I've been at it again! I've been busily rearranging and restocking. When you visit the shop you will now find more warm weather worsted weight yarns more easily. Recently we received several beautiful new colors of Berroco Comfort and Mission Falls 1824 Cotton and they are now out on the floor. Look for more cottons and cotton blends to be taking the places of some of our heavier winter yarns but never fear they aren't going away just taking a break from being the stars of the show.

We've also received some exciting new yarns. I can't wait to knit up some Elsebeth Lavold's Silky Wool. It's a lovely DK weight, jewel toned tweed that will be a perfect yarn for elegant spring and summer evening wear like Dolce Handknits -Charleston. Look for some Elsebeth Lavold books to be up on the website in the next day or two.

Some absolutely luscious Zitron yarns are beginning to appear in the shop. Zitron Opus 1 is a super soft, self striping wool infused with jojoba and aloe and it comes in lovely colors. I'm excited to report that we are also getting Zitron Trekking XXL a fabulous and popular sock yarn. I just can't keep up with all the great sock yarns. I need more hands and more hours in the day to just work on socks!

Now that spring is well underway be sure to take breaks from gardening and sit with a nice cup of tea and your knitting to dream about those beautiful summer flowers.

Terry

I finished a sock! Notice that i said "a sock" and not "a pair of socks"... LOL. Don't know if i'll ever finish the 2nd one, to be quite honest. I used 1/2 hank of the Kureyon Sock (on sale) in color 164 - and have included more pattern details here. To be perfectly honest, this one didn't take me nearly as long as i had expected - and i really enjoyed knitting it. I had been searching for a pattern that was interesting, yet didn't require too much brain power (since i'm currently at a loss in that area). And this pattern turned out to be exactly what I was looking for. Now i just need to figure out what i'm going to knit next.

I am about 1/2 way done with my Mission Falls 1824 Cotton Bob Blanket, but now i'm not sure if i still like it... sigh. why do i always do this? I get about halfway through a project and then start to second guess myself... "are these colors right? do i like the texture? Does it look nice or too handmade?" Anyway, I knit 4 rows on it last night (even though it's just garter stitch, it takes me a little while because i have to cut the yarn at the end of each row and then do the braid work)... and figured that i'd probably just buck up and finish it. :)

On a separate (but still knitting) note, I recently took photos of all of the great knitted gifts we received for the baby. I'm going to try and gradually post them all on the blog, so you can see what a treat this baby is in for! First up is the absolutely ADORABLE Baby Bobbi Bear & Seaside Sweater knit by one of our most fun customers, Sandy. Isn't he just the best?? And I love the top down sweater (and the hooded jacket in the background). I have a feeling that kid is going to be carrying little Bobbi around every day! Speaking of babies, I'm due to have mine in just 28 days... and I am sooo excited to get my body back. My comfort level definitely goes up and down - and i realize that it could be much worse, but sometimes it's a real pain! I guess that's why i haven't been knitting as much - sitting on the couch at the end of the day just isn't as relaxing as it used to be. Not much longer, though. So, since the kid is arriving soon, I've been thinking (and thinking) about whether or not I need to get a diaper bag. As of today, we're having a weeklong Offhand Designs Mother's Day Bag Sale (at 25-30% off, we're trying to move some older colors/styles to make room for new ones) and i've been eyeing the Aquavite colorway for quite a few weeks now - it's blue and brown and complements the nursery, etc. I'm thinking that the Sabrina style might make the best diaper bag, since it has 2 different compartments (shown below) .... but i can't decide between that one (on sale) and the smaller Audrey bag. Too many decisions!


Thoughts?? Suggestions?

--Laura (Jimmy)