Do you ever go on knit binges? It seems like I do pretty good for a while. I happily knit from my stash, with patterns and needles I already own. Then Bam! all of a sudden I can’t control it anymore. It’s like a drug, and I turn into a possessed fiber-head. I can’t get enough: yarn, needles, patterns, it doesn’t matter what it is. Must. Buy. More.
On Wednesday Lenore and I had another of our pre-SNB, stash enhancing field trips. Posh was having a 40% off sale so we decided to go there first, after Posh we ate a late lunch, followed by yet another yarn store: Fancy Tiger. As usual we had a blast and as usual are checkbooks are now a little lighter.
As you can see my new purchases include: Bag Style by Pam Allen & Ann Budd (actually I purchased it at Borders before I got to Lenore’s. I had a 40% off coupon I had to use). I also bought a Crafty Alien felted Swat Kitty kit in black at Fancy Tiger because it is uber-cute and I had to have it. At Posh I purchased 3 skeins of Araucania Limari. If you are unacquainted with this gorgeous yarn, as I was, it is an amazingly soft hand-dyed yarn that is 80% Merino Wool, 20% Alpaca, and 10% silk. It is so yummy and this color-way, as well as the others, is fabulous! Here is a close up:
I also received my long-awaited package from Knit Picks Yippee! I ordered 2 skeins of Essential (fingerling weight, wool/nylon) One skein of petunia (pink) and one black for a pair of socks, 2 skeins of Shimmer (lace weight, alpaca/silk) for a shawl and …woo-who!…. the set of Harmony sock needles! These are friggin awesome! The colors are great, and they are so smooth and warm. They feel like a hybrid between metal and bamboo, a little slippery, but not too much. I knit a swatch for the socks and the Essentials yarn seems to work up pretty nice, but I won’t know for sure until I really get going on the socks. The Shimmer is beautiful and so soft! The color is so bright, much pretty in real life then it looked on the web site. I bought it because I want a nice lace shawl in a bright color. This looks like it should work perfectly; I hope it works up as pretty as it looks in the skein
Okay, I was going to write more about a FO and other life crap, but I’m getting sleepy. So I’m off to bed. Hopefully I will get a chance to post this weekend.
