Thursday 21 June 2007

Black and white

I am about to post without pictures. *shock* *horror* I thought it was worth warning you all beforehand. Have I lost my marbles? Blogging without pictures! Well no, rather I have lost my batteries. I am having camera battery issues, but all will be resolved tonight if I have anything to do with it.

However, I couldn't resist talking about a few things that are going on in my knitting world. Firstly our stitch'n'bitch has had 5 members present two weeks in a row. This is shocking and wonderful all at once. Imagine what will happen when we advertise that bad boy!

And in yarn acquisition news, I have been on the lookout for some yarn to use with the Mystery Stole 3. Not being terribly wonderful at the old alternative yarn decision, I decided to go with the yarn as dictated by the designer herself. So Jaggerspun Zephyr Wool Silk 2/18 it is - in ebony and charcoal (just in case I desire to make two). And Sarah's Yarns was the winning supplier. So far the shopping experience with her has been great - she responds quickly to e-mails and her prices are so good that I'm getting the yarn shipped from the US at a third of the price compared to the only UK online retailer I could find. Price is important when you're a poor debt-ridden student with a need for lovely yarn. I'll let you know more about the shopping experience as it progresses.

Finally I'm visiting some relatives for a pre-wedding dinner next Thursday night and so need to finish all their knitted gift pieces that have been accumulating since I last saw them. This means 5 knitted figurines of which one is finished, one is half-knitted and the other three remain in the pattern book looking at me smugly. Looks like this will be one crazy knitting week! (Hopefully with pictures).

6 comments:

You Dropped One said...

I know about the 2 nurses... whats the other 3???

Fairytale Frog said...

Wait and you will find out ....

GaietyGirl said...

I'm not sure if there's any of the discounted Opal left in Jeans...it was the cotton stuff (I know how you looooove cotton!) and it was 4.99 instead of 6.50.

GaietyGirl said...

Awww you don't think we're mad psychopathic stalkers. That's so sweet :)
In fairness, I'm a comment whore.
:p

GaietyGirl said...

Wow....but I think that even I might have problems hiding another 13kg of stash in this house.

I got my addi's from This is Knit in Blackrock. Very fast postage too. They're 6euro50 each, which works out roughly the same as with Angel Yarns.

You Dropped One said...

Ohh you got them did you? How much did you get them for?

The sock shall come along to Florida but if I run into any difficulties then I believe I shall halt so I don't have to frog it, lol.