March 12, 2004

Like a Third Thigh

I'm back from Ohio. Of course, the highlight was seeing my parents' new house. The second highlight was the yarn store. Not that I needed anything. In fact, I really had too much yarn in the house in the first place. I need more yarn like I need a third thigh.

But... well... resistance is futile.

I got:

Butterfly, Acrylic & Needles

Alpaca Goodness

The first photo shows, from top right: Acrylic yarn (gosh, this stuff is inexpensive. Hopefully it will not be too evil to knit), in green, blue, and a very bright orange. It is intended to be for afghan squares for Ann & Kay's afghan square project if they're not too put off by the concept of acrylic. Then there's four needle-y things: a set of #6 bamboo DPN's, a #1.5 crochet hook for getting me out of teeny jams (and in case I learn how to crochet, for that silk yarn from eBay), a set of aluminum #4's and #7's, and that bright yellow stuff is actually more chartreuese in real life, and it's Butterfly, intended to turn into the Polka Purl Dots from Spring 2004 Interweave Knits.

The second photo shows a lovely alpaca yarn, which is actually handmade in the same town my parents live in. I am going to make into this sweater, from Jaeger 28 - Men's Collection, a lovely book I'm glad I also bought there.

And just so you don't think I wasn't productive, I got most of the whatever-you-call-the-part-of-a-hat-that-you-make-before-you-start-the-crown-decreases done on the Cancer Hat, which is a skull-cap with three rows of seed stitch before switching to simple stockinette. Note also that the color of the yarn is more of a cornflower - warmer and a bit redder than the cool blue the photo shows:

Cancer Hat-to-be

This is what the #6 bamboo DPNs in the first photo will be for, at least in the immediate future. I may be able to finish this hat tomorrow. We shall see.

Posted by Jon at March 12, 2004 12:51 AM
Comments

I should think acrylic would be good for the Afghans project -- washable and easy care. The alpaca looks lovely, and will be gorgeous in the sweater you have planned! Oh, and a belated compliment on the cable sweater from a few entries before this one -- it looks beautiful.

Posted by: Aven at March 12, 2004 01:40 PM

Thanks, Aven! The alpaca is really soft, too. I am excited to start working with it. But I'm going to knit up the butterfly into the Polka Purl Dot first. And try to finish a couple other things. So stay tuned for progress reports!

Posted by: Jon at March 12, 2004 11:09 PM