Anticipation!!

I just got a tracking update from the Post Office regarding my Knit Picks package.... as in, it was delivered this afternoon! Which I am glad to hear considering it sat in Edison, NJ (40 min away) from Thursday until yesterday morning.

But I was (and still am) at work, and I've got class tonight until 10. You don't even know how impatient I am to get home right now to check out their new Cotton-blend yarn, "Comfy," which I intend to use to make myself another zephyr pattern or two (Tree Jacket? Green Gable?), and to make a baby sweater and booties for a friend who is expecting. And if I really like it, I'll order more to make a baby blanket for another friend who is expecting. But first I have a group meeting, a group presentation, and 2 hours of class after the presentation... The anticipation is killing me!!

Edit: oh by the way, on the knitting front -
I finished Glee yesterday, just need to buy hooks for the neckline. I also started a second Rusted Root last night using Knit Picks Shine Sport, in Terra Cotta (or as the hubby said, "raw salmon"... that's why he doesn't have the job of choosing yarn color names) I will be making it in a smaller size than the last one I made since I hear Shine sometimes has a tendency to stretch a bit. I'm making a few modifications to the pattern as well, which I'll have to post about later.

Lots of tops!

I started Glee with the Classic Elite Soft Linen I picked up last week. I finished the first skein this morning:


I got more Knit Picks Shine a little while ago too, I was able to finish the sleeves on this:
It started off as the Anthropologie-inspired capelet. But I wanted to make it with a cotton-blend yarn for warmer weather. So then I also had to conver the pattern from bulky-weight yarn to worsted weight yarn. And I will be making it full length instead of cropped.

And with that last order from Knit Picks I got some Shine Sport in "Silver Sage" to make Arbor. I'm almost done with the first skein for that.
Have I mentioned I've become a big fan of top-down knitting??? I have a long list of things to make when I'm done with these three.

Yarn Porn!

Soo... knitpicks released their new summer colors (and an entire new yarn line) today... :-)

Trip to the Woolly Lamb.

After getting my Berroco Suede in the mail yesterday I was busy at work last night while watching Tommy Boy on TV. I made this:
I started the second bootie this morning, I'll deal with sewing them up when they're both finished.


Today I headed over to the Woolly Lamb in Pennington and picked up some Classic Elite Soft Linen, after reading the review of it on Knitter's Review the other day. The Woolly Lamb is the only LYS around here that stocks it, apparently. Pins and Needles here in Princeton does not, unfortunately, since it's only about 2 miles from our apartment. Anyway, plan to use it to make Glee from zephyrstyle.com
Well, they also had a giant SALE sign in the window. So I checked out the sale table which included some Cascade Sierra (80% pima cotton, 20% merino wool) at 40% off! So I picked up 3 skeins worth, which will give me enough to make some kind of summery top, TBD.
And... 25% off Elsebeth Lavold Silky Tweed. (40% silk, 30% cotton, 20% merino, 10% viscose) which is apparently discontinued? Anyway, project for this is also TBD, but I picked up 5 sk. (~655 yds?) which should be enough for a short sleeve/three-quarter sleeve top or a smallish clapotis, don't know yet. I think I want to make the textured tunic from Fitted Knits, but if I use this yarn I'd have to make the sleeves shorter than long sleeve to have enough yardage.
I'm justifying these purchases because I had signed up for a swap in the "Caffeine Addicts" group on Ravelry, and it seems that the moderator for the swap is MIA and matches were due out on March 8th. Soooo instead of spending that cash on a swap partner, I got myself some goodies. Plus if I'm making myself some cute tops, I have less of a desire to go shopping :-p