Superwash Blue Faced Leicester, 3-ply sock yarn. 600+ yards each skein. BFL wool has a longer fiber length than merino, and has a lovely hand. These skeins should knit long socks that wear well. US size 0 to 1.5 recommended
See, Yarn Over 2007 was great.
Key-note via Annie Modesitt. She was quite lovely. *
The audience was thrilled.
Look who I met!
*******************As I stolled around the market place with friends, one TC LYS (purposely unnamed) seemed in a huff because she (AM) had not reached out [specifically to them] and formed a relationship... yet. Too bad they haven't tried themselves, and they clearly haven't read about the current tradgedy in her life spelled out on her blog!
If you're in the Twin Cities Area there are two great events happening this weekend:
Paco is clearly not as excited as I am.
The moment Elmer walked through the coffeeshop during knit night, we couldn't help but stare. LOOK at all of that seed stitch! Connie stated, "It must be woven". She placed on her glasses, and declaired that it was indeed an entire vest out of the painstaking pattern. See the knit-in pockets? (Looks like Noro Kureyon to me.)
Speaking of love, check out the wee baby felted slippers Deepa whipped up in less than 30 minutes. Aren't they adorable? 
The Clapotis not only survived the bloodbath, but came out with fantastic drape and evenly dropped stitches! It lost a good deal of it's bulky/rustic feel. It's overall feel & softness improved many times over, and the color is still pretty darn vibrant. It also grew 10" while blocking. Last night I wore it to the MN Knitter's Guild meeting and received a surprising number of compliments. There was an exciting Bohus sighting as well!
I did knit a little bit. The Lotus Blossom's lace portion is juuust about done. Six more rows to go, and I'll pop it on to see how it fits. I'm a little worried about the cotton's exponential growth possibilities, so I may knit the bodice in the next smaller size. 
After taking on the vacuum cleaner and loosing the fight, Paco decided to take a time out in the sun.
Lizard Ridge It was decided by multiple people that another strip was needed. 6 squares for width purposes. Knitters have been donating Kureyon bits here and there. Puzzles are great! :) I'm going to tackle this one from Renee tonight:
Knitty Polygamy.
Lotus Blossom Tank and bedroom wall at 7:02 a.m. They're certainly analogous, calm colors.
That's it for today. Short and sweet.
Excuse the poor lighting this morning.
Final Jaeger Trinity Cobalt results. It did lighten up upon drying, but is darker than this picture shows. I couldn't have asked for better results.
First summer-related knitting project this year will be a Lotus Blossom Tank. At the retreat last weekend I won a door prize-- 10 skeins of Elsebeth Lavold's Cotton Patine and a cute shell pattern from (blogless in Mpls) Joyce. It's a surprisingly light brushed dk cotton yarn. The only downside is that some colorways have been known to dramatically loose their color after machine washing. Honestly, I probably would never have picked this color, It's a lovely silvery sage tone reminicent of my bedroom walls. If it does lighten up, I certainly won't be dissapointed.
Final thoughts: I didn't intend to circumnavigate a chat about Lizard Ridge. Yes, it has been (almost completely) seamed. It looks great, but just isn't wide enough to be used as intended- a cozy, cuddly afghan for two. So, I'm adding another strip. One square has been knit from left-overs. 5 squares remain. I'm trying to not spend money on yarn, so I'll slowly pick up the last needed 3 or 4 skeins of Kureyon. I'll finish it sometime this spring/summer.
We came out in droves last night-- clearly seen above.
We all appeared to have a great time. She's wonderfully entertaining, and it's always great to get together with "your people". You know, people who understand why you have such a huge stash in the room previously known as the guest bedroom and also never leave the house without their knitting.
At the knitting retreat this weekend someone gave a mustard skein of Gems Opal away. The moment I saw the neglected skein on the floor (it had been thrown in discust as somone 'traded' a batch of handyed yarn for a few skeins including gems via the roll doubles-dice game), I thought this would be a perfect skein for a dyeing experiment! An acid dye kit found it's way to my home about two weeks ago, and it was calling out.
I'm really pleased. The gradation is really lovely. A horrible sense of awareness now surrounds me.... ANOTHER hobby?
Last year about this time I purchased four skeins of Jaeger Trinity from the annual Web's sale, which coincidentally is happening right now. Be forewarned. It's not nearly as exciting as last year's sale! Dear Webs, we knitters are not nearly as tempted as last year to buy yarn from your annual sale. Last year we had great yarns, fabulous color choices, and a whole lot of it... At any rate, the Trinity colorway was Hibiscus-- a lovely light purple/pink with white flecks. The problem is that I really wanted to buy the cobalt color, but didn't want to pay an extra $5/skein.
So, I tried to achieve the cobalt color:
The skeins are still drying, but they're looking spot-on right now.
Here's a post-paint shot, right before I slowly freed the freezer paper from the onesie. (The iron-on method really works!)
