We accomplished several things that have been on our to do list, but by far the coolest is this:
A few months back Mom was dying yarn without me (of course) and stumbled across a way to dye the yarn that made it go from light to dark, with a really neat tweedy-look along the way. She immediately knew she had to design a pattern for it. Today, we finally got the pattern together - It's call Girl Next Door and comes in three sizes, infant, child and woman.Even better - you can get it as a kit in the shop with our squooshy and scrumptious Fat Cat DK in a special Chromacolour line. We put four kits up in the shop today:
That one is my favourite - I called it Pickle!One of the other things we accomplished was a trip to Julie's where I picked up a 2mm round needle to do Wee Nessie's belly, a skein of Berocco Ultra Alpaca for Dave's fingerless gloves, and I got a little something for myself....
I splurged on a skein of Dream in Colour Starry in Gothic Rose. I know one one my resolutions was to knit from my stash unless I needed to buy something for a specific project (Like Dave's gloves)... but this has SPARKLES!!! (Yes, I'm easily distracted by shiny objects). I've been trying to steal a skein of Mom's Cocoa Kisses for months... but then I saw the Gothic Rose. Seriously - sparkly socks are just too cool! (And think of how good the left overs will look in the crackghan!)I also brought home a skein of yarn from last week's dying session. As soon as I dyed it I knew I needed to keep it for myself
It's Mystic Midnight and it's going to be a shawl, as it's way too pretty to be just socks (not that I'm knocking socks). The picture does not do it justice, it's too dull. The colours really pop in real life, I wish you all could see it.I also snagged another skein of yarn off mom today:
She got a bunch of Socks That Rock mill ends in a special Blue Moon sale. This one intrigued me and I just have to see what it will knit up like.I also snagged some samples and leftovers for the crackghan
Now I don't know about you, but I think that's more than enough fibre for one day!
I love the hat! My friend has some of that Starry, pictures don't do it justice. I saw it on her Ravelry and was like, "Yes, that's nice." Then I saw it at her house and was like, "Me Want!"
ReplyDeleteI wish my mother knit. :(
I looks like you snagged a lot from my house. And that yarn really does look like a pickle now. Nice.
ReplyDeleteOh I love the starry! I got some at Stitches, couldn't resist the shiny. And the hat is adorable.
ReplyDeleteI'm in love with the pickle!!
ReplyDeleteGoodness, that's a lot of yarn! The pickle colourway is fantastic!
ReplyDeleteI like the STR - wild!
ReplyDeleteThere's never enough fiber, but that'll do for now :) I love that green yarn, it's gorgeous! And I'm with you on shiny objects; I've been wanting to try that yarn, and have been saved only by the fact that my LYS doesn't carry it (yet). :)
ReplyDeleteThat tweedy look is awesome!
ReplyDeleteThat hat is really neat, and the yarn dyed that way too! Too bad I burried my credit card out in the yard under the snow (too bad it's raining tomorrow too)...
ReplyDeleteThe hat is very cute - very pretty colorway too!
ReplyDeleteI think your Mom is really nice to let you snag so much yarn!
I've just discovered the glory of dyeing and I'm in love with your pickle yarn!
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