This is my belated haul from the Kid 'n Ewe fiber festival two weekends ago. Going clockwise from the top-left:
- Brooks Farm Riata in an 8 ounce mega-skein of Sherbet (yum)
- Heavenly Fiber Stardust Sock in Optimist (what a great name!)
- Wooly Wonka Ceridwen Sock in Bazinga (I happened to be wearing all of these colors that day, so it was meant to be)
- Knitting Rose Yarn Blossom in Thunderstorm (one of those gorgeous grays that has shades of other colors peeking through)
The irony is that I have all of this yarn, but this week I faced a terrible thing: too little yarn. I ran out of Knit Picks Imagination in the final section of my Fruit Loopy Shawl. This puts me in a terrible mood, even though I should be able to order another skein of this colorway, and it gives me an excuse to make a Cyber Monday order. I just hate that I can't get it done now, you know? After all of the time you spend working on something, it's frustrating to be so fundamentally stumped in the final phases.
But I comforted myself by looking at all of the other pretty yarns. And then I distracted myself by casting on another project. I could have started tackling the seaming on my cardigan, but I needed to just start knitting something, and the sweater is going to mean figuring out something I've never done, and starting out frustrated by yarn shortage is not good. Better to save that for Thanksgiving amongst crafty friends and delicious food.
I cast on another Christmas present, so unfortunately I can't share anything about it. But so far it's coming together quickly. And hopefully there will be plenty of yarn. Or someone might be getting a frustrated pile of frogged yarn in their stocking. Kidding!
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