the goods
i finally got around to taking some pictures of the lovely yarn i purchased this week. you will find a strange similarity in color to most of the other yarn i own. lots of white, pink, green and blue again!
first off, yarn that stacey and cathi will be able to appreciate...ggh colorado in a variegated pink and variegated green
and the softest cotton at a must-have price
next, we have a lovely assortment of cotton chenille (destined to be flower washcloths for holiday gifts), some inexpensive alpaca/silk blend and 2 balls of ggh esprit in white (i can always find a use for this yarn, pillows, scarves, bunnies...)
and lastly, a solo ball of aura in a variegated green (i am not a sparkly yarn person, but for some reason i really like aura), some cotton sock yarn and my knit happens lorna's laces sock yarn (that arrived friday from a VERY cute ups delivery guy!).
that about covers it! now usually i hit the sale twice, but then denise had to go and comment about another lys sale that starts friday. this particular store has some great stuff (a koigu selection to die for!) so i decided to hold off. after this sale, i may have to go on a yarn diet. seriously. i can't believe i just said that. but i said it AND i meant it. so sad. p.s. - if you are going to the sale, let me know, maybe we can grab coffee after and knit a bit? might be nice to meet some local bloggers.
before i forget, i also want to complete the meme i was tagged for by purly whites. she has an awesome blog. i am really loving the sweater she is working on right now. it is gorgeous.
1)Total number of books in your house: not too many. maybe a bookcase full? mostly crafty books. i sell most of my books on ebay when i finish reading them. ohh and do my 8+ years of martha stewart magazines count?
2)The last book you bought was: america by jon stewart
3)What was the last book you read? mansfield park by jane austen
4)Write down 5 (or 6) books you often read or that mean a lot to you. i often read jane austen's books. i have to admit i mostly read trashy, chic lit books. i mainly read for entertainment. otherwise it takes me forever to finish a book. bridget jones is the perfect chic lit book! and my ideal type of reading material. i know it is pathetic!!
5)Who are you going to pass this onto and why? denise over at neecie's knits because she too recently completed lady eleanor and lives here in the northwest.
and thanks for all the well wishes on my interview. i believe it went very well, but of course you just never know!
there is a felted manos bag flying around my dryer right now (don't freak, it is ok!). hopefully i will have a fo to show you soon. it is going to be a really cute baguette bag that i saw at a lys. it didn't felt exactly as i hoped, so i am hoping the dryer will help me out a bit. this thing was knit with only 1 strand of manos and it is super thick. odd. anyhoo, it is getting late. happy monday to you all!
first off, yarn that stacey and cathi will be able to appreciate...ggh colorado in a variegated pink and variegated green
and the softest cotton at a must-have price
next, we have a lovely assortment of cotton chenille (destined to be flower washcloths for holiday gifts), some inexpensive alpaca/silk blend and 2 balls of ggh esprit in white (i can always find a use for this yarn, pillows, scarves, bunnies...)
and lastly, a solo ball of aura in a variegated green (i am not a sparkly yarn person, but for some reason i really like aura), some cotton sock yarn and my knit happens lorna's laces sock yarn (that arrived friday from a VERY cute ups delivery guy!).
that about covers it! now usually i hit the sale twice, but then denise had to go and comment about another lys sale that starts friday. this particular store has some great stuff (a koigu selection to die for!) so i decided to hold off. after this sale, i may have to go on a yarn diet. seriously. i can't believe i just said that. but i said it AND i meant it. so sad. p.s. - if you are going to the sale, let me know, maybe we can grab coffee after and knit a bit? might be nice to meet some local bloggers.
before i forget, i also want to complete the meme i was tagged for by purly whites. she has an awesome blog. i am really loving the sweater she is working on right now. it is gorgeous.
1)Total number of books in your house: not too many. maybe a bookcase full? mostly crafty books. i sell most of my books on ebay when i finish reading them. ohh and do my 8+ years of martha stewart magazines count?
2)The last book you bought was: america by jon stewart
3)What was the last book you read? mansfield park by jane austen
4)Write down 5 (or 6) books you often read or that mean a lot to you. i often read jane austen's books. i have to admit i mostly read trashy, chic lit books. i mainly read for entertainment. otherwise it takes me forever to finish a book. bridget jones is the perfect chic lit book! and my ideal type of reading material. i know it is pathetic!!
5)Who are you going to pass this onto and why? denise over at neecie's knits because she too recently completed lady eleanor and lives here in the northwest.
and thanks for all the well wishes on my interview. i believe it went very well, but of course you just never know!
there is a felted manos bag flying around my dryer right now (don't freak, it is ok!). hopefully i will have a fo to show you soon. it is going to be a really cute baguette bag that i saw at a lys. it didn't felt exactly as i hoped, so i am hoping the dryer will help me out a bit. this thing was knit with only 1 strand of manos and it is super thick. odd. anyhoo, it is getting late. happy monday to you all!
12 Comments:
what is the name of the lys?
it is great yarns up in everett. you can check them out at www.greatyarns.com. it is a little house, but full of stuff!
very nice pictures Amy - I was in Weaving Works on Friday and stumbled into their Mother's Day sale where everything was 20% off! It was thrilling. I had thought that may have been the LYS you were talking about.
amy...i'm totally going to the yarn sale @ great yarns. would love to either meet up there, or later in the day, on friday. it would be fun to get a group together. later.
ohh i probably should have been more clear, the sale that is coming up is at great yarns. however, the yarn in the pictures came from the weaving works sale over the weekend. :)
That's a stash enhancement to die for. I love that cotten angora.. so soft you just gotta love it. And Knit Happens Lorna's Laces delivered by a cute UPS guy. What's better, the yarn or the cute guy? That's a tough one.
Love the enhancements- I hear you about Aura, I'm the same way, something attracts me to it. The Easter Grassiness of it?
Your photos are so beautiful! I hope you don't mind that I borrowed your cupful of MMs photo and posted it on my blog this morning--it was too inspiring! Do let me know if you'd like me to remove it!
Heidi
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what yummy stash!
I love the Colorado yarn! What are you going to knit with it? Aww, think of us when you knit it!
Holey Moley! What a great stash! :)
What awesome yarn you got. That green and pink variegated GGH Colorado is sooooo pretty.
I've never been to Great Yarns, but I'd love to go up on Friday, if I can get out of work. Email me purly_whitesATyahooDOTcom if you and Denise want to put a group together.
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