Spring Knitty Fever

The spring Knitty is out, and I think it's really good.  I might make this, or this, or this. But what I'm really thinking about doing - may cast on tonight, even at this late hour - is this.  You see, I happen to have some of the discontinued Karabella Frost stashed, and have been feeling compelled to knit a lacy shrug with it.  But I also want to make a shrug that I've got designed in my head, as well as a shrug that my friend Lisa has coming out in the summer Interweave.  Well, I own about four lace shawls... maybe having three shrugs won't be such a bad thing... they seem very practical.

I also have plans to go to Seaport Yarn tomorrow to buy some Southwest Trading Company bamboo yarn for a poncho that I designed last fall but didn't get to keep the sample.  (Perhaps I could have if I had asked... but I didn't know if that would seem impertinent.  Plus this way I get to pick the color.)

And have I finished the lace top or cable cardi I'm supposedly working on?  Of course not.  The lace top is all but abandoned (long story), and I decided I wanted plain sleeves so they're not so inspiring to work on.

Meanwhile, I'm waiting with bated breath for more fiber to spin!  I ordered some raspberry-colored Corriedale and some multi-colored merino (purples and blues, of course) from Kendig Cottage, which seems to have very good service so far.  I've spun all the fiber I was given to practice with, and after attempting to knit some of what I spun, I realized that I need to spin more loosely - I'm giving it too much twist so it feels stiff to work with.  Still, I'm pretty happy with my efforts so far - I've managed to get it pretty even.  I also have ordered three spinning books to further my education.

Yup, I've definitely got my fiber mojo back.

Comments

[Judi]

Hi Alison,

Loved the picture of the lacy sweater in Karabella Frost (which I found when trying to locate some of this discontinued yarn). Any chance you have a few skeins left you would like to sell? I need 2 skeins of the denim blue, color number 6243.

Let me know ...........

Judi