Well, the weekend in Suffolk went as well as I expected. MIL loved the scarf. Much bickering and arguing took place. Gallons of wine were quaffed, the wind blew a gale and it rained pretty much all the time. A good time was had by one and all, and now it's all over. Thank goodness!
It's a crap weather day today. Dark, windy, rainy and stormy and the weather forecasters says there's more to come this evening. Marvellous...
To try and add a bit of colour to this otherwise gloomy day, I thought I'd share a few of the latest additions to my ever growing stash.
Here's what came in the mail last week from Sheepaints in Germany.
"First Blossoms"
"Strawberrymousse"
"Vergissmeinnicht" (which I think, is German for "Forget-me-not")
This was stamped on the inside of the box the Sheepaints yarn came in. Very sweet!
Next up, here's what I managed to get in the frenzy that was the Wollmeise shop update last weekend.
It's Sockenwolle 80/20 Twin in "Rhabarber" (Rhubarb) in the medium intensity. I consider myself quite fortunate to have managed to even get one skein of this as Wollmeise is so incredibly popular. The shop update was on a Saturday evening at around 8.30pm and by about 8.35, the shop was empty! I can honestly say I've never seen anything like it before. Ever! I put a few things in the shopping cart, and by the time I got to finally check out, the cart was down to only one item. Crazy! I totally love what I did get though so I'm very happy. This stuff is seriously gorgeous.
Finally, from the wonderful Skein Queen , here's a skein of Endure Sock Yarn in "Sweetbird".
Isn't it gorgeous?! Just looking at it makes me smile. It's like a little bit of Summer sunshine in a woolly sort of way :)
My day feels just a little bit brighter now. I hope yours does too.
5 Comments:
Aw, thanks! I can see what all the fuss is over Wollmeise, that texture and colour look gorgeous. Glad your MIL liked the Haven - not surprised, it was lovely.
Hmmm? That's peculiar...none of your photos are showing up on my computer! Oh well...I'm sure everything is gorgeous! I'll check your stash on Ravelry.
I remember the Yarn Harlot saying once that you can never have too much yarn. We're all collecting now for our retirement. Once we've retired, we won't be so mobile or have as much money to spend on yarn, so we must collect and hoard yarn NOW!
Knit on!
LOL Ellen! She's a wise woman, that Yarn Harlot :)
what wonderful wonderful yarn.
Love it all.
Trying hard not to go off and investigate getting some for myself!
I've made haven and - thanks to the cold weather - I'm still wearing it every day. Hearfelt is a lovely book
Those are beautiful skeins!! Just gorgeous. I'm so glad you have them!
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