I can now say I realize how easy it is to let the blog go. Not that anything interestingly out of the ordinary is going on over here. Actually, yeah, it’s fucking COLD. over here. Last September I still had the AC cranked, today I broke out the hoodies. I hate cold weather. I want to cry at the thought of coming snow. First plane to Califorinia, here I come! No, not really.
There’s been knitting!
I have 2, count them 2, Sleeves for the Lush hoodie, and almost an entire back. If it were done, I could wear it today.
This is the beautious green yarn I dyed. I love how it’s knitting up. I am a little nervous that I don’t have enough, and that sucks. Somebody please tell me hows come, even though I am spot on gauge, and have dyed 200 yards more than the pattern called for, and I’m running short? I really want the full hoodie on this thing. I could always shorten the collar into something else, but Dammit. There is no way on this green earth that I will match the first dye job. I might come close, and have to alternate rows, so I’ll finish the fronts and decide then. Did you ever notice how you tend to knit faster when you think you’re running out of yarn? Also, if I watch spooky movies and knit, I knit faster.
I’m also knitting a 2×2 rib vanilla scarf. Out of Crystal Palaces’ lovely new yarn,
Taos
It stripes if you knit not so wide, and looks equally awesome in sweaters. Good price, good yardage!
I made the best stash aquisition at the Michigan Fiber Fest! I’ve wanted this for awhile, but fiqured I’d buy I’d when I came across it. It’s STR in Cara’s fabulous “Prove it all Night’ Colorway.
I’ve been dyeing self striping Vesper yarns, yay! I put a big lot of it up in the shop today, most of which is gone. I’m waiting for a huge yarn order so I can dye more. (hurry up UPS guy!) Hopefully I get it early next week.
I’m also knitting a bunch of socks. I’m letting SSS run rampant over here, but now that it’s cold I’m thinking I should finish up a pair or two…. and it’s time to dig out the ufo’s from the spring that didn’t need to be finished in the summer. I have about 20 minutes worth of work to finish my Sunrise Jacket, lots of end weaving, bleh, and way far back in March I started a cashmere hat for James I might as well finish now.
Mmmm, that’s about it… I’m off to package orders and find a blanket and make more coffee. Cheers.
Good stuff! And can I say, your photographs are looking fantastic lately. Wonderful DOF.
Beautiful! It’s still hot here. It’s never 80 here in September, but it was today! I wanted to go to the MI fiber fest. Couldn’t though, maybe next year!!
It was around 55 degress today. 55!!! Although I’m not as turned off to snow as you are, I was pretty unhappy today because I had to sit outside for an hour today in the rain. Without socks. And little more than a tiny tank top under my sweat shirt.
*fingers crossed* for enough yarn!
Mmm – lovely STR acuisition!
That green is gorgeous! I totally knit faster when I think I’m running out of yarn, too.
Oh that would be a disaster if you ran out of yarn!! That green is so perfectly beautiful…here’s hoping your eyes are playing tricks on you and you do have enough!
How would a darker green hood look? I was thinking a stripe would look ok, but you would have to do quite a bit of ripping. just a ramdom thought.
That Crystal Place yarn looks pretty. The STR yarn is pretty too.
I missed out on your last lot of yarn. Maybe next time I’ll be lucky.
It’s cold here too. I live where snow skiing is a big thing, I don’t ski. I have a lake in the front yard and I don’t swim either. I think I’m living in the wrong place. PA sounds like a nice place to live though 😉
That STR yarn is totally drool-worthy!
I hear you – where did summer go here on the east coast? Its totally crap if I may say so. But perhaps that will help me with my FSS – first sock syndrome 😉
The Taos color combo (CP) is really nice….
which colorway did you get? The finished product
will be cute.
Beautiful color combos for that scarf 😉
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i am drooling over all that yarn yumminess! i hope the hoodie works out b/c it will be so gorgeous!
I am absolutely infatuated with that scarf.
I must get that yarn.