And now for the yarn
March 13th, 2008 at 4:36 pm by firebrunette (Main Page)
We (Tracy, Suzanne, Liz and I) had a little field trip today over to Loop & Leaf in downtown SB. I hadn’t been in the store in a couple of months (and they have only been open for over 4 months) so I thought it would be fun to take my friend Liz down there. She’s a relatively new knitter and really finding it enjoyable. We are just immersing her in the knit culture right now & she’s loving it!
For the Laminaria shawl in the Spring Knitty I bought 2 hanks of Fleece Artist Mini Maiden in Cedar.
The pattern calls for Fleece Artist Suri Blue but she didn’t have any so this is a great substitute! My plan is to get this started, get comfortable with the pattern over the next week and take it on our drive to Idaho. We’ll be there for a week, then the drive home. I figure I can get at least 12 hours of good knitting time in on the drive to & from. There are 3 drivers, George, Tracy and I, so it will be a good, even amount of drive time between us.
I also decided it was time to try the Jamieson’s DK so I bought 2 balls; 1 Leprechaun (so appropo for the season) and 1 Rye. I plan on making a 2 colored hat of some sort. I will have to check my ravelry faves to see what’s in there.
She also had Frog Tree yarns and the sport weight pima cotton is so soft and yummy I had to get a ball for my nephew that’s on the way. A cute zeebee is in order with this yarn.
It’s a great boy color and with him being a spring baby the cotton will be good for him through the chilly but not too cold evenings up in NorCal.
As soon as Julie at Knit & Pearl gets the red Silky Wool in that I am dying to have, I will have enough new yarn to keep me busy for a few years.
Rowan said,
March 13th, 2008 at 4:58 pm
Scrumptious delicious irresistible Mini Maiden, how I love thee in all thy multitudes of awesome colors. This is lovely lovely lovely. I already asked Tracy to bring hers on Monday, bring yours too so I can pet it a little pretty please.
The only thing that kept me from being a cranky mad woman today was being on a huge beautiful empty wide beach on a gorgeous day, it was a consolation prize, but just barely. I’m so glad you guys had a fun trip.
Batty said,
March 15th, 2008 at 7:18 pm
That Mini Maiden yarn is incredible. I love the colors, and it will make a beautiful Laminaria shawl. I think this is going to be one of those perfect yarn/pattern matches.
Cori Dodds said,
March 15th, 2008 at 11:47 pm
Oh my. I just love hanging out at a yarn shop, and what you came home with is just amazing. And the brown Frog Tree will be just perfect. I love the color of the mini maiden, and if it is half as nice as it looks here, mmmm, mmmm, mmmm. Please make sure you post pics from Mom’s so I can see the progress on the laminaria. I’m spending so much time with knitters lately that I may eventually have to make the conversion from hook to sticks.