I had way to much fun shopping today after work. I went to the yarn store and bought a bunch few things, but I refuse to comment on the exact total. Lets just say I can make 3 more pairs of Panda Cotton socks, another Koigu pair, another brand I forget the name of, and a pair with Great Adirondack’s Silke (spelling?). Not to mention 2 patterns (a shawl - like I need another shawl pattern and a pattern for socks) 3 sets of DPNs and then the big purchase.
I want to make a sweater from Big Girl Knits, but since unfortunately I am a tad bigger than the largest size for the sweater I had to buy an extra skein (I got 2 extra skeins to be safe). Since I live in the South I decided to go for Cotton Fleece instead of the Lamb’s Pride I originally thought about. This means I bought 8 skeins of Cotton Fleece in the color Salmon Berry Red - a gorgeous color that I am pretty sure will look really good on me.
I have also broke down and tried my hand at spinning on a spindle (one I made with a wooden toy wheel & dowel). So, originally I got white BFL roving to use, which is really nice if a little boring. Since I have realized I like spinning (so much so that I think I am going to ask the family to think about chipping in for a group Christmas gift of a wheel) I decided to get some roving with some color. The LYS sells roving in a bag that is called Northern Nights in the color Toffee. I really liked the colors so a bag came home with me.
Then I bought some clothes. Now I am a big girl, but again I did mention I live in the South right, but I really like those dresses that have the smocked top with the straightish skirt. So I found 3 that I really liked at Ross, along with two cute crocheted cardigans. Since the price was so good on the cardigans they came home with the dresses. Then I found a pair of Birkenstock’s (well the Butella type anyway, that I think are in my mom’s size) so those came home. Plus I bought two more baby outfits for my sister.
As you can probably tell this post is about anything, but KNITTING and that is because I have done almost no knitting this week. I have just been exhausted, which I think is from the mad dash to the finish for my class.
This weekend bodes well for knitting though because I am making the 9 hour one-way trip to my sister’s as she is being induced tomorrow. Yes, not only does this mean 18 hours in a car, but it also means that my niece will most likely be here before I get there (since I can’t leave here until noon and she is being induced at 8am ET - I’m in CT). I will get to see her though.
So, I will be back on Monday - hopefully with baby, yarn and knitting pictures.
