Resistance is Futile…

Yes, my evil plan to assimilate my old friend into the embrace of the KnitBorg is working. He seems thrilled with La Harlot’s book, so much so that he is getting it signed when she goes to Cambridge later this month. I am thrilled for him and jealous of him in equal measure.

I am also sharing (with permission) a recent interchange via e-mail concerning stash, the acquisition of unsweetened Kool-Aid packets and, of course, socks. Blue is for boy, green is for envious-of-Harlot-signature girl:

On Sunday, I finished another hat I was working on for [son], but felt like starting a pair of socks rather than doing the seam on the hat. So far I've done about an inch of rib knit that looks like it's about the right circumferance… it's not twisted, and the stitches are even enough for my tastes. Speaking of taste, something possessed me to choose da-glo orange acrylic yarn. Just wanted to make it as enjoyable as possible, no heirloom potential whatever.

Hah! Project abandonment (and for another, more enticing project, no less). You’re doomed. Thee shall knit forever.

My socks shall increaseth like unto the grains of sand. I have wool to knit that thou knowest not of. In my father's house are many skeins.

Also on Sunday: [daughter] and I discovered that Star Market no longer carries Kool-Aid in packets! Nothing but cannisters of sweetened Kool-Aid. Bummer!

Way bummer. Want me to keep my eyes open and see if I see any on my journeys? Or are you going another way?

I did a search on kraftfoods.com in the Kool-Aid recipes for "unsweetened" and found a slew of recipes that call for envelopes of unsweetened, so they're still making it. We're just not making a lot of "graduation cup-caps" here in Boston.

Just before New Year's Day I had a fit of nostalgia for Boone's Farm Strawberry "Wine" and on impulse drove over to the seediest part of Somerville (Washington St. by the highway) and sure enough, they had 5 flavors of Boone's Farm. I got one of each. The proprietor said not to bother with inviting him over. He had a small picture of Jesus on the shelf behind the counter in which He looked like a total bad-ass. Vendetta Jesus.

Likewise, I'm thinking that unsweetened Kool-Aid is going to be one of those things that's only found in places where people still serve Jello with mini-marshmallows (not that there's anything wrong with that). I might run it by my sister in Tennessee. A call is long overdue.

Vendetta Jesus, Boone's Farm, graduation caps, and stash. I love it.

Posted: Friday - April 14, 2006 at 05:50 PM | |