a new left-over-yarn stash use?

i just started running this week (amazing, i know, but true). The trouble is, i'm not sure what to do with my cellphone/mp3player while i'm running. i'm afraid that if i hold it in my hand i'll drop it, and it's already awkward enough switching my water bottle back and forth. i'm kind of ashamed to admit that i have been putting my cellphone in my bra, in between my breasts, but it gets sweaty in there and that's just... gross. i need to figure out a way to carry my water bottle without it being difficult to use and bouncing all over the place, too.

While i haven't figured out what to do about the water bottle yet, my thoughts immediately turned to the iPod armband that was featured in one of the first issues of Knit1. A quick Ravelry search has uncovered several options. i'm not sure how well an armband will work, or how long it will fit (my goal is to lose weight after all!). Maybe i can knit it to the size of my forearm and hope that it will fit my bicep eventually? Another option is a pouch around my neck, which i like, but i'm not sure i want another thing bouncing around all over the place up there.

Of course i'm bouncing around up there, i'm running. i want to find some exercise bras, bandeaus, or tube tops to use as an alternative to my bras. i'm worried about the fact that, though my bras fit just fine, they get to be uncomfortable, and when i take them off i itch. i know this is a similar phenomenon to when i take off my socks, it just means that i'm getting a return in circulation, kind of a subdued, barely noticeable, waking up from being asleep affect (like when your leg falls asleep and tingles). This can't be good for my breasts or my body. i'm thoroughly disgusted with bras really, i'm anti-females-as-a-sex-object outside of the privacy of my bedroom, tyvm. i only want my husband (whoever he may be) to think of me like that. That's part of why i dress in such an androgynous manner (though i'm sure my mother would probably say i dress in a masculine way).

i don't wear a lot of skirts because they're either old fashioned/not my style or too short/not my style (not to mention that thighs rubbing together gets to be a tad uncomfortable). i've wanted to start wrapping shawls or scarves (the thin, silky kind, not the warm kind) around my hips over jeans as a more feminine touch but it seems a tad extraneous and over the top (not to mention the fact that i don't own any shawls, can't afford any yarn, and most scarves aren't long enough to fit around me).

Anyway, back on topic. i'm going to get out my old yarn and try to figure out a quick solution. Ravelry awaits....

update

sigh...

Well, i've completed knitting projects for two Christmas presents, and bought some yarn for additional projects, but haven't started them. It seems like so many of my projects don't turn out the way i expect them to or age prematurely. My PoA scarf looks horrid, probably because i washed it in the machine and wore it every day and the yarn was hand wash only, and the scarf really wasn't wide enough or long enough in the first place. My messenger bag never got truly finished, it turned out that i didn't purchase quite enough fabric, and the flap was too short, which didn't stop me from using the bag every day... and a seam needs to be repaired as a result, but i don't even know where i stashed the bag, it probably needs to be washed, too. i've never found a pattern that would work for the Fox beanie visor. The crocheted newsboy cap from Knit 1 has never looked right on me, and i'm not happy with the visor on it. My swimsuit/coverup project has been a complete fiasco. i haven't taken the time to sew all the projects i've cut out. My digital camera's screen is totally messed up now for no explicable reason. It's all very discouraging. i must get some more projects done but i'm not sure that i can take failure right now...

crocheting again (yes, you read that right!)

Yesterday (was it only yeterday? it seems so far away) i finished crocheting a lacy hat that i just happened to find in a book at the library. See, on Monday i sold my books back and instantly had $60 burning a whole in my pocket. I headed over to the new knitting store in town (the Cozy Knit & Purl) for the bamboo needles that i know i can't buy anywhere else and while i'm there i stumble upon some Rowan yarn that is just beautiful and the perfect color. It matches Arwen's chase jacket. And as soon as i had seen this hat pattern i thought it looked elvish. So i splurged on the yarn and now have a completed pattern. Not only that, but i'm currently working on an advanced pattern that's in the newest Knit 1 magazine.

Of the Rowan yarn: i really wasn't happy with the quality of it. I think this is the same color that i got, but it seems a bit greyer in person. It's a very pale color. Just a bit more turquoise in it than Arwen's chase outfit.



Of the Lion Brand suede that i'm currently using for two different hat patterns i am fairly happy. It's a bit difficult to cast on with but it crochets like a dream. I'm crocheting with Ecru and knitting with Coffee.



Hopefully i can post pics soon, but Brinna is on the road again... rather, she's in Korea seeing her husband for the first time since May.