I swear I haven’t! See! I still exist! The proof is in the text that I’m typing right this very freaking second!

I’ve been meaning to update for a while, but lets face it, I’m lazy. And busy. And I’ve been playing a scary amount of zombie-fied videogames, like Resident Evil 5 and Left 4 Dead. Okay? Sue me. I haven’t got a whole lot of knitting done. 

But I did get photos of my “important” stash. You know..the wool stuff. The stuff that isn’t acrylic. The niiiiiiiice stuff. You’ve already seen part of it. The Moda Dea Silk n’ Wool, and the Lion Brand Sock Ease. 

Behold, Yarn Porn. No touching please, and don’t drool on your keyboard, if you can help it.

 First, Moda Dea Silk N’ Wool, colorway – Wasabi.

Next is LionBrand Sock Ease, Colorway – Toffee.

Now, Hobby Lobby’s Bamboospun, Colorway – Naturals

I kind of went on a sock yarn binge at my last trip to the LYS. Picked up 2 skeins of Patons Stretch Socks, Colorway – Olive

2 skeins of Regia Tweed, Colorway – Red

1 hank/skein of Classic Elite Yarns Alpaca Sox, in a Green/Blue colorway. This was bought specifically for use with the “Shur’tugal” sock pattern.

On my way out, I saw a yarn I HAD TO HAVE. I lusted after it with my very soul. In a fit of “OMG SOFFFFFTTTT YUM!”, I picked up 3 skeins. What I would do with these, I have to idea, but it’s nice to have and pet. The yarn is Berroco Pure Merino (worsted), in a teal-y blue color that cannot be captured by my camera. 

 

Also, my mom gifted me with some yarn that she picked up, but decided against using. 3 skeins of Lion Wool in Winter White.

I have no idea what to make, but I’m thinking something felted.

You may notice two new things on the siodebar. One is my Knitting Badges, and the other is my knitter’s geek code. I’m really super lazy, so go google it if your curious as to what they mean.

Since the last update, I’ve found out that my sister is going to be having a baby in the fall. This was cause for much celebration, and stash digging. Here’s the result of stash dig #1, a baby blanket. The pattern is “Beth’s Little Star Afghan”, which is searchable on Ravelry. If you ar enot a member of Ravelry, GO JOIN. NOW. IT’S LIKE KNITTING AND CROCHET CRACK!

For comparison, that blanket is laid across a baby blanket that my aunt crocheted for me before I was born. The yarn is Red Heart (in the middle), Caron Simply Soft, and Caron SImply Soft Eco, in Real Teal, Blue Mint, and Aqua Mist, respectively.

I’ve also finished a hat. For mom.

Pattern is called Kublai Khan Splendor.

Yarn was Bernat Softy Chunky, in red & black, held double. On size 17 needles. The whole thing took roughly 4 hours to knit.

Last thing, I forgot to mention. I made a trade with a woman I know, I gave her some remnants of yarn that I happened to have, and she gave me this:

2 balls of SWTC Amaizing (100% Corn Fiber) yarn, in white. Yummeh!

I’ve also started a scarf from the leftover Bernat Softy Chunky (along with 2 other skeins that was stuck in my stash..). It’s a Sampler Scarf, and all I did was pick the yarn & whatever needle size tickled my fancy, and cast on 30 stitches. Then, I find stitch patterns in one of my stitchionaries, and work them into the scarf, just to play with texture & lace, and whatever else tickles my fancy. Pictures to be posted next update.

Happy Knitting!

(Edited to Add: I have joined Twitter. You can find my tiwtter-update-thinger on the right hand side of this blog screen. See it? Good. Now follow me, jerks!)