diet? who said diet??

OK... there's lots of yarn p0rn pictures to post.

Noro from littleknits(came Thursday):


5 skeins Classic Elite Renaissance (a couldn't pass up purchase from ebay (came Friday):


And the piéce de resistance, my S.E.X. from Kraemer's Yarns in Nazareth, who was having a 50% sale off EVERYTHING but their own name yarn, starting today. Unfortunately for me, (but good for my wallet) I got there in the afternoon instead of when the doors opened as I wished.
21 Plymouth Fantasy (I should have bought them out):










3 Butterfly (which is supposedly made along with Tahki Cotton Classic but off name and a bigger 125g skein):



7 Elsebeth Lavold's Hempathy:



2 Paton's Classic Merino and 1 Paton's Soy Wool Stripes:



2 Bernat Camoflauge in Outback:
This yarn is for my brothers Christmas gift. He wants glittens for hunting. I saw this and knew it would be perfect. And it's washable which is good cuz I'm sure he'll get them dirty!



Sock Yarn 1 Plymouth Sockotta and 4 Regia Stretch:
For DH (solids) and me!


Jeanie by Kraemer Yarn. This yarn is 80% Superwash Merino Wool / 20% Nylon, Super Fine 3.5 oz./ 100 Grams approximately 480 Yards for U.S. Needle #1 - 3 with a gauge of 6.75 - 8 stitches = 1" This is regularly priced at $9.45/skein but I got it for$4.65/skein cuz the coloring isn't perfect. I'm gonna dye it anyway, so it was a brainless deal. Shoulda bought more!!!!!!!!
This will make mom's present with about half of the quantity leftover. If you're reading this mom, any specific color you'd prefer?


My sum total was much less than I expected.
I saw their Sterling yarn which has 63% superwashmerino/20% silk/15% nylon/2% silver. Yes, you read that right, real silver. Has a beautiful sheen. I coveted that baby... someday I will own some. They had 2 cones that were dyed in this gorgeous blue/purple blend... YUM

What I didn't find because I was too late was Cherry Tree Hill Sock Yarn or other higher end sock yarns Maybe you got it all Mrs. B?

What have I been working on? Well... not enough. I am all but finished the knitted food for the Love2Knit Dishcloth Exchange and today I decided that I may try to design my own cloth pattern to go along with it. If I can't do it, I have one that I've knitted and have in my exchange stash that would work fine as well. I started sock 2, but am not far along.

I'm expecting that I'll be getting my ravelry invite in less than a week. I've been watching and it seems they invite about 150 people a day, so....
You signed up on June 29, 2007
You are #11554 on the list.
639 people are ahead of you in line.
18502 people are behind you in line.
36% of the list has been invited so far
If the math is right that's about 4.2 days! I can't wait!

I had off from work on Friday. Of course at about 10:15 DD's school nurse called and said she had been there twice with a headache DH answered and offered to pick her up. I would have suggested acetaminophen, but... I went and got her, brought her home and then took the 'baby' out shopping with me to get the older 2 more clothes for school. I also picked up some things for my classroom (those tubes you swing around and they whistle, the faster you swing, the higher the pitch - I use them for something different though) and got DH some stuff he needed for his women's chorus.

Thank goodness we have off Monday. Maybe I'll get some knitting done!

Happy Crafting!

Stash acquisiton and gathering

Well.... today was a banner day. At least for me. First I found out that Little Knits was having a sale on much of their Noro... I went a bit overboard on the Kureyon (think Knitty.com's Lizard Ridge) Then after reading loads in the wee hours of the morning about our 'cat' I decided he needed a proper home that the boys could see but wouldn't destroy once he's in his cocoon. I called my favorite local toy store Toy Magic to see if they had a butterfly garden and indeed they did. So off I went to make a trip. DD didn't want to come, so I took DS2 with the promise he'd be sleeping upon return. DS1 stayed home with a fever (poor guy). I really didn't want to take DS2 into the toy store awake because I feared we would never leave and I had something else up my sleeve.....

My LYS Tangled Yarns is right down the street and I had a gift certificate in my wallet that had it's tastes on some Lantern Moon needles and maybe some Noro. Armed with the colors I had just purchased and the 5 already in my stash, we went in... DS2 wasn't too happy, in fact, he kept trying to escape. I didn't know which size to buy 7's or 8's so the woman suggested I knit a test swatch... I grabbed a skein in a color I would have bought anyway (and did) and tried them both out... I decided on the 8's. They feel better and I liked the swatch density better. While I was doing all that DS2 nursed himself to sleep. I bought my needles and yarn and we both left content!

So the 'cat' has a condo. And with it came certificates to send for Painted Lady caterpillars and food which we'll do in the spring. It started to hail and thunder while we were in the toy store so of course we got soaked and DS2 woke up. I drove around trying to put him to sleep, but all I gained was a stick for the condo. After the rain, DS2 and I went gathering more flowers for the caterpillar to eat. DD has already lost interest in the 'work' part of this. Just more fortification why we don't have a real pet!


This is what our temporary guest looks at while he's lounging in his new digs. Who wouldn't love it?