Knitting Escapism

Protect the cranium

The possibilities are endless.... preparation for future projects

Harrisville Shetland (900 yard/cone): White, Loden Blue, Cocoa

Harrisville Shetland: Washed and wound into cute yarn cakes

Komi Cap blocking...

Words later...

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Yarny goodness

A few of you have asked me what yarn I'm using for the real vest that I'll be knitting for myself, and I finally made a choice- Rowanspun DK. Now I've heard mixed reviews for this yarn, but I'm strangely drawn to the tweediness. Terhi loves this yarn, and waxes poetic about it.... so why not? In the end, I went with Eau de Nil - the blue green, and Snowflake - creamy white.

In other news, I won a contest! Ann of Fidget held a contest to guess the most popular color and yardage of her stash and I guess I lucked out. She sent me two skeins of Koigu KPPPM (p219) and I've been fondling it ever since. What will I do with them? Pomatomus, of course. Thanks, Ann!

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Year End Yarn Porn

Earlier this month, while surfing through the knit-blogs, I came across Katie's site and we did a little yarn exchange - my leftover Rowan Plaid for her leftover Felted Tweed. The picture below details the three amazing balls of Felted Tweed that she sent me. (Now what can I do with a ball of Crush and a ball of Melody? Suggestions?)

I've always wanted to knit Bloom from Rowan 36, and I can't make a sweater with three different colors now, can I? (Well actually I could but let's just pretend I can't). So then I scoured for Felted Tweed sale and hit the mother load. 5 balls of Felted Tweed in Whisper at just the right price - $6.00 per ball baby! Now I have more felted tweed than what's needed to make Bloom, but who cares. It's lovely lovely yarn, I tell you.

And then, as fortune would have it, I was just looking at Forecast from Knitty and happened to stop by my LYS to chance upon 7 balls of the exact yarn called for at $4.00/ball. With the amount of yarn I have at my disposal, maybe I can make a Demi from Rowan Vintage Style too, if I so choose.

Okay.. enough yarn porn. I did have a small FO during the break. Another DNA scarf. It so happens that BF would like a cream-colored scarf, and since he adores the DNA pattern, I made another one in Rowan Cashsoft DK. This yarn is delish - 57% extra fine merino, 33% microfiber and 10% of cashmere. At 142yds/50g, I used 3 balls. And get this, it's MACHINE WASHABLE. Heck, the label says you can even IRON it too. Way to go, Rowan. It's going to be part of a goody package that I'm sending off to him.... I just gotta finish up a pair of socks before I assemble the package.