This morning, while Mr. Pear read his newly acquired Harry Potter, and mini-pear watched The Chronicles of Narnia (again), I paid a little visit to my LYS. It shares a parking lot with Mr. Pear's office and it's spilling over with the some of the softest, yummiest fiber on the planet.
I needed some odds and ends to add into the mitred square blanket. Shopping for odds and ends of yarn is so nice. There is no calculating of yardage and I can seriously entertain the thought of purchasing tiny balls of wildly expensive hand dyed fiber. Actually, I was pretty restrained. Clockwise, starting in the upper left-hand corner, we have Filatura Di Crosa's Multicolor mohair/acrylic blend, Debbie Bliss Pure Silk (that lovely pale celadon green), another ball of the Filatura Di Crosa (in green this time), a little bit of bright blue Bam Boo from Classic Elite, Tahki's Cotton Classic in purple, Berrocco's Bonsai in that subdued blue with the little shiny flecks (more bamboo! but with a little bit of nylon) and smack in the middle is the very pretty Ty-Dy in 100% cotton. I guess we are never washing this blankie, but it will be very pretty indeed;)
Pretty yarnies!
Posted by: Rebecca H. | July 22, 2007 at 06:53 PM
The dog decided to have some fun with that purple mohair while we were out this afternoon;(
Posted by: triple P | July 22, 2007 at 09:04 PM
Oh oh oh! I just got back from a week in WV learning how to spin and dye with natural dyes (read: weeds) and I am stoked! If I could figure out this here technology thing I'd show you what I made. The handspun dyed in turmeric and overdyed in indigo is just amazing.
Now, if I could jsut get a wheel . . .
Posted by: Sarah K | July 23, 2007 at 01:19 PM