HeartBreak in Rotorua

Yes yes, it is true, I am struggling to say goodbye to NZ, to Rotorua, and mostly to Rotoma. It's tough! I know I am coming back but, wow, going to miss these places and these PEOPLE!! Especially those retards without internet access (these people do exist!). The last month or so has been hectic, I seem to have made new friends and become better friends with old friends, have developed a love interest or 2 (or 3), and have just become more attached to everything Kiwi. Dammit! I fly out in exactly 5 days (Saturday night) and I just don't want to leave everyone and everything. One of the said love interests is being a complete idiot and has succeeded in tipping my life upside down in less than 5 days, but I guess I now have 5 days to right-end it and move on. 5 day rule!

Almost everything is sorted, I have a new camera, new laptop, new travel case, new glasses (x 2!!), and various other new things to take with me. Very cool. Have started packing, but really, lets be honest, I'm all about analysing stupid love interest number 3. May need some help in implementing the 5 day rule. Any takers?

I went WOOL SHOPPING

Hey! Today I treated myself to checking out the Knitting Warehouse in Hamilton. (geeky treat, I know) It was totally awesome! The lady in there helped me out, explained a few things to me, and I walked out with wool to finish my scarf, wool to make my fingerless gloves, needles to make the gloves, a crochet hook, plus the offer to go back if i ever needed help with my work! My mother had told me a certain project would cost lots and lots of money to buy the wool for, but if I make it acrylic I can get it for $36 from that shop! I am SO excited!

About my scarf.... it is SO ugly. It started out as a project to use up some wool i had lying arund with no name on it, and to learn/practise how to knit/purl. Well, i've done that, and now I am left with a scarf that begins nicely (two small holes where I curiously missed stitches), and then goes into this hideous knobbly wool stuff - and the scarf gets wider! MUCH wider! even though I checked, and I'm using the right needles and the right wool - I'm guessing the tension is different... Anyway, then I ran out of that stuff too, and my scarf is only half the length it should be. So I go to the Knitting Warehouse, and the only knobbly stuff they had was this creamy-yellow stuff, so that's what I am doing the 3rd quarter of the scarf in, then plain creamy yellow wool to finish off. So, basically, grey/blue to cream/yellow, with the middle portion being soft and knobbly to wind around your neck. Fan bloody tastic. EXCEPT for the width!! to my great disgust, when I added on the yellow knobbly stuff, it got wider still!! What is the world coming to?? So I added a few stitchs together, and it seems to be undercontrol.

I am seriously contemplating sewing this scarf into the middle of a blanket. Stupid ugly thing.