Into the stashbin…

Howdy! Hope everyone had a nice holiday…

I took some time to photograph a few things I’d picked up during my recent travels.

First, this gorgeous Anzula Cloud I tweeted about the other day:

Beautifully soft AND machine washable! It’s a perfect semisolid dusty rose, which will eventually become a sweater. 4 skeins totals a whopping 2300 yards, so plenty enough for something dramatic. Get in mah belleh!

Next is some tosh sport in “scarlet”… Picked up for a hat project for a soon-to-be older brother. All the babies get attention, so I’m whipping him up a quick project in his favorite color:

It’s such a common yarn, so I’ll spare you the long description. I WILL say that this is a gorgeous, true, bright red colorway. I had a hard time finding a bright red that wasn’t paired with pink or orange… or else had zero depth, whatsoever. Plenty of reds that aren’t gorgeous, but this one fit all my needs.

I picked up this Shibui Baby Alpaca DK at Gather Here in Cambridge, and my mouth still waters when I squoosh it:

I love these colors together… Can we say Fair Isle? I also got some Gather Here fabric for Christmas, courtesy of Husband Claus, which is going to become a dress, eventually… But that’s a different blog.

Finally, I scored some of the (relatively) new Wollmeise DK a few weeks ago, and it showed up right before the holiday:

For those who are fans of everything -meise, the DK will not disappoint. It has the same feel, strength, and twist of the popular sock yarns, but in a slightly heftier weight. For comparison, I took a shot of the three weights together:

Lace is on the right, followed by fingering and then the DK. The lace looks really thick, but it’s only because the skein isn’t twisted as tight as the others. You could knock someone out with a skein of WM sock yarn. It’s like a little wool Billy club!

Anyhow, 4 skeins of the DK are going to end up in some kind of sweatery end, but exactly what, I’m unsure.

I have a new sweater WIP to show you this week, and I’ll need some help picking out a yarn for an upcoming lace shawl project! So please give me your opinions on that when we get to it. Giveaway winners are being picked next week! What happened to December?! We’re almost to 2013!

– YX