Jon's Knit Blog

Yarnomania

I wasn't supposed to. You all know that I have way too much already. But yesterday at KNY, I bought MORE yarn. More, I tell you.

OK, so it was just one more ball of Zara, in a color they either didn't have when I made the initial purchase, or a color I simply had not noticed. Either way, it's new to me and will be new to the blankie as soon as I start knitting this afternoon. And in case you're curious, I'll have you know that it's 1499, Sky Blue.

The other exciting things that happened at KNY yesterday were that I got gauge for the stockinette portion of the lace sweater, on a US7 rather than a US6, but the best part was that all the ends of the Rosetta blankie are now woven in. That's 455 ends, mind you. Granted, some had been done by carrying along while knitting, but some simply had to be woven in. So I'm pretty freaking happy that's what's going on there. And I'm even happier that I was right: the technique I have figured out for weaving all ends in on a color change row works so there will be very little need for weaving in for the rest of the blankie!

Although I have to confess that the search for the link to the photo of 1499 (I figured it'd be easier to borrow a photo from a yarn site than to try to take an accurate photo of the color) has me a little bit sad, since I found an etailer who has a few more colors of Zara than KNY - and charges $1.45 less per ball. But hey, then I would have had to wait to start the blankie. And I figure that I'll be far enough along by the time the yarn would have gotten here that I don't really want to order more and try to introduce other colors that far in. And I got a frequent knitter discount at KNY so the price is almost a wash. Especially since I didn't have to pay for shipping and got to have the absolute pleasure of knowing that I'm supporting an independent retailer that I like a lot! Plus, it means that I can hang out at KNY and not feel guilty about knitting foreign yarn...