I did a little bit of shopping at The Bothered Owl Christmas Party . There was lots of beautiful yarn available so considering the circumstances I was very restrained. The yarn is from Indie Dyer Sweet Clement . I spent most of the evening trying not to succumb to her beautiful colours but I could see her yarn from where I was sitting at the p/hop table. Sadly all the red sock yarn had been snapped up by the time I decided to treat myself so I bought some laceweight. I don't know why I do this. I am definitely falling into the category of yarn collector rather than knitter when I buy laceweight as I have never knitted anything with laceweight but I now have a few skeins of it in my stash after a year of visiting festivals. I am determined to knit with it so need to overcome my fear of it, I just need to find the right pattern. I'm a big fan of Kieran Foley 's patterns but they are a little too tricky for me at the moment. I've tried making High Seas a few times but need...
Adventures in yarn