long post.

i wore my flip flops 3 days in a row. it's a miracle! (ok wearing them today was pushing it a little - it wasn't warm but at least it wasn't wet). i was also able to get a nice walk in the last 3 days without having to schedule around rain. but the forecast is gloomy for the rest of the week. i'm not sure i can put up with this much longer. it is may for pete's sake! (weather rant over, i know you have had to put up with a lot of them recently).

in knitting related news, i have been practicing my yarn buying for the upcoming lys tour. ellen and i are going to head out both friday and saturday to several of the shops. if we can find a cool place i think we'll spend friday night over on bainbridge so we can go to cafe nola and mora in addition to churchmouse of course.

first up is some lovely sock yarn that i just couldn't seem to live without


this is actually my 2nd skein of pagewood farm sock yarn. i have a pinkish colorway called rainbow too, this i believe is the crayons colorway. hopefully this will find it's way onto my needles by the lys tour.


and how could i resist signing up for plucky classics when i am a huge jane austen fan? this yarn makes me swoon because it is named after one of my fav leading ja men, captain wentworth.


ellen suggested a cabled sock and i think that sounds about right. however, i am considering a cowl and beret as well.

today i caved and also ordered a skein of regular plucky yarn in the summer of love colorway. i'll post pics when it arrives.


if you think i have only been buying yarn, this pic proves otherwise. the thing is this was such a boring knit in progress that i didn't want to bother with photos until it was done. this is the lucy bag pattern. i bought it on the way to cannon beach last fall and am glad to check it off my to-do list. i love it but will try to felt it one more time to shorten the strap a couple more inches. it sits just a little odd. i also am not loving how the cascade seems to be pilling after just a couple uses.

i had a 2 other projects knit up as well but they just didn't fit right so they will be frogged. one was a lovely springy green and white organic cotton beret. i had high hopes for it but it was huge even after a soak in some hot water and a hot dryer. my intention was to wear it with my cute new tote.


ok, make that plural. i have been on a bag binge lately. today's purchase is the lovely grey namaste bag from vyt (ellen did you buy the green today?). 2 kate spades and a dooney and bourke complete the assortment. however, the dooney will most likely be going back. this was to be my spring bag but with the weather i haven't had a chance to carry it and it isn't worth keeping if i am only going to get a couple months wear out of it this year. besides i bought a fantastic chandelier that i can only justify if i return the dooney. ahh how i rationalize my overspending!


ok, if you have made it this far congrats, this is one long post. above is my first attempts at acrylic painting. and probably my last. this was after 2 glasses of red wine. not horrible, but painting really isn't my thing. i haven't fully committed to hanging this in the condo yet. but it shows i am attempting creative pursuits outside of knitting so that is something no?

ok, wrapping things up now! my blogiversary is coming up soon. 4 years. wow. just like years past i'll be doing a contest around the end of the month. a project bag is likely to be part of this years prize so stay tuned.