A New Project for A New Month

Did May pass by as quickly for you as it did for me?  If today is an indicator of how quickly June will also fly by, I'm in trouble.  It's already mid-afternoon and while I've been productive (a 5k run, grocery shopping, laundry, a trip to the library to pick up this book which I'm excited to read), I still have so much on my to do list for the rest of the day!

One thing that I'm definitely going to do is swatch for my new June project with this gorgeous yarn that I picked up yesterday at my LYS.

Arroyo

I'm going to knit a Portico tee for the summer, and I know that this color way is going to keep me smiling all the way to the bind off. 

But what was I up to in May?  I fell down another rabbit hole and have started scrapbooking (thanks to my uber talented sister whose scrapbooks are truly a work of art).  

And I cast on a summer cardigan for Miranda of my own design.  She has an arm's length list of sweaters she'd like me to knit, and there's no way that I can refuse.  

But this afternoon, I'm going to do some knitting for my own summer wardrobe so excuse me while my ball winder calls.  

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!