As you are well aware, I just got back from a couple of knitting excursions. Credit cards were used. Yarn was purchased.
Here is a sampling:
The well informed among you will recognize two skeins of Madelinetosh Light in the upper left of the photo: the blue is called Worn Denim, the green is called Grove. I love Tosh Light, what else can I say? I wanted to get 4 of the Worn Denim, but Stephen Be only had 3, so I got the green for (perhaps?) a two-color shawl.
The gold laceweight in the upper right is from MS&W, Spirit Trails: Yarn is Decima in color “Vintage.” 550 yards of merino and silk per skein. Lovely. No idea what to do with this…another shawl, but how many can I stack up? My house is already lousy with shawls!!
The ball that is wound is a boucle that I also purchased at MS&W, from Tintagel Farms: Yarn is a mohair, silk and wool blend in color Bayberry; 250 yards per 5 oz. It called my name. Very loudly. And I don’t really know why! It has already been tapped to make another Easy Missoni Mobius Cowl. I can’t get enough of them, plus I was teaching the Cat Bordhi cast on today, so I needed a sample. That’s my story, anyway!! The color is knitting up absolutely beautifully and is reminiscent of something deep in my reptilian brain. Someday that memory may pop to the surface.
Last and not least is an ethereal color called “Sugar Plum” in an 80/20 bamboo and nylon mix that positively glistens. It is from Sun Valley Fibers (purchased at Yarnover). I have a shawl in mind for this (hangs head in shameful resignation). The picture captured the color pretty well, which is amazing.
Sally and I also are making the same projects (in different yarns) which will be revealed shortly. And I will be again hanging my head in embarrassment over the type of project it is. 😉
I do the same thing, but with sweaters. It makes for great suspense on the blog…I wonder what this will be?? (wait for it, wait for it)….a SWEATER! But hey, there’s really nothing wrong with knitting lots of the things you love, right? And all of those yarns look like they’d be great for shawls. =)
Comment by Erica — May 12, 2012 @ 7:06 pm
That blue and green Tosh would make great Catkin, methinks.
Comment by chloe — May 12, 2012 @ 8:23 pm
I must have that boucle yarn, those are my colors. Where can I purchase this? I’ve searched for it and can’t find it! Argh!
Comment by Deena — May 14, 2012 @ 1:05 pm
I love that you noted that this is only a “sampling.” 🙂
Comment by twinsetjan — May 27, 2012 @ 9:51 am