Last weekend I went to the fiber arts sale here. I expected it to be a bit larger. Most of the goods were finished objects - some very nice ones - but I was on the hunt for yarn. They had a few baskets of delicious hand-spun or hand-dyed yarn. The violet silk was scrumptious but out of my price range. There was a variegated wool in glorious fall colors that I pictured as a Sunrise Circle Jacket, but there wasn't quite enough.
I came home with some fingering weight pink mohair. The color is glorious but the yarn is a little scratchy. It's only single-ply which means it really isn't durable enough for socks. I tried not to buy it. Picked it up, put it down, picked it up, put it down. Somehow 2 hanks ended up in my basket.
Then buried under some cotton in colors too bright to contemplate I found beauty. It's hand-spun wool so soft that I was convinced it had silk in there. Then I smelled it. Some of you understand smelling yarn. This stuff is awesome. Initially I wasn't sold on the grey color, but there was no way I was going to let this stuff out of my grubby yarn-mitts. Now I love the grey. It has just enough warmth to still look decent on me as a hat or scarf or gloves or.... oh the possibilities!
Onto other topics. I got rid of the red superwash wool I've had in my stash (Thanks Irene!).
Somehow a couple weeks ago a skein of Trekking XXL in some lovely golds and greens migrated into the stash. I have reason to believe this happened to someone else too.
I love the harmony sock needles. Finally, needles sharp enough to make Pomatomus a joy. I cast on the 2nd sock and got through one repeat before returning to other things.
Last night I finished the 2nd sleeve on the Oriel Lace. That's right. Now all I have to do is block that, reblock the other 3 pieces, assemble, knit the collar, and weave in the ends. Why does it still seem like finishing this is so far away?
The real distraction has been Ravelry. I got my invitation last week and I'm obsessed. Addicted. Gripped. Fanatical. Help!
11.01.2007
New yarn! and other random stuff
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Pretty yarn. Rivalry. sigh. Have you shown PP all the projects I, I mean we, have on our pages? You won't be getting any help from me. I can see that we're both enablers. Congrats on the Oriel (bitch). Now I have to knit mine. Like you, I'm lovin' the sock needles!
I started to show her Ravelry and she left after a few minutes as I clicked on pattern after pattern. She said something about getting out while she could but it's a little fuzzy. I was too busy to listen very well.
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