I’m all packed and ready to head to VA for the baby shower. I’m leaving this afternoon to avoid the oncoming storms that Ernesto may bring.
Hopefully everyone (in the US) will have a great rain-free holiday weekend.

See you Tuesday.

I suspect that come this spring we will all have had cable overload. Last year socks, this year it’s cables. Mind you us knitter’s have been doing the cables for a long time now, but since the greater fashion world has deemed them cool again, you will see them everywhere.

I picked up a copy of the NY Times this past Sunday and inside was the special Fall Fashion magazine. Imagine paying $1000+ for a cable sweater. Get your cable needles ready folks, it’s gonna be a cable-intense winter.

I’ve been getting ready for my friend’s baby shower this weekend and it hit me that I don’t really know what I’m doing. I don’t have any friends with babies and I haven’t been to many baby showers. I’ve been looking up the games to play and since I’m not an overly cutesy person, the games are looking real cheesey to me. I went to buy decorations and my brain almost imploded from all the cutesy bears and babies. Uck!
Luckily the mommy-to-be isn’t the cutesy type either so she won’t mind that I’m keeping it light on the gushy-mushy baby stuff.

I’ve decided some of the decorations will be baby bottles filled with blue and white candy. Originally I wanted Jelly Belly Beans, but at $6.99/pound, I’m going with the Wilton make-your-own candy instead. Candy will be the party favors as well.

This is taking a lot more work than I thought.

It’s been one of those weekends people…..It’s time to clean a little house.

Like many things in life, I’m of the mind that if you try something and it’s just not working for you then you must move on. I bought this yarn with great things in mind and no matter how we try, me and this yarn have come to the conclusion that we must part ways. Our relationship was not meant to be.

Originally, out of frustration, I was just going to give this yarn away but then I stopped and thought about it. Something good must come from our split so here is what I’ve decided.

I’m going to sell these yarns for relatively cheap and all of the money** will go to buy supplies for the knitting club at the Raleigh Girls Club. If you are seriously interested in either of these two offerings, leave a comment. First come, first serve. I will send you a Paypal invoice and the yarn will be on it’s way to a happy new home. Sound good?

** I will pay the shipping for US residents. International, we’ll have to negotiate. You pay half, I pay half, or something like that.

Nashua Creative Focus Worsted -75% Wool/ 25% Alpaca – 220yds/100g/3.5oz
3 new skeins, 2 partially used and 1 rewound ball from the 2 used balls
$20 US TAKEN!

Rowan River Tape – 52% Nylon/48& Acrylic – 126yds/50g
12 balls unused
$25 US TAKEN

Many times before I’ve said that I thought that Koigu KPPPM is an overrated yarn. But after dealing with this Regia Cotton Surf, I may be a little easier on the KPPPM. Regia Cotton Surf is like knitting with sandpaper. It’s hard and rough. I’ve been working this sock for G-ma for a while and I think that may be the reason it is taking me so long.

I bought some Koigu KPPPM the other day (yeah, yeah, I know. Summer of Stash blah blah blah – more on that in a minute)and it’s a reprieve from the Regia.

I will say that starting this sock has gotten me back on a sock kick. It could also be because the days are starting to get shorter and I start to feel the onset of the autumn weather.

As for the Summer of Stash, I’m totally over it. I made it this far and I’m proud but I don’t care any more. I was in the store looking for yarn for pattern submissions and I saw the Koigu and liked the colors. Once I did that I didn’t really care about SOS anymore. I bought some yarn off of Ebay last night and I don’t even feel guilty.