This Elf Knits – Knitting, Handpainted Yarn, LYS reviews

Dear Knitting Scotsman,

You know that I love you very much.  You also know that I have a bit of a yarn addiction.  You handle the super huge stash of yarn that I own so well.  So with that being said, more yarn arrived today.  To my credit this yarn was all bought over the last few months in co-ops.  One was even from December.  So spread out over five months, it really isn’t that much.  Really.  The co-op organizer was nice enough to try and camouflage the box. 

It is such a box full of yarny goodness though, that I want to share.  All so pretty and fluffy and colorful.

There is yarn from Spiffy Knits, a Time to Dye, Western Sky Knits, and Selah.   The yarn and the sun even makes our lawn look nice in these pictures. 

So you know if you want that yarn for your next sweater, I’m not saying a word.  In fact I encourage it.  Can’t hold back a hobby that you have such a passion for, ya know?

Your loving wife,
Elf

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I received the first shipment to the Woolgirl 2008 Sock Club today.  This is my first time in any sock club.  I knew from the first shipment of the Seven Deadly Spins Club and raves on Ravelry that it would be good though.  I was definitely not disappointed.  Jen takes such great care in packaging and shipping her orders.     

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The club this month was inspired by a Georgia O’Keefe painting of petunias.  Here is a picture:

It is so beautiful.  And the yarn is soft and yummy!  It is a sport weight yarn.  The pattern is written for two circulars.  I prefer using DPN’s so hopefully it is no big deal to modify.  Oh and it has cables, so I guess I finally have to go there.  It came with some notecards, a stitch marker, a pen, and a clear zip back to hold everything in.  The bag will certainly come in handy.

Here is a close up of the yarn:

I can’t wait to finish my Gluttony Socks so that I can get started on these. 

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I received the best package in the mail today.  Angelina of ZenString was nice enough to stock yarn on my birthday last week.  I received some birthday money from my parents and mother-in-law and well it was all just perfect timing.  Here is the little stash that I received:

I got her very first stocking of Bambewe worsted in Strawberry Fields.  I love this colorway and have been wanting some for such a long time.  I hope to make Gwen a Girlfriend’s Swing Coat Sweater from it.  I also received some Roots in Verde Chunky.  I’m thinking of using it for a hat, but I have no intended recipient.  My favorite in the stash is Mahalo on Lotus Toes Sport.  Definitely a pair of socks in this skeins future.  It is just gorgeous in real life.  Even my husband, who is not a lover of variegated yarn, likes this one.  I also have the Laurie Berkner song of the same name permanently stuck in my head. 

Happy Birthday to Me!

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This has been a good week for yarn.  Today the mailman brought me some yarn all the way from Australia.  I received some yarn from Monsoon Designs.  I have known the owner Vanessa for quite some time now through a parenting message board.  She took up yarn dying as a hobby and her colorways turned out so well that she decided to start selling them.  She uses yarn from Australia and New Zealand which is totally fitting with all the sheep there.  I ordered some Twisty Sock yarn from her, a superwash sport-weight, in the Poseiden colorway about a week and a half ago.  That was pretty fast shipping to come half-way around the world.  She is running a $5 shipping sale til the end of March.  Check her out, I know you will love her yarn!

The picture doesn’t do this yarn justice, it is beautiful.  I can’t wait to be able to take some pictures outside with natural light.

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My daughter and I got home from grocery shopping today and there was not one but two packages waiting for me.  And they both contained yarn!  Oh lovely.

First up is some very pretty Zen String Lotus Toes Sport in the Secret Garden colorway.  Angelina’s yarns always smell so nice when you get them, that you can’t help but pet and smell them.

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I also got the first shipment for the Seven Deadly S(p)ins Yarn Club.  I have been so excited about this starting.  Every month is a surprise box of goodies, yarn, and a pattern based on the seven deadly sins.  First up is a box containing everything you need to knit a lovely pair of socks in a mulitude of colors.   It also came with some Jelly Belly beans, a pen, a sock blocker keychain project, and some sock shaped needle ends.  I am getting my club shipped from Woolgirl and she is just the best to work with. 

What fun! I can’t wait to cast on but first I need to finish the duck project for my daughter’s school auction.

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I love handpainted yarn.  I have quite the growing collection of it.  Sort of embarrassing really.  Some I buy with a plan in mind.  Others I just have to have knowing the right project will come along.  The yarn I received today falls into the first category.  I belong to an online message board community and one of our members is having triplets, two boys and a girl.  She is going to use cloth diapers and we are surprising her with a soaker, longie, and sleep sack shower. 

With only one girl in the bunch, I wanted to make her some things that are gender neutral.  I don't have much of that in my stash so I had to buy something.  Bummer.  I found the perfect yarn from Beemer Knits.  It is 6 oz. of Corriedale wool in the Oceanic colorway.  It is a combination of lovely blues with a very subtle green.  I also giggle a little bit about the colorway name, being a huge Lost fan.  I'm going to use it to make (hopefully) two sleep sacks with it in a newborn size.

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