yarn

I think this post will be quick and picture-heavy...then I'm going to bed early, in an attempt to make up for the last couple of nights a bit.

Yesterday was fun. When I arrived at Twisted, I had a plan. One of my co-workers is pregnant and expecting a little girl in September, so I've decided it's time for me to finally do some baby knitting. In my blog-reading the other day I saw a sweater that Larissa just finished and thought, "oh, that might be the one!" And I wanted something pink, but not...TOO pink. So I went to the sock yarn wall (I was thinking fingering or sport weight) and landed at the Socks that Rock. I found this:



That's the color Pink Granite, which I really like with the subtle pinks and grays. I think it'll make a great baby sweater.

I brought it over to Emily and and asked her for a baby sweater pattern suggestion. She walked to the other side of the store and came back with a sweater on a hanger. It was the same one I'd just seen on Larissa's blog! (It's Elizabeth Zimmermann's February Sweater from the Knitter's Almanac, by the way.) So that pretty much sealed it for me. Emily convinced me to switch to the heavyweight STR (so nice that you can get Blue Moon's colorways in all sorts of different yarns and weights, isn't it?) to go with the pattern.

I also got these buttons for the sweater:



Now I just need the book!

Somehow, this also came home with me from Twisted:



That's more STR--mediumweight--in Atomic #6. Fell in love with the color at first sight.

When Nik and I got home from our evening out, there were two packages waiting for me. One contained 4 new skeins of Kureyon for my Lizard Ridge and this pretty sock yarn (I had to get it to get the order over the $25 minimum!):



The second package was from Blue Moon Fiber Arts, containing...I'm sure you can guess: More STR! These are all lightweight:



The Knitters Without Borders colorway. This is the one that got me to finally place an order with them. I'd missed the chance to get some when the Yarn Harlot was in town, so I decided to order it. So of course I ended up buying a couple more at the same time...



The Lucy colorway. (I'm a sucker for blue and brown together.)



Space Dust. There were so many beautiful colors to choose from that it was really hard to decide. This one really appealed to me, though.

So in one day, I went from no STR to five skeins in five colorways, in three different weights. Heh.

And, since I'm losing steam and really want to get to bed, just a couple more pictures.

My Charade-but-not-really-Charade sock, as of this evening:



(I'll explain the "not-really-Charade" part in another post soon.)

And Mom's shawl (Follow the Leader), about 34 rows in:



Oh, and I almost forgot. Hi Tammy! (I laughed when I saw your note on my BMFA invoice. :D)

Wow, that's a lot of yarn to wind at once. The Cherry Tree Hill was 2400 yards, making the biggest ball of yarn I've ever seen:



This is going to be a Follow the Leader Faroese Shawl for Mom. Actually, I've already started it and I'm a whole...11 rows in. :)



The sock yarn, Stitchjones Superwash Merino in the Dark and Divine colorway, was only 450 yards. That's nothing! Except that my arms were already tired from winding the lace yarn. Heh. Here it is:



This is, I think, destined to be a pair of Charade socks. I have not yet cast on for these, but I will soon. I'm contemplating doing two at once on two circs...

The sun has finally decided to grace us with its presence, so I hope to have some nice FO photos later on.