died so I had to bury him in the back yard this morning.
ME: Sad - I just tried to make an eCard for you but it wouldn't let me finish it without logging in and sending them samples of my DNA and promising them my first born child. The card I was making had some trees and a giant lemon, and the lemon said, "SO SORRY" and then in big scrolling fancy curly text below, the letters popped up, "YOUR CAT IS DEAD", and then underneath I would have typed, "At least you buried him instead of setting him on fire in the middle of your front yard, like my dad did one time."

(Okay, this debate happens daily EXCEPT for the dead cat part. That part was extra.)

I'm going to win this debate once and for all.

First, I have the still unfinished Nuclear Pumpkin sweater. I am not sure about the fit right now; I'm a wee bit concerned that I may have to rip it back. Also, I am not even done spinning all the fiber from this project. I think I have enough to finish knitting the sweater, but there's still more NP fiber. Lots more. I may put the extra up on Etsy to see if I can make a buck.


Next I have the scarf that Jennifer and I each knit as a "Knit Along" sort of thing, and she started and finished hers in like a WEEK, and I've been pattering along on mine for two months. I'll admit that I love the yarn so much that I'm kind of savoring the scarf, though, knitting just a little bit at a time.

Then I have various quantities of fiber projects waiting to be started. I have about a pound of Mauch Chunky roving in two shades of blue. I have about a pound of alpaca fiber that I bought at that Apples and Alpacas farm. I have some flax that I bought at Settler's Farm in Wamego, KS this past Saturday. (A small amount, though; just enough to learn with.) I have some beautiful topaz bamboo roving that Jennifer got me as a present, about 4 oz.
Then I have sock yarn. I have the Patons Kroy sock yarn that I will not start knitting until I am done with all the other crap I'm knitting (shut UP, that is a SWATCH in the photo, not knitting), some Red Heart stuff in NP-ish colors that Jennifer bought me, some yellow Tofutsies...and not pictured, I have a drawer filled with 6,000 other skeins of sock yarn waiting for my attention.
Then I have spinning projects that have been started and not yet finished; the red goatstuff, and Louet brand Karaoke fiber (half merino, half soysilk) in the "Mermaid" colorway.

Then I have this...this TWO POUNDS of fiber that I dyed a couple of weekends ago. It is dyed in one long strip, going from orangey-yellow to mottled greens to chestnut (which broke into deep purples in most places - it looks more brown in the picture, but pretend you're seeing some purples in there, too). It is dry now, and beckoning to me. The photo below shows one of two matching rovings that I dyed. I have not named this fiber yet. Any suggestions? Dug wants to name it Fraggle, but it doesn't look like a Fraggle to me. (Well, maybe Whimbley.) Scott, this is your chance to get me back for "Moopsy Weaselsnard".

Anyway, can we all agree that at this point, I have QUITE ENOUGH fiber? Come on people, back me up here.