LYS!

I finally got down to the new LYS - C.R. Yarn. You can read the store's blog over here. I loved the selection of yarn so much it was hard to make my mind up what I'd turn into booties for Sofia, but I couldn't pass up the newly dyed "Mmm Brains" yarn.


My first instinct is to make a hat out of it, but I'm not sure if even that would do this beautiful yarn and its wonderful name justice. So it might just hang out in the stash for a bit until I can find something worthy of it. I also picked up a skein of TOFUtsies to do those booties.


Also soon to be added to my growing stash are two hanks from KnitPicks. While browsing for bootie-yarn, I found their handpainted line, Imagination. These are the two colorways I've ordered: Looking Glass and Damsel.


I know I have no business buying more yarn. I've started three projects despite having a bag full of unfinished things that's been hidden away in the closet since long before we moved into the bigger apartment. I pulled out that neglected bag to see what was in there.

From the top, left to right: 100% baby alpaca from the Indiana State Fair, random red yarn (two skeins Homespun), gray and blue wool from The Feast of the Hunter's Moon, random red yarn that was supposed to end up a sweater for the mother-in-law, Sugar'n Cream skein bought because it was pretty, and random bouncle that was slowly becoming a scarf for the little sister.

So I guess the lesson learned is that if I ever TELL someone I'm knitting them a gift, they're better off assuming their never going to get it. :(

Leather and Booties, But Not at the Same Time

I've been thinking more and more about my Secret Pattern Project (hereafter, SPP) while I'm working the thumb gusset on CSLA's knucks, and I finally decided that one of my variations should include leather. Not that micro-suede yarn that is on every yarn store's shelf, but actual, round leather cord. I found this stuff at the Tandy Leather Company (which has a location in Rapid).

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I think I might slip on down there on my lunch hour to pick some up. Who says I can't knit three things at once?

But it gets better. I randomly came across a pattern for these booties on Ravelry, and I immediately wanted to make a pair for the newborn baby of a friend. Aren't they adorable?

Crashing the Champagne Bottle Against the Bow...then Taking a Drink

I decided I needed a knitting blog.

Then I realized that I had a blog for writing, and that I seldom used the "journal" function on the visual art sites I'm a member of.

Yesterday I realized that my creativity comes in cyclical spurts. Some days I can write. Some days I can knit. Some days I can draw. Rarely if ever can I find success in all three of these hobbies on the same day - hence the name of this blog.

My first blog post is a bit of a celebration. After what has now been weeks of struggling, cursing, and frogging, I finally got the thumb on a pair of Knucks I'm knitting for a friend of mine.Now that I know how to do it and have successfully done it, the second glove should go much faster. These have been fun, but it will be even more fun when I can say I finished them and get them shipped off to her across the wide ocean.

Wheee!