I AM NEVER LIKING A YARN AGAIN.
It's old news by now: Lion Brand is offing Cotton-Ease. Why, Lion Brand, why? Especially since I have fallen in love with Cotton-Ease's delicious-yet-cheapness? It is one of the Laws of Knitting, however, that when you try a yarn and love it, it will be discontinued while you are still working on the project.
I bought six skeins of popsical blue (Lauren shares my dispair and also noticed the ridiculous spelling). And I saved 15% with the discount card that Matthew's sister gave me. (She's an employee of Joann Etc.)
I have finished Remembering Honey, and she is fabulous. The seaming was effortless (oh, how I like seaming!) and everything fit together perfectly. It fits me perfectly, too, right down to the extra decreases I did for the hips/waist. The shoulder/arm area fits so well that I want to use the same schematic for every sweater I make in the future. Pictures tomorrow, I hope. I've been putting them off until I can give her a bath.
One of my metal size 1 needles that I was using for the Conwy sock has disappeared. As a result, I haven't touched that thing since. It's just too painful. Instead, I'm working on Regia Surf socks for my sister. Yarnzilla has this yarn on sale, and it is very nice yarn indeed. I'm turning a heel in between paragraphs.
While I was at Yarnzilla a couple weeks ago, I got to meet Malabrigo yarn (yum) and the new Rowan and Debbie Bliss cotton blends. The Cathay I could do without - it's too heavy (what's with Debbie Bliss and heavy silk blends?), but I'm in love with Cash Cotton. (I will try not to love it too much if I use it, as to stave off discontinuation.)
Tipper @ 11:23 PM * link
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