This is the second-to-last post I plan on before the big trip. (The last post is for when I finish the Rowan Plaid cardigan tomorrow.)

First off, Rowan Plaid short-sleeved cardigan for myself. This has been a quick knit. You’ll see what it really looks like when it’s done.

Next up is the baby blanket I started for my nephew a while ago. All that’s there so far is the border and the beginning of the background. I have great plans, but I’m not sure when I’ll get to them…

Lastly we have the unfelted baby booties. Why is the one on the right so much larger than the one on the left? They were knit with the same needles…. We’ll see what happens after felting. What’s left is felting, threading those crocheted strings through the eyelets and making pom poms to attatch to the ends of them (and attaching said pom poms). I have until it gets cold to complete and mail them.

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This is the yarn my sister Anika sent me for my birthday (granted I didn’t get it until May, I think). First we have TONS of Lion Brand Wool-Ease for me to knit her Basset Hound Charlie a sweater. He gets cold in the winter. He is HUGE (granted my newphew is still pretty small)! This will be a major undertaking. I think there might be enough leftover yarn for me to knit my nephew a matching sweater… hee hee hee!

She also sent me some Patons Pooch yarn, which I might make a scarf or a pillow or something out of.
She also sent a ball of Kidsilk Haze in black which she thought of using as a necklace to display a pendant, but which didn’t work out for her. I’m going to bring it on the honeymoon since it’s so small. Perhaps I will knit something with it.

Lastly we have 3 balls of luxurious cashmere lace weight that Coookie and Kristi gave me for my bridal shower, along with the Second Book of Modern Lace Knitting. A photocopied pattern from that book is coming on the honeymoon for this yarn.

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I already showed you the yarn I sent to my dye-o-rama pal. The yarn I received is awesome! I’m going to bring it on the honeymoon! I can’t believe how well my dye-o-rama buddy Lyme matched my “perfect colorway,” which I named “Blue Lagoon” after a photo of Palau, where I will soon be! How fitting that I should knit socks from this yarn while basking in the glory of the islands themselves. Thank airlines for airline miles.

In other news, I received my KSKS kit earlier this week from Cathy and it’s awesome too! She went with a beach theme and did a great job! She sewed me a reversible bag in blue and green, which I’m totally taking with me (my regular knitting bag is too large and warm to carry around — it’s felted). She sent along Wendy Knits with a toe-up sock pattern. She got me Cherry Tree Hill sock yarn, yay! I’ve never knit with Cherry Tree Hill but it looks and feels great, so I’m excited. There were some yummy sweet-tarts as well (Lyme got me some of those too), and Cathy (I think) made me stitch markers with sea shells and beach colors! So cute. Everything except for the book is coming with me on the honeymoon.

Lastly for this post, I finished up my KSKS kit last night to send off to my buddy. I totally made up the pattern for the bag as I was going along, but I love it! Something I didn’t realize until I was done is that you can fit needles in the side of the bag between the straps! I had contemplated sewing the ribbon together so it would just have one strap, but I ended up not doing it and I love the “secret pocket” result!

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Time for more marathon blogging before I go…

So, when Alyssa and I were at Stitches in February, we picked up some very simple drop spindles and tried to learn how to spin. Here is a picture of the “lovely” yarn I spun with my CD and dowel spindle.

On Monday, I went over to Kristi’s and tried spinning on her wheel! While it was a bit frustrating, and I definitely need more practice, I really think I want to get a spinning wheel!!! My husband (it’s going to take a while for me to get used to calling him that) said I could use some of the wedding gift money to buy a spinning wheel in the fall, once I learn how to spin a bit better so I can make an informed decision about which kind of wheel to buy. Here’s the roving I bought at Stitches… just waiting to become yarn!! I dyed the roving that in this picture looks white (check it out) and if you look closer in the second picture, the already-dyed roving is really gorgeous. It’s going to be a while before I spin that.

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Knit Picks is having a huge sale right now (most of the stuff has sold out already) so I bought a few things, some of which I’m going to take with me on my honeymoon.

First, what I’m not taking — Main Line in dusty lavendar and ink, to make 2 sweaters (most likely for myself) in the fall. Main Line is 70% cotton, 30% merino, so it’s lightweight but soft. Should be perfect for California.

Next I got some Cotton Candy Twist, which is a cotton-viscose-acrylic-nylon blend. This is going to be the other sleeveless sweater project I take with me.

Lastly, this is some of the lace weight yarn I’m bringing on the trip, Gossamer merino in Sunrise. It’s going to be a lovely shawl. The other 2 lace projects are a doily out of my leftover shawl yarn and another shawl out of some wonderful cashmere I’ll post a picture of tomorrow.

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