All the pretty yarns...

They're mine all mine!

I got my shipments from Knitpicks and Amazon, boy am I excited! I also went to my two favorite LYS (Looking Glass Yarns and Lavender Lamb) and picked up some yumminess there.

Here's my haul. From the left, green linen from Lavender Lamb, Red Ultra Alpaca from Looking Glass and from the grey wool on is Knitpicks. The book is French Girl Knits and I bought it from Amazon, used. I don't know where I'm going to store it all, LOL the extra storage shelf I just added is already full, guess I'd better knit it up, huh?

I started my Lion Brand Jacket Deconstructed and so far I have about 5 inches. It's going pretty quickly. but that's because it's on such large needles, I think.

I'm loving the color and I can't wait until it's done. 

My house eats things...

Well I did have a couple of pictures of my lovely knitting group and my current WIP. But my house was hungry and decided to eat my camera cord. I've ordered a new one but it won't be here for a few days. It least it was crazy cheap!


So instead I'm going to post pictures of the projects I just bought yarn for.  I have 6 projects that are on my Ravelry queue. Most of them are things for colder weather, which is when I want to actually wear them, not just knit them. So with me being the slow, easily distracted knitter I am,  I started a wee bit early. 

I recently bought the book Pints and Purls: Portable Projects for the Social Knitter from my LYS. I'm in LOVE! Everything in it is so cute and I love the experience level ratings. They use beer bottles to rate the difficulty of each pattern. The hardest is 1 beer and the easiest is 4 beers. 

I loved this book so much that 3 out of 6 of my new projects are from it. What could be better then knitting and beer? 

First is the Raspberry Wheat Ale Messenger Bag from Pints and Purls. I'm using Cascade 220 in 9404 Ruby. The pictures on the website don't really do this color justice. It really is a brighter red, closer to rose red. 

The Absinthe Sweater really caught my eye, it's a pretty, simple little 
   sweater. It looks like something I'd wear and it's the first sweater I've ever knitted for myself. I'm using Knitpicks Wool of the Andes in Sapphire Heather. I don't have a lot of clothes in that shade of blue and I hope that it'll be complimentary. 

The last project form P&P's is the Two Fisted Tank in Wool of the Andes, Forest Heather. I'm really drawn to the heather colors, I think they have  more depth and color to them then the solid colors. I think that makes them more fun to work with.

Next is the Pretty Thing Cowl from the Yarn Harlot. I'm using a funky little yarn from Ironstone called Herb. It's a bright, funky pink and it's really soft, I think it has mohair in it. It seems to be discontinued and I've lost the tag so I don't have a lot of info on it. I did find this bit of info on Ravelry! 

I'm really excited about this knit, Wrenna: Leather-laced Cardigan from French Girl Knits. I love how chunky it is and I'm knitting it out of wool so it'll be warm. I got the yarn from Knitpicks, so it was really inexpensive and the color is pretty close to the original. Wool of the Andes Bulky in Pewter.

Last but not least is the Peacock Lace Scarf . I bought a pretty dress this weekend in a bright green and it has peacock feather cut outs on the hem. I thought I could pair this scarf with it and some tights and it would be a perfect fall outfit. Again the yarn is from Knitpicks (gotta get that free shipping!), Palette in Edamame. 

All in all, I think I have my fall knitting picked out and ready to go. I'm more likely then not throw in a couple of side projects here and there but let's see how this knitting from my queue thing goes!!

I like my martini knitted not stirred

I love quick knits! Making something fun and useful in a small amount of time really appeals to my inner instant gratification knitter. I was bored and decided to write a simple quick knit. It’s not perfect but it’s cute, a small dish cloth with a martini on it. It took me about an hour to knit but I’m slow knitter. 

I figure if you make a few of these they could make a cute housewarming gift, or just something neat to make on a lazy afternoon