I’ve been a lucky knitter in the last week as my stash has been nicely enhanced with a few new yarns. Love yarn. :)
The first is for a jumper for Joey:
This is Sirdar’s Country Style DK in Highland Blue. I’ve used this yarn before to do a wrap for myself and I really love it. It’s an acrylic/wool blend that looks and feels lovely and yet is really inexpensive (I usually buy it on offer, but even at full price it’s only £3.25 per 100g) and since it has a good amount of yardage I can make a jumper for about £20 – £25. Love that. The jumper itself is a seedstitch and cabled mix based on a jumper (Bluefaced Leicester Cabled Pullover) by Kristin Spurkland in Interweave Knits Fall 2002. I say based on because I’ve had to completely redesign the pattern to fit my husband’s small frame and make the shoulders a little more fitted. Unfortunately, other than the stitch pattern everything has had to be reworked.
Next was gift yarn, which is always welcomed especially when I get to pick it out. Friends of ours wanted to buy something for the baby, so they decided yarn for a baby jumper was just the thing (love how they think!). :)
This is Rowan Calmer which is a cotton/acrylic mix. I’ve heard so many good reviews about this yarn, I’m really excited to start working with it. I’m thinking of designing a small cabled cardi with a hood.
Onto sock yarn. :)
I love cotton based sock yarns, so I was happy to pick up a skein of Hot Socks:
I’m thinking of making a pair of Monkeys but I’ll see how I like it once I’ve done the guage swatch.
And the best for last. A skein of Colinette Jitterbug 100% Merino Yarn. LOVE this yarn. I’m acutally going to use the pattern on the band as I’m quite worried about running out of yarn if I choose anything else as there’s only 267m on the skein. The pattern states that one skein is enough to make a pair of size 42 socks, so I should be okay. If all else fails, I’ll frog them and make ankle socks. ;)
The colourway is called Mist, and it was the colour that Joey actually picked out. He’s got good taste, doesn’t he? I can’t wait to get this yarn on the needles, but I’m being very good. I’m not allowed to cast on these socks until I’ve made progress on a few UFOs including:
- polar bear rug (who needs his head attached)
- baby’s cabled jumper (which just needs blocking)
- baby’s hooded cardi (needs the hood finished… but it’s my current travelling project so I’m not as anal about finishing it)
- baby’s striped blanket (needs ends woven in, blocked and backing sewn on.
... among other things.
Truth be told I’ll probably cast on as soon as I’ve finished the hooded cardi…. I really want these socks. :)