My grandma and I went on a sort of yarn shopping spree yesterday (a.k.a. stash enrichment expedition), going to Northwest Wools, Knit/Purl, Yarn Garden, and Mill End. I just thought I should show you guys what I got.
7 skeins of Malabrigo Worsted Merino in Lettuce. I’m loving this stuff! So yummy and soft. I’m thinking either a Tilted Duster or Clapotis for this.
Enough Rowan Felted Tweed to make a Tangled Yoke Cardigan (also 7 balls) in Melody. I swatched this last night to see if I got the right gauge, and the fabric this stuff makes is so cool! I can’t wait to start on my cardigan. For some reason, the naming of this color makes me think of Casimir Pulaski Day by Sufjan Stevens (a beautiful song that I’ve had stuck in my head for the last few days) when I look at it.
Guess what: more Malabrigo! This time, it’s 3 skeins in the colorway Rich Chocolate, which makes me almost want to eat it. I’m not really sure what I’ll do with this, but it was so luscious looking I couldn’t pass it by. Maybe a vest? Or another Briar Rose? Maybe in time I’ll know what it wants to be.
I just now realized that both of the colors of this that I bought are named after food. Coincidence? I think not…
Last but not least, a sampler 3 pack of Soak wool wash and a Knitter’s Handy Guide to Yarn Requirements booklet. I haven’t gotten to use the Soak yet, but I smelled each of them and I think the ‘aquae’ scent is already my favorite. I love that it’s biodegradeable, too, and that you don’t have to rinse it out.
I hope you all have had a good weekend!
Please wish me luck in finals this week!
ps. I decided what I want to do with the fingering weight alpaca (at least most of it) that I mentioned before: Anemoi Mittens. I plan to dye one of the hanks with Black Cherry Kool-Aid (making it a sort of dark red color) and leave the other undyed. I’m still not sure what I’ll do with the third one, though.
December 16, 2007 at 6:56 pm
Hey Mary,
I found your blog through your knitty pattern (which is beautiful, by the way), and since I’m also an under-25 knitter and also from the great northwest (I’m from Washington, but studying in Connecticut right now), I thought I’d say hi! Great blog–keep up the good work!
Rita
December 16, 2007 at 7:31 pm
What a great haul! I’ve just bought my first samplings of malabrigo, and I’m really excited to use it.
The Lettuce colourway looks terrific.
December 16, 2007 at 7:40 pm
Grandma’s are the best! Mine taught me to crochet as a child. I’ve long forgotten how to crochet but the skill of using needles to create something stuck. Sounds like the two of you had a good time.
December 16, 2007 at 10:42 pm
YES! I have one skein of Lettuce, and I used half of it to make my Foliage hat. It’s my favorite color of Malabrigo that my LYS has ever carried.
December 16, 2007 at 10:46 pm
Omg! The yarn looks positively yummy!
I love your blog btw! lol.
December 16, 2007 at 11:34 pm
Dude, we have sister stashes! My Rowan Tweed is earmarked for the Tangled Yoke Cardigan, too. And I can’t wait to start something with my Malabrigo.
December 17, 2007 at 2:52 am
I’m loving the lettuce colour. I told myself that i would not buy anymore yarn before i finish with all the yarn i’ve got!
December 17, 2007 at 1:52 pm
Malabrigo is beautiful! I think lettuce would look wonderful in a Tilted Duster – just my two cents!
December 17, 2007 at 2:00 pm
It all looks so YUMMY!!!
December 17, 2007 at 4:54 pm
I love expanding the stash and it looks like you got some great stuff! You’ll have to let me know how the SOAK works out. I’ve been wanting to try it.
Good luck on finals. I finished last week, so I feel your pain! It will all be over soon and you can enjoy your winter break!
December 17, 2007 at 6:02 pm
I just finished a scarf in Malabrigo’s Rich Chocolate! Its a beautiful colorway!
December 17, 2007 at 8:34 pm
ahh! ahh! i’m hungry! the pretty colors are blinding me…
btw, i’m past halfway through Dahlia, yay!
December 17, 2007 at 11:00 pm
Gorgeous yarn. Personally, I’d do the Clapotis in the Rich Chocolate Malabrigo, and the duster in the Lettuce because that way you get both! You’d get a huge Clapotis out of 7 skeins…
Just be aware that it pills massively, especially in a garment! I shave my Malabrigo cardigan regularly (with a regular disposable razor, but not the same one I use for my legs!)
December 20, 2007 at 8:37 pm
I dyed some yarn with a bunch of different flavors of Kool-Aid, Black Cherry and this really light blue colored Kool-Aid (it was one of the “ice” ones I think) turned out to be absolutely beautiful.
December 21, 2007 at 5:07 pm
Yum. I want to eat that rich chocolate Malagrigo too!!! The yarn requirements guides are very handy, I think I ought to pick one up too.
December 22, 2007 at 3:27 pm
Wow. You like knitting and Sufjan Stevens? Will you be my best friend?
;-) Hi, I just stumbled across your blog. I’m the middle of my first knitting project (a scarf for my boyfriend, and it’s actually going well). I just read your pattern in this month’s edition of Knitty, and decided to check out your blog when I saw that you are in high school, and write well nonetheless (I’m a senior, and most kids our age are tragically illiterate!). I’ll refer back here if I ever need info on this new craft; you look like a good resource =)
Cheers!
~Megan
December 28, 2007 at 7:38 pm
Fact: Black cherry cool-aid is the grossest of all of the kinds. It is also a gross flavor of soda. That is some cool yarn. i wouldnt really know though. good job on finals!