My dear sweet Spouse was watching me crochet something out of yarn that I had spun. This yarn was teal with black and when it spun it kind of made a candy cane pattern in a distinctly gothic way. This color combo apparently appealed to him because he said to me, "I would like for you to knit me a sweater out of that yarn. Oh wait, I can't ask you to knit me a sweater...(pause here for explanation)
The Sweater Curse - If you knit your boyfriend a sweater, he will break up with you. This knitter myth is substantiated by numerous first hand accounts of sweater-related break-ups. I have shared this myth with my spouse and so he was well aware of this curse.
...Maybe you could knit a sweater for the ghost that lives upstairs...(pause for explanation)
The Ghost that Lives Upstairs - my evil Spouse told me that there is a ghost that lives upstairs and he has seen this ghost sitting on our bed with my head in her lap and she was stroking my hair while I slept. This revelation was given to me in the middle of the night. Can you say CREEPY!?!?
So, my Spouse knows I knit two sweaters for my ex. Maybe he is a little jealous of these labors of love, since I've been married to him now for 10 years and I've never knit him a sweater. I've made him leather armour, necklaces, scarves, tunics, pants, big floofy ren faire shirts and all kinds of other stuff, but no sweaters.
SO I'm charged with spinning the wool for a sweater big enough for the ghost that lives upstairs to loan to my Spouse. He wears an extra large sweater and I needed to determine how many pounds of wool roving are required to make a extra large sized pull-over. After some internet-fu I come to the conclusion that 3 pounds should be sufficient.
Here is where I share with you the financial realities of spinning wool. It is frikkin expensive! First you buy the wool and that's about $15-20 a pound. Then you spend hours on end spinning it. Charge what you like per hour for your time. For myself, I charge $20 an hour because I am not a sweatshop worker. I spent the next month spinning wool in my spare time after spending $75 on wool (with shipping and handling). SO about 12 hours of spinning at $20 an hour... Then I bought dye in black, blue and red. That was about $20 for the dye. So including the cost of my time, the sweater is costing over $300. And I haven't dyed the wool nor knit the sweater yet!!!
That damn ghost!
...Maybe you could knit a sweater for the ghost that lives upstairs...(pause for explanation)
So, my Spouse knows I knit two sweaters for my ex. Maybe he is a little jealous of these labors of love, since I've been married to him now for 10 years and I've never knit him a sweater. I've made him leather armour, necklaces, scarves, tunics, pants, big floofy ren faire shirts and all kinds of other stuff, but no sweaters.
SO I'm charged with spinning the wool for a sweater big enough for the ghost that lives upstairs to loan to my Spouse. He wears an extra large sweater and I needed to determine how many pounds of wool roving are required to make a extra large sized pull-over. After some internet-fu I come to the conclusion that 3 pounds should be sufficient.
Here is where I share with you the financial realities of spinning wool. It is frikkin expensive! First you buy the wool and that's about $15-20 a pound. Then you spend hours on end spinning it. Charge what you like per hour for your time. For myself, I charge $20 an hour because I am not a sweatshop worker. I spent the next month spinning wool in my spare time after spending $75 on wool (with shipping and handling). SO about 12 hours of spinning at $20 an hour... Then I bought dye in black, blue and red. That was about $20 for the dye. So including the cost of my time, the sweater is costing over $300. And I haven't dyed the wool nor knit the sweater yet!!!
That damn ghost!
1 comment:
Thanks for confirming for me why I have no hobbies to speak of....I can't afford them!!!! Geesh! Also, I never thought I'd say something like this but thank god for mass production and sweatshops - if I had to spend $300 on one sweater, i would be running around naked!
btw, very creepy about the ghost that strokes your hair while you sleep.
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