Goodies!
Look what was waiting for me in my PO Box today!! Wheeee, what fun!! My secret pal sent what looks like a great book, called Exquisite Little Knits: Knitting with Luxurious Specialty Yarns. I haven’t had a chance to look at it in depth yet, but it looks great. Even though they use novelty yarns for a lot of the projects it doesn’t look like the projects will be that dated and they are all smaller, portable sorts of projects - just what this instant gratification gal tends towards!
Those three balls of yarn that came with the book are a fun cotton/synthetic blend boucle-like yarn in a nice warm off-white with hints of browns and blues and even a small touch of sage from Filatura di Crosa. All colors that look great on me. Each one is about 82 yards. I’m not sure what I’ll make with them yet, but I’m excited! And, if I have some left over from knitting something, it’ll make some great addition to some fabric/fiber art work as well.
Thanks, Secret Pal! It makes the day much better!
In knitting progress news…
I got through the first skein of Silk Garden on the multi-directional scarf. I’m thinking my fears of it not being quite manly enough are probably coming true. But, DH loves the design - as do I. I’ll reserve judgement on whether it will be giftable to my FIL or not until it is completed. But I have to say this pattern really does look great in these self-striping yarns!
The colors don’t look great in this picture. Hopefully I’ll have better lighting and display for the final picture.
I’m also closing in on the end of the leg portion of the first sock for my dad. I’m debating stoping the single circular and switching over to my dpns. I think I’d move faster. But I’d like to do a whole sock on the single circulars so I get a feel for whether the heel and stuff is in the same location with respect to the cast-on as it is when I use the dpn’s. I think the big problem I’m having is this 47″ circular. It’s just too long and unwieldy. I’m not casting off the idea of doing the single circular method, just not with 47″ cables… And, I’m kind of in a hurry as there are a few other projects I’d like to complete for the holiday gift giving season… Hmmm… Decisions….
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