Purchases and Patience
I am anxiously awaiting the arrival of the buttons for Butterfly. I hope to see them today, but mail doesn't come until close to 4pm so the waiting is killing me! Hopefully I'll be posting her debut this weekend.
In the meantime, I figured I will share what I bought with one of the gift certificates I got for christmas. Dear brother and his wife (for whom I'm knitting Rogue #2) gave me one for Webs. I bought this:
A pair of hand carders and a little over 2lbs of "2/6 Donegal Tweed" in a pretty pale blue with tweedy dark blue flecks. That is a whole lotta yarn - but no ends to weave in!! I'm thinking it will become Spin Craft's Aran Cardigan with Saddle Shoulder. Which is a neat pattern, because you customize it to suit your yarn - so I know it will work with this stuff.
Thanks for the awesome Xmas gift, M&M!
In the meantime, I figured I will share what I bought with one of the gift certificates I got for christmas. Dear brother and his wife (for whom I'm knitting Rogue #2) gave me one for Webs. I bought this:
A pair of hand carders and a little over 2lbs of "2/6 Donegal Tweed" in a pretty pale blue with tweedy dark blue flecks. That is a whole lotta yarn - but no ends to weave in!! I'm thinking it will become Spin Craft's Aran Cardigan with Saddle Shoulder. Which is a neat pattern, because you customize it to suit your yarn - so I know it will work with this stuff.
Thanks for the awesome Xmas gift, M&M!
posted by Pumpkinmama at Friday, January 06, 2006
7 Comments:
lucky you! looks fantastic! I can't wait to see the tweed worked up! :)
let us know how you like the hand carders. I need a pair but haven't figured out what size/brand/etc I want.
[i ordered some of that tweed (3lb!) in the rust color... i hope it looks as fantastic as yours (only, you know, rust)! :) ]
It's also a gorgeous Aran - looks like fun! Have you started swatching yet?
Yum! I can't wait to see Butterfly so I hope the buttons come soon!
My dh and I go by M&M to all our friends, too!
It's so encouraging to see how many people made a Rogue and then still wanted to make another. I haven't touched mine since the sleeve cables, but I will. Committment issues, you know?
Glad Santa was good to you!
:)
Nice color! I'm digging the sweater; knitalong, maybe? :)
I knew you were making another Rogue, but as a GIFT??? Now, that's love. :) Yay for gift certificates--and, yes, that's a lot of wool--but how wonderful! The Aran Cardigan would look beautiful in it.
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