Back with a vengance!
I'm back. Did you know I was gone? In fact, I was! I went to visit my mom in sunny Mesa, Arizona. "Did you go to yarn shops?" you ask. Why, of course I did.
(You can also see pictures of some of the other things I did here. Nothing exciting, although there IS a cactus that looks just like a certain part of a male's anatomy.)
I visited The Fiber Factory straightaway, and came away with this:
That's two ounces of handpainted bombyx top in "merlot," created by Nancy Finn of Chasing Rainbows Dyeworks in Willits, California.
Yes. That's IT. I also came out of there with a pattern called Mariposa. I saw this hanging over the back of a chair in the shop and had to inquire. The pattern is FREE and is absolutely gorgeous when knit; the photos don't nearly do it justice. I thought it would be heavy knit in the bamboo yarn, but it's not.
I stopped by Arizona Knitting and Needlepoint twice. Once I came out with nothing but a longing for what I ended up going back to get:
Manos del Uruguay in colorway #104, earmarked for the Hot Lava Cardigan. Tasty, and expensive! (Hey, I deserve it. I haven't bought much yarn lately. So there!)
I also had to grab a skein of Steinbach Wolle Aktiv Effekt, color 3:
One can never have too much sock yarn, especially when it's soft, rainbowy, and $7.50 for 100 grams.
The super-secret sweater I was working on was finished while on the trip and given to its recipient - my mother. In a torrent of genius, I managed to not only not get a picture of said completed sweater, but also forgot my circular Turbo in Mesa, one that I will probably need shortly. I am made of sheer brilliance. Brilliance, I say!
Larch is almost done. By almost, I mean that the rows are now taking 5 minutes each instead of 20. That's close to "almost done," right? Confidential: I don't really like how Kidsilk Haze looks in lace. (I'm getting my card taken away, aren't I?)
Tipper @ 9:55 PM * link
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