birthday update

from the roommate, i got the yarn meter (so i removed it from my wish list) ... eca can dye now... when she gets a break
from the red, eca got these lovely hand spun and hand dyed sock yarn (pics to come) and these skien of noro





from the roommate's dad i got 3 skiens of 50/50 merino/silk (i think it's tussah silk) which i made simple toe up semi-footie socks ... well i only made one






and a skien of red worsted something...which i have to take pics of....

and for those of you who haven't seen a recent update of eca...she's got long hair now...
she takes really shitty pictures so be nice

i love you red

see this...

meet cashsilk, 676, from laines du nord. it is 50% extra fine merino, 25% silk, 25% cashmere.

yes, my red told me about the sale and is going to be my long distance supplier. /me sighs

so she calls me to chat, tells me there's a sale going on - you get more of a discount if you buy 10 items...i got 14...damn you red, i probably could've gotten away with 12...but she convinced me that the extra balls i could make a cute hat or something

so what am i going to use it for? last minute knitted gift's hourglass sweater.

i went on a search looking for a sample sweater. sweet georgia uses 9 skiens of about 96/99yards but the knit picks says 11 skiens of about 99 yards... and i'm getting 14 of 67yards... so i'll end up between the two.

/me crosses fingers that enough yarn was purchased.

oh well. i'm excited. i love top down sweaters and i'm sure i'll figure out some use for it!

oh and red says it's squishy =)


*references:
company website: http://www.novayarn.com/nv/Shade/982.html
picture from: http://www.pureknits.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=352
store: http://www.poshayarnboutique.com/
sample: http://sweetgeorgia.planetfishdesign.com/archives/knitting/knit_hourglass_sweater/
sample: http://knitpicks.com/Hourglass+Pullover_PD30579223.html