I’m at a loss…
Seraphim is coming along, though not a lot of progress was made on it over the weekend. I needed to slow my pace as I got an e-mail from Brown Sheep (2 weeks after writing them) and they are sending two more balls from the same seconds dye lot so I didn’t want to hit the end of
ball 4 before the other two balls arrived. Fortunately, I’ll be heading to Boulder next Saturday and can return the other two I purchased at Shuttles a week ago. I’m also having to pace myself as for some reason or another spring and fall weather patterns tend to make me a bit more likely to develop tendonitis. I don’t have an actual flare, but I need to be sure to take a good break at the completion of a row now that it is over 400 sts in width. I have less than 30 rows to go, so I figure roughly 12 more hours or so as long as I knit my design rows without too many errors.
Mom’s yarn for her Seraphim has arrived! We first placed an order for some purple Jawoll, but they were out of stock so we called to find out what other options they had in stock in a pretty purple or a rose color. We ended up going with the slightly more expensive, but still superwash, Soft Touch Heather from Shelridge Farms in the color crocus. It is unbelieveable gorgeous and super soft! We ordered 6 hanks. 4 should theoretically do it and I’m hoping it does as any leftovers mom has I’ll get and I can make socks from them. Although, I’m thinking I might not be able to hold off on knitting socks from this, I may end up folding and ordering some of this yarn for myself in another color…
The heathering isn’t the deepest heathering I’ve seen. It appears to be just a magenta sort of color mixed in with the main blue-violet color, but it still is pretty and I think it’ll make a wonderful shawl for Grandma!
This Saturday also marked the beginning of the anniversary sales at Woolen Treasures so a few of us headed down there for lunch and yarn shopping. I was restrained and came home only with some needles and notions. The needles were pretty picked over when we got there, but supposedly a new shipment will be in before the end of the week. So I’m sure my mom and I will head down there at some point once she gets here. She said she’s taking me shopping for my birthday so I figure I can get yarn when I go down with her if I’m so inclined. I’m seriously thinking about picking out something to knit Calla. The largest size might be a titch too small, but it’ll be close. And, even though my weight has stayed roughly the same since January or so things have been shifting around and becoming more toned so the sizing on that may not be quite as far off as I think as I haven’t measured too recently.
