I'm recovering from several days' worth of excitement. Today was spent with a friend (and later the boyfriend) eating brunch and being read to by Neil Gaiman. Yesterday I started my internship; that went very well and it was so good to be working. Thursday is what y'all would be interested in: yarn store extravaganza, yo.
Bobby and I had some Indian food, then we were off to Yarnzilla. What's good for them and bad for me is that they didn't have the skein of Koigu I wanted; either I gotta find it elsewhere or find another complimentary color for Charlotte II (maybe one of my last Charlotte's colors will work). I did not, however, leave emptyhanded.
The five skeins of Rowan Magpie in "Gurgle" (which, I was told, matches my eyes perfectly) is for a yet-to-be-designed cabled vest for yours truly. The pink stuff is Rowan R2, the paper kind, which I got for free because I signed up for the mailing list (y'all can get it too if you stop in!). The Magpie was on sale, and I couldn't resist, especially since it's so soft and lustrous and it's been haunting me. We had a good time chatting it up with Linda and meeting more folks.
Then I made the decision to drag Bobby to meet my boyfriend, and since we were going to be in the area, I also decided to drag him to Amazing Threads. Their new store still isn't unpacked, but it's almost done. It's a nice space, but I don't think it's much bigger than the last space. The natural lighting is a definite plus, but it's one of those yarn stores I feel so overwhelmed by that I never know what to buy. The big ol' hank of Cherry Tree Hill Merino Laceweight (the color is "River Run") in the picture above is from there, though. I have no idea what I'll do with it, but I've wanted some of that stuff for awhile (and I HAD to spend my gift certificate before I exploded!).
I was stumped as to what to pick up next, so I decided to finish the Curry Cable Cardigan from the Fall 2002 IK. I re-knit the collar and started on a sleeve:
The sleeves, I think, might look a little silly when sewn up. The increases are done in reverse stockinette on the edges, so by the time I sew it all up, there will be about 30 purl stitches along the seam. Had I thought of it earlier, I might have devised a way to make it look less silly. (But I sure as heck ain't ripping out now.) I wish I hadn't read the chart wrong when I started the whole thing, since I miss that little extra twist in the big, fat cable. Ah, well. It's still cute.
Tipper @ 11:18 PM * link
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