Good-bye Yarn Wagon

Oof! I feel hard off the yarn wagon this month. I can see it in the far off distance, kicking up fluffs of fiber and its passengers looking yarn hungry.

First I caved with the Yarn Pirate trade on Ravelry. Then I hit the Sweet Sheep. And now the Wollmeise.

Campari Orange (light)

I actually wear a fair amount of orange but it is very absent in my sock stash.

Rittersporn (light)

This is a nice periwinkle color that is very hard to photograph.

Wilder Mohn (medium)

This is for my mom. She LOVES red.

Included with those gems above were two natural skeins in the Fluffy base. I really like that yarn so I thought I might dye some myself. I was having serious shopping cart issues, most likely caused by yarn sharks, when I bought these. I cannot say enough good things about Claudia. The poor lady must be dyeing in her sleep to keep up with the frenzy.

I also scored a skein of Three Irish Girls on Ravelry yesterday. It’s a DK superwash they don’t offer anymore in Kelly. I’ll put up pictures when it comes.

I was doing so well not buying too much yarn. I’m never really on a yarn diet but I realize it will take me years to get through my stash. If I knit it when I’m 90, I knit it when I’m 90.

I also broke my one project at a time rule. The Robin’s Egg color I dyed up on the BFL DK was calling to me.

It is gorgeous knit up, all shy and subtle. I modified the rib and cable pattern to work with 50 stitches for the DK weight. It’s flying on my needles.

I have a fingering weight one in this color to add to the shop. I am going to try to do some dyeing this weekend. I received some new dye colors and miscellaneous supplies this week so there may be new colors on the horizon.