Black Sheep

I’m an e-bay convert

October 16th, 2004

I won my e-bay bid on the Noro Silk Garden! Woo-hoo! I am paying $75.00 (including shipping) for ten skiens. That averages out to $7.50 a skien! Wow! What a steal! Buy the way, there is lots of Noro Silk Garden to be had for a bargain on E-bay. My seller was knittingstyle. Here is the e-bay pic (Color #211):

Click here to see it knitted up. Pretty! I’m excited! I’m going to go to my LYS today to see if they sell the book that the Klaralund pattern is in.

In other e-bay news….I’m expecting my spindle to come in the mail today. I can’t wait! Here is the e-bay pic of that:

Maybe this will save me some money on yarn? We’ll see. I’m looking forward to learning the art of spinning.

Here are some knitty books that I’ve been reading:

I found Better Homes and Garden’s Quick-n-Easy Knitting at the local Safeway while standing in line. It’s got a lot of scarf patterns and lots of crochet. Notice that the other two books, Chunky Knits and Vogue Knitting are from the library? Ahem. Chunky knits is just okay. I don’t think I will buy it. The Vogue Knitting is a must have though. I am asking for this for Christmas, and I may break down and buy it sooner. Heather, it has instructions for knitting v-necks in there! It’s a fantastic knitting reference book.

Okay…On to current WIFs. Here is my Zimmerman-esque sweater knitted with my Karabella Softig:

I really *love* this color! This, to me, is a true rose color, unlike the Goa rose. It seems to be knitting up pretty fast. Like I mentioned in another post, It’s hard to knit with because it’s so thick and the needles I’m using are huge. My hands get a little tired after awhile.

Here is what I’ve been mostly working on the past week:

Ugh! It’s the side panel for my Bertie Bag. I still have about 8 freaking more inches to go. This has been so boring to knit. And I am having a hard time not screwing up the pattern. It’s basically a modifed seed stitch, except you slip every other stitch. I guess that’s the best way to describe it. I’m getting a better grasp on it now, but It has been slow going. My goal is to try to finish this piece this weekend.

I was reading Claudia’s blog and read that she visited Artifibers in San Francisco. So I visited thier site. oh. my. God. I have GOT to go there. Check out thier yarn, Chai. I’m dying! It is so gorgeous. According to thier website (and Claudia) they will custom make a pattern for you when you by enough yarn for the pattern. SF’s just a nice scenic drive away for me (up the Pacific Coast Highway), so the hubby and I will have to make a day of it. We’ve been wanting to go to China Town and I’ve always wanted to visit City Lights Books, too. I love San Francisco and it’s been forever since I’ve been there. Fun!

Well, that’s about it for now! I’ll probably post pics of my Spinning adventures in the next few days…Stay tuned

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