Fiber Fool
The feats and foibles of a fiber fanatic.

Joys of Trading and Progress Update

3/8/2005

Lovely Interlacements Houston rayon/cotton boucle yarn from Amanda.

I brought the two Sally Melville books to SnB last night and ended up trading Amanda for these two lovely hanks of Interlacement’s Houston rayon/cotton boucle yarn. There is 2500 yd there with a label gauge of 6 sts/in on US 4 needles. I’m not quite sure what I’ll be doing with it at this point, though I have a few ideas. I don’t think the photo is very accurate in the color, but it’s a cloudy, windy, rainy day out today so this is the best I’ll get. It’s kind of a dusty mauve as in some lights it looks kind of pink, but in others it looks more lavender. I do know that it looked great with my plum jeans I was wearing last night :-)

In progress news, I have 2 or 3 more repeats before I start the heel on second Sockapalooza sock. It’s funny because I remember the first sock looking better without blocking than this one seems to be, but I think that was because I photographed it on a glass… But, anyway I bring you another progress pic…

The second Sockapalooza Spearfish Sock in progress as of the of SnB on 3-7-05

I put the sock aside for the last 30 minutes or so and picked up Clapotis and made another drop. I think I have three more to do before beginning the decrease section if I recall correctly. It looks awesome in this yarn! But I’m really needing to focus the majority of my knitting time on the sock. I have less than a week now to finish it. Clapotis is just for me, so there is no real deadline.



Books for Sale/Trade

3/4/2005

I have a few books I’m ready to part with. They’ve served their purpose or were not a good fit for me and they are looking for a new home…

Stitch 'n Bitch Book Cover
Stitch ‘n Bitch by Debbie Stoller
Retails for $13.95
Selling/Trading for $9 + Shipping - Spoken For

The Knit Stitch by Sally Melville Cover
The Knitting Experience: The Knit Stitch by Sally Melville
Retails for $19.95
Selling/Trading for $12 + Shipping - Taken

The Purl Stitch by Sally Melville Book Cover
The Knitting Experience: The Purl Stitch by Sally Melville
Retails for $19.95
Selling/Trading for $12 + Shipping

I can ship Priority or Media Mail, whichever you wish to pay for. I can take non-CC paypal payments. In the case of a trade, I will require a delivery confirmation number before shipping your item.

For trade, I’m interested in Sz 0-2 5″ Brittany Birch DPNs, or 16″ AddiTurbos, sock yarns, there are some books I’m also interested in. If you are interested in any of these, just drop me an e-mail (remove the NO SPAM) and we can work out the details.



I completed the lacey top of the 2nd Spearfish sock and 2 repeats of the main ankle portion yestrday. I’ve dropped one more stitch on Clapotis since the last picture. So, Clapotis is sort of crawling along while I focus on Spearfish in order to mail it on the 15th! More pictures early next week!

Check in tomorrow for a surprise…