The Yarny Goodness
As I said in my last post, I definitely wanted to buy BrooksFarm and Tess at Maryland and they were the first booths I hit!
At the Tess booth I picked up two skeins of her SuperSocks and Baby yarn in a colorway I can't find on her website. It is a range of warm brown. This will be a manly baby sweater for Simon hopefully in her baby cardigan pattern.
Brooks Farm is always my favorite booth, and this year I was drawn to a different color palette. I usually am attracted to their blue/brown combinations but this year I got some reds and a neutral.
This is their Acero in a red colorway:
And here is FourPlay in a neutral and grey olorway:
I'm thinking a wide scarf or shawl in the Fourplay, since it lies so flat as a fabric. I'm not sure what to do with the Acero, but it's a fingering weight yarn, so I'm thinking some lacework will be in order.
I also picked up some natural Alpaca from Misty Mountailn Farms. I was going to make Mr. Lug a scarf and mittens or a hat out of this. It's so soft and a really manly natural color:
I feel I was fairly conservative in my purchases, but really got exactly what I wanted.
In other knitting news I finished my Tess Microfiber Ribbon tanktop and it only took me 2 years! I had actually completed the entire body a while back, but had to finish crocheting the straps. It turned out better and the fit isn't half bad. Pics of that up next!
Posted by jen at May 6, 2008 08:40 PM
Comments
It was great to see you and have some mommy talk!
Posted by: Sarah at May 8, 2008 08:19 PM
I got some Brooksfarm yarn when I went to Stitches last year and it was yummy. I just wish that I had made myself something with it instead of giving it away as a gift...
Posted by: Stacey at May 9, 2008 12:09 AM
I love all of the lovely browns and neutrals! very nice things :)
Posted by: lolly at May 9, 2008 08:57 AM
