Oct 7, 2013

Stash Enhancement

Did I bump into you on Saturday?  If you were out and about for the New York City Yarn Crawl, we very well may have crossed paths.  I had high ambitions of crawling running from LYS to LYS, but my Saturday got eaten up with some domestic tasks to take care of so I ended up staying local and popped into my closest shops.  Where my stash was most enhanced was at Knitty City which was overflowing with deliciousness!  Knowing that all yarns were at a 10% discount, I went with a mission: to get two sweaters' worth of yarn, and the hardest part of this task was picking just the right colors.

First, I was completely taken with this winey colorway in Cascade Heritage Sock and grabbed four skeins to knit the Brooklyn Bridge Cardigan by Melissa Werhle.  This will be for me, but I have a feeling a certain teenage girl will be borrowing it from time to time.


Next to jump into my basket were five skeins of Rowan Lima in a heathered reddish-brown for a cardigan (or maybe pullover) of my own design for Miranda.  I've heard a lot about Lima, and I'm excited to think up a way to highlight the construction of this yarn.


I was all ready to head to the counter and pay for my goodies when this gorgeous skein peeped out from the 40% sale bin. I've always wanted to knit with Dream in Color Smoosy so my US3 DPNs are ready and waiting.


I'm sure you noticed a color trend here, right?  As Pearl, the shop owner, said to me, our love of red must just be the Asian in us!

9 comments:

  1. It sure is gorgeous! The color trend may also be an effect of fall... with all the bright colors outside and the cold coming...

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  2. Delish!! And great yarn choices! I have some similarly coloured stash and am very inspired by your pattern ideas!

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  3. But red is so amazing with dark hair! I love every one of these!

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  4. how exciting! you will be beautiful in those colors! (i wish i were there to bump into you!)

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  5. Lovely yarn choices! Red is always appropriate -- esp when you're Asian ;) You're knitting in all that good energy, good luck and fortune, health and success and happiness. Happy knitting to you.

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  6. These are gorgeous jewel tones! Fantastic picks.

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  7. Such pretty yarn choices! I'm sorry we missed each other at KC, but we will have to find time to get together and knit soon :)

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  8. Much gorgeousness!! Red is always stunning

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