Showing posts with label Knit Picks Cadena. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Knit Picks Cadena. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

The Yarn Harlot is Coming! The Yarn Harlot is Coming!

I'm not sure how I managed to go three days without posting. Between the holiday and everything else, I either came home too late or fell asleep too early every night. The good news is that I'm about to get a lot of blog fodder.

The Yarn Harlot will be at BookPeople tomorrow, and I have a lot of "preparing" to do.

The Hill Country Weavers blog offered tickets to the special reception before the event for the first few people who e-mailed them. Of course, this was posted Monday, and somehow I didn't see it until today. I was sure they were all gone, but I e-mailed them anyway, just to be sure.

At the last minute, I got an e-mail saying they had room for me. There was an attachment with the actual ticket.

Now I'm extra excited. And somehow I've got to fly from work to a doctor appointment to BookPeople as fast as I can tomorrow.

Cherry Bomb Dries

Cherry Bomb needed to be washed again, which meant I washed the bathroom sink as well. The pink stripes still bleed a bit, but there was no drama like the first wash. I hastily swished it in Grapefruit Eucalan and laid it out on a small patch of floor by my dresser.

Cherry Bomb shows a bit too much arm for work, so I'll have to change at some point along the way. Hopefully it will dry quickly in a hot car.

Yarn for the Yarn Harlot

I also wound some yarn for the occasion. You'll see why later on. The red skein is KnitPicks Cadena in "Cranberry" and the green multi-colored ones are Misti Alpaca Hand Paint Chunky in "Lily Pad."

It's so nice to have a swift and a ball winder. I didn't have any problems like last time, even with the really chunky yarns.

Now I must go and do some casting on.

Sunday, January 6, 2008

FO: Sam's Scarf

A very tired Jules agreed to model this scarf for me.

It's very similar to his scarf. In fact, I think I cast on the same number of stitches.

Like Jules' Scarf, I used US size 8 needles. Unlike Jules' Scarf, I used two skeins of Knit Picks Cadena in Coal. It was my first experience with the yarn. It seems scratchy. Unfortunately, I didn't have a chance to wash or block it before I wrapped it. (I left instructions with recipient, Sam, to wash to soften it.