Order is in!

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Finally got my Knitpicks order in! Got a bunch of laceweight yarn, stroll yarn, and the Tidings of Joy kit. I also got a bunch of knitting needles as well. I absolutely love the Knitpicks knitting needles. I would reccomend them to anyone.

I am just itching to start up the Citron shawl for myself but I have way too much christmas knitting to do. And now that we have cold and snow here I want to knit warm wooly things for my family!

I still have all of my yarn from the Banff trip to play with as well. That will be another post!

Waiting . . .

Waiting for my Knitpick's orders.  No matter how much I love them I hate waiting!  It is pure torture!  Especially when I am waiting on needles and some lace weight yarn I haven't tried yet.  I can't start on it until Christmas knitting is done anyways but I still want it now!!!  I could also use some of those needles for my Christmas knitting ;)

So I am just waiting sigh . . . .

Christmas Knitting

I feel pretty proud of myself that I finished my Hemlock Ring blanket.  It turned out fabulous.  Here are some preliminary pictures!

I am also working on several other presents at the moment!  I wonder if I can get them all done?

Mmmmmalibrigo

Yummiest yarn I have worked with so far.  Wow I don't mind spending more on this yarn because of how delicious it feels.  I have heard about pilling but haven't had enough experience with it yet to comment on that.  I went to my LYS today and got some more Malabrigo Worsted as well as some of the Malabrigo Twist.  The twist feels just as soft as the regular Malabrigo Worsted but is supposed to have less pilling.  I will write another review once I have more experience with it.  But it is like knitting with butter . . . so soft you won't believe its 100% wool.  It is Merino wool and kettle dyed so the colors are gorgeous as well.

If you haven't tried it yet I recommend trying it at least once.

Starting Christmas Knitting

So I have decided to start my Christmas knitting!  I think I will busy for the next few months since I have about 19 people.  Most of them smaller things but a couple of blankets in there!  I can't share the gifts since they might be reading ;) But I will share photo's after Christmas!

Happy Knitting!

Knitpicks sells roving!

Knitpicks now sells roving!  I have been wanting to learn how to spin yarn for awhile and this is the perfect opportunity to get some and learn!  They even sell a drop spindle!  But I am not sure if I want to try the Turkish drop spindle or not.  I might get my husband to make me one.  I am really excited to place an order and try this out.

Christmas Knitting

So after taking a look at what i plan to knit people for Christmas I have decided that I need to get my butt in gear.  So alot of my current projects will be hibernating for awhile.  Only the the pirate sheldon and the hemlock ring blanket are for Christmas.  I have alot of people to knit for this year!