March 14, 2011
PCY Trunk Show
Wednesday was the Wild Fire Fibres trunk show at Purl City Yarns.
I only have this photo I’m afraid – there was quite a bit more than this!
BobbinsMag (or RubbishKnitter) got caught with two skeins of handspun shetland! Who’d have thought!
We had a really nice walk in the woods on Saturday…
I’m knitting my February Lady Sweater in Drops Alaska (purple, obviously).. and since this photo I’ve gone past the armholes and am nearly down to my waist – yippee! I can’t wait to wear it, so although I’m trying to knit my display stuff for Wonderwool, I keep doing rows here and there on this. I totally love it!
So my display knitting right now is my Indian Willow, which I’m using the all-new Titus 4ply for (it’s still merino/silk but is a new base, and way nicer – in fact it’s amazing). I’m using 3mm needles, since my tension for lace is a little on the loose side, and I don’t want it to be open and airy.
Here’s one of several new colourways (there’s always new ones popping up, since many of them are experiments that go right). This is Caledonian Pinewood (on Pegasus Lace), and I’ve just dyed 5 skeins of Titus 4ply in a colour which I’ve named Persia, too.
I couldn’t help stashing 5 skeins of Titus 4ply in Purple Lotus – I want to design a lovely summery lace cardi when I get time, and these are perfect for that.
How cool is this – our boss went to the Wollmeise shop and brought us back some yarn – eek! I never thought I’d own Wollmeise – I never get to the website to catch yarn before it’s sold. Anyway these two skeins are Lavendel, which is almost ultraviolet, it’s ridiculously rich and bright.
And this is Neptun, which is a gorgeous teal. I don’t know yet what I’ll do with any of them, other than carry them round in my bag with me (geek alert).
Finally, my Willow shawl pattern is now available for download purchase on Ravelry.
Finally finally, if you have noticed the poor quality of my photos, it’s because my DSLR got stolen, and I’m working with my ancient (but reliable!) little compact camera. So if you see a Canon EOS450D being sold for a suspiciously low price…. please let me know!
josiekitten said,
March 15, 2011 at 5:18 pm
Your baskets of yarn look so tempting, I know that I wouldn’t have been able to resist! I like the colourway of your Willow (and I don’t normally go for reds!) What a pain about your camera. Loving your Wollemeise – the colours are just so vibrant.
rubbishknitter said,
March 16, 2011 at 10:13 pm
wooyay, i’m famous!
loving all the shiny new wollmeise and the february lady sweater is looking ace!
so gutted about your camera though… if you need to take urgent pictures of yarnz or anything give me a shout, I has a nikon d70 and would be more than happy to take pics for you!
fredericaknits said,
March 18, 2011 at 2:18 pm
Purples, teals and reds – I’m in heaven! I need some of these in my own stash. Beautiful, can’t wait to see what you turn them into!