My Life in Stitches: Testing my Willpower

Photo by Anna H-G

This year I’m on a yarn fast. For non-knitters, that means I’m not buying any more yarn unless I need it to complete a project. It’s Feburary and I’ve only bought one skein of socks. But there are some yarns out there that are really testing my willpower.

•       Jimmy Beans Wool’s Micro-Brewed Series Chronicles of Narnia. This beauty is called Aslan for the majestic lion from the Chronicles of Nardia series. The yarn is drool worthy, especially for people who are seduced by gradients. The Ice Queen is great, too.
•      Verdant Gryphon Utopia in Bugga. This color way is too of my favorite colors combined. That, combined with the fact that it’s Bugga, makes me want to grab my credit card.
•       Miss Babs K2. I’m not a big chunky weight girl because knitting with big needles hurt my hands, but this would be worth it. I’ve been longing to knit Soho Purl’s Color Dipped scarf and this would be perfect. 

Hopefully I can stay the course with my yarn fast. Not easily with all this loveliness popping up on my FB timeline.

My Life in Stitches: One Yarn Purchase For the Year

So I have made my one yarn purchase for the year! Yay.  I'll do a big reveal once it arrives, but I must say I'm quite in love. I'm already "dreaming" of what I can do with it. Here's some hints:

• It's fingering weight (no surprise)
• It's a brand I've been wanting to add to my stash
• It's a color I don't normally buy
• Depending on what I make, I can do some or all of these scarf styles in this video

BTW, this video is a huge help for those of us who love fingering/sock weight yarn and who have too many scarves (and not enough socks).

I must say, if a girl is only going to make one yarn purchase a year, this one was worth it! Check out my blog next Friday as my new friend should have arrived by then.