Here is a photo of my stash. Like, all of it. This is all of the full skeins of yarn that do not currently have a project calling to them. So, they went into a box and off to the yarn swap at a knitting group I go to. They almost all got taken right away, and the few that didn't got donated. I feel great!
So what happens the day after the swap? I receive two packages. One is the yarn from Yubina I ordered, and man, is that tiny. It's cobweb weight, and I swear I've used larger threads in a sewing machine. I'm going to be making Eunny Jang's Print O' The Wave Stole with the blue and I was planning on my 6'x6' Shetland Lace Ring Shawl from the other, but I'm not positive now. It's much more brown than ivory. Though I'm sure once it's knit up it won't be as brown. Maybe not as light as I would like, but not as brown either. I'll have to swatch it to really see.
The other package is the yarn for a test knit that I'm doing for Gardiner Yarn Works. Very nice color, can't wait to cast on! There was also a nice thank-you note with the yarn, very sweet!
And last but not least, a sampling of Assateague pictures, including the crabs we caught and the pony eating the grass next to the tent. Yay!
Beginning of the Cabled Baglet
Ponies think they have the right-of-way here. And they do.
Sunset over the marshes - we were just finishing crabbing
Apparently it's very exhausting being an adorable pony
Pony by the tent
Beautiful beach
Yup, we caught these two crabs!
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ReplyDeleteHere's the jist:
- ponies are cute but still scare me
- cobweb weight? lace weight makes me cringe
- provisional cast-on is easy if you do a knitted one in a very contrasting color (like my light blue one) - don't even think about the crochet version