Carrie is modeling the bag I’m knitting for the knit mitten kit swap. It’s currently on it’s second trip through the wash cycle. It looked pretty good after the first trip, but it was a bit bigger than I’d planned and I thought it would be sturdier after a second felting. Hopefully it won’t be too small when I go down to check on it in a few minutes! And then I just have to hope it dries in time to do the needle felting embellishment and get it in the mail on Tuesday.
I have to confess, I love these colors so much that I went back to the yarn shop yesterday to get more. I’m going to try to make a Janda-style sweater, but as a cardigan. I got a lighter green as well, thinking I could make a Carrie-sized sweater. Because, of course, I have no other yarn anywhere in the house that could be made into Sarah- or Carrie-sized sweaters. The yarn is Cascade 220, so it’s already pretty cheap, and it was on sale for 25% off. How could I pass it up? Or the skein of sock yarn (oranges, purples, yellows and greens!) that somehow magically appeared in my basket when I was checking out?
My goal for the week: find all the sock yarn in my craft room and put it in one place. I’m pretty sure, after going to this huge sale at my LYS no less than three (3!) times, that I now qualify as having an obscene amount of sock yarn. How many socks can one person knit, anyway?!?
I know where you might be able to get rid of some blue sock yarn if you just have too much… ;) Glad to see there wasn’t too much damage from the ice. I was worried after hearing all the weather reports. :)
Hi Sarah! I just mailed your Knit Mitt Kit Package. It has a long way to travel (Alaska to New York), so even though I sent it priority mail, it might not be there really quickly. I hope you like it! I debated and debated what kind of yarn to send you. I bought the yarn I ended up sending with you in mind, but it was hard to send – I wanted to keep it! Cheers! Oh, and you can never have too much sock yarn. I thought I had a lot (I counted it up and I have almost 4 miles), but have been reading posts where people have 17 miles. I think I should catch up, hehe. :)
What fun to see the bag in its unfelted state!
I LOVE Cascade 220 and have had the best success in felting with it than almost anything else!
Too much sock yarn? Surely you jest!