During Car Talk and Wait, Wait this morning, I decided to be useful (it was also, I'll be honest, meant to make sure I didn't fall asleep during them). So I got out my swift and wound up some balls of yarn.
These first two are yarns I got at Done Roving farm when we were in Maine in August. The blue, which is Wool and Kid, will turn into a hat for my brother's girlfriend. She really liked the color. And the red, Wool and Mohair, I just fell in love with. Such a pretty rich red and oh, so soft. I was not happy, however, to run across three knots while winding this ball. I don't know what it'll be. Perhaps a happy little scarf.
This is yarn I got off eBay...
from the seller Lotusblossom...
in the color Carnival. (Though really it looks more like a flower garden to me.) I have 1200 yards and am thinking it might make a nice Flower Basket Shawl. I got one of these wound, but I sort of lost my winding mo-jo, and This American Life was over. I'll get the other one wound one of these days. There's no hurry...it's not like I have nothing to knit.
I've now gone four repeats beyond the suggested last repeat for the ISE5 scarf I'm knitting. I'll be doing a few more repeats, but then it'll be at the end, I think. I need to check and see how early we can send our packages out.
4 comments:
The lotus carnival is really pretty.
And don't worry about stalking the LYS, everyone loves a buyer!
I think we can send off our scarves any time they are done. Mine has to go half way round the world, so its going this week.
Thanks, Gemma. I figure I'll send mine off once the scarf is all finished and blocked. I think I have all the other goodies I plan to include.
We at the Black Sheep can assure you that you will always be welcome. In fact, I missed you last weekend, because I wanted to ask you about the log cabin square and had to wait another week. So, please come often, anytime you want!
the carnival is lovely, though I can see what you mean about it being more garden-y, nice finds!
Post a Comment