not much knitting was actually done this weekend. seems like i have been thinking about knitting more than actually doing any lately. but i did buy some lovely yarn that i'll let you all look at.
drool drool
this is a close up of the 100% wool yarn. it sort of reminds me of the rowanspun line, which is kind of foamy and slightly felted.
this gorgeous box of wool is from beaverslide. i've been wanting to try their yarns for awhile ago and they had a sale a couple of weeks ago and i could not resist. i bought 3 colors, the magenta and beige color are enough for sweaters while the two greens i only got 2 skeins each of. everything is the 90% wool 10% mohair yarn except for the lime green one (that's 100%b wool). i haven't knit any of it up yet but it's just really lovely yarn. the colors are amazing and it's softer than i thought it would be. it's got the same texture as peace fleece (which some people find rough but i am ok with). speaking of which...
i bought a skein of this because i'd never seen it in person. the color is gorgeous (it's kamcatcha seamoss) and so varied and heathered. i think i might have to make a sweater out of the peace fleece for sure. i also have a bunch of bartlett yarns that i got in a swap once, and i think i like the beaverslide and peace fleece more. just by touching them on the skein, they seem softer, but that's just my two cents.
almost forgot about this one. i bought 6 skeins of debbie bliss maya from a swap board and it's so nice. i love the sublte variegation and the single ply goodness. i couldn't capture the color that well and my camera was making it all look bright red, but you get the idea.
here's the beginning of the dale sweater. i'm actually supposed to switch needles sizes now, but all of my 7 circs are in use. i tried to stop by my lys to get another pair, but they were all out. i'll try again later this week so i can get moving on this.
so i worked on this instead. it's monette from the rowan vintage style book made from kidsilk haze. i've been working on it for awhile now, but teeny yarn and teeny needles goes pretty slow. i wansn't sure about the colors at first but now i kind of like them. i know they're kind of odd together but i think my friend i am making it for will really dig the colors. i really want to start working on cyd again, but she takes up a lot of room with all those intarsia bits and right now my bedroom is a mess. they changed all the plumbing in my building to copper pipes (which has been making the water taste and smell absolutely disgusting. i hope it goes away). but they had to tear out all the pipes, meaning my room looks like this:
it wouldn't be so bad except that they moved my bed to the middle of the room to knock down the wall and now it's just chaos. i can't bring myself to spread cyd all over the floor just in case they decide to move more stuff around when they replaster . that's about all that has been going on lately. oh and i had to contact rowan about my fall mag. i don't know if they didn't send it but i emailed inquiring about it and someone replied saying that it would go right out. don't you hate it when you have a subscription but the newsstand gets it first? what's the point? oh c'est la vie.
