stash enhancement update (way overdue)

ok so i was going to wait to post photos of my trip yarn til i got to the germany portion of my trip blog but i can't wait. and i'm also doing a further disclosure for the stashalog. i've made a 6 month commitment to use up my stash. by then maybe i will be... (rather i damn well better be) working and will be able to have an all out splurge day! so here's the most recent acquirements i'll also add them to my stash page :) first up, they yarn jenifer so kindly gifted to me at the pre estes sleepover

uisn't is beautiful!

next up actual estes yarn. more interlacements. of course!

then some mission falls that was backordered and finally came in the mail

some mountain colors bear foot

now the real haul. the stuff i got a 3 different but 3 very wonderful german yarn shops.

my regia haul

4 color

cotton color

bamboo color ... neat huh

and some regia cotton inda color (yes i already lost the label)
this is for some belated birthday socks for shirley. must finish dave's italy socks so i can use the needles.

yes i have a sock yarn problem.
get over it.
some online sock yarn.
some superwash and a cotton one

some gedifra

and last but certainly best my splurge

i'm going to make a fabulous dress up tank

this stuff feels like heaven.
i mean it will knit up fabulously .
i mean wow!

Comments

Anonymous said…

:-) I knew that was going to happen! Can't leave Germany without a mountain of sock yarn. I really want to try that Regia bamboo yarn, but it's a little on the expensive side. For German standards, that is.
Uh, FYI- we're going to win the world cup. Cross your fingers tonight anyway.

July 4, 2006 at 3:31 AM

space science and a little silliness {closed}

so i was reading some online news and look what i found! you've got to read this its about pluto . so my question is. what happens to the rhyme that kids use to memorize the order? i mean hello! My Very Ecellent Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas... just doesn't have the same ring without the pizzas does it? oh well. so i have a proposition . no no silly no tthat kind of proposition. dave would get mad! or at least i hope he would... anyhoo. come up with your own rhyme to help kids memorize the order. the sillier the better, and the winner will get something fabulous from my stash. wow. i've never had a contest before this is kinda fun! i guess i have to figure out a way to pick the winner. hmm. ok all entries that include the beginning letter of all the currently accepted planets and usues them in order will go into a hat. not the actual people who enter. thats a big hat. but all their entries :) and a random draw shall decide ok? enter as many times as you like. and have

stick a spoon in these and stir!

lots of sugar in my cappuccino please. or maybe iced. it has been a hot day... i guess as long as it is caffeinated it shouldn't really matter right? i think i deserve it! cause these babies are done! the venezia socks. or cappuccino as i call them. i used the pattern charts and just knit these up. for my second attempt at stranded color work i think they turned out great! if i had it to do over again i would probably have used a different pattern for the sole. the stripe is a little too bold for the swishiness of the instep and leg pattern. but hey. you learn. the specifics: pattern: chart from the venezia sweater by Eunny Jang yarn: sock it to me 4 ply in coffee bean and latte needles: knitpicks harmony circs size 1. socks knit as 2 magic loops simultaneously (these needles are actually growing on me) details: magic cast on 16 stitches in coffee bean, increase at edges on every row to 26 then every other row to 36 stitches. move one stitch from sole of sock(35) to inste

and a last farewell...before i ripped out sunrise circle i took a parting photo...this sweater was jus tnot meant to be. too many other things wanted to be finished first. soon to come the bad penny 2 that i'm making for my trip to italy!

duchessofgravity

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