1) Furry Yarn. The two light blue and red and black balls on the top of the image are Mustachio. The black and white ball just below to the right is Crystal Palace Squiggle, which I used as trim on Anika’s purse. Along the right side in white, red/black, orange, and blue is Bernat Boa. On the left is Bernat Disco in black and blue with sparkles. Everything else is Lion Brand Fun Fur. I’m not sure what to do with all this. I might use some of it for trim on felted bags in the future. I also was thinking of knitting some very furry stuffed animals…

2) Fizzy Yarn. Most of what we have here is Crystal Palace Fizz and Fizz Stardust (with sparkles). There is some white Patons Cha Cha at the bottom and some Trendsetter Binario blue railroad-tie yarn to the right of that, left over from mom’s fuzzy scarf. Going counter-clockwise from there is Plymouth Flirt in red, Crystal Palace Splash in red (some of the softest yarn ever), Crystal Palace Whisper in a light blue and orange (even softer). To the left of that is some ribbon left over from mom’s fuzzy scarf and below that is Moda Dea Wild! in blue-green colors, which is also unbelievably soft. Top Center is Paton’s Allure in teal. To the left of that are 2 midnight blue balls and 1 red ball of Berroco Crystal FX, which is super sparkly. I used some of the red on the first felted purse I ever made. I’m not sure what to do with the rest of the fizz…

3) (Mostly) Super Yummy Yarns. Ok, on the top left is some white Patons Divine, which has mohair in it and is actually quite itchy, which I know from the sweater I knit with it. The sweater is also super warm so I’ve only warn it once while on a skiing trip. Go figure. I live in California. At the top is some cool yarn my sister gave me for my birthday, Cascade Bollicine Revolution, 90% merino, 10% polyamid, which I used for my Palm Pilot Cover. There’s plenty left for a scarf (maybe corkscrew?). Clockwise from that is some orangey Moda Dea Wild! (again super soft) which I was thinking of making a scarf out of. Clockwise from that is some white Moda Dea Tutu, also very soft, with some sparkles (another scarf project). The other 4 balls are seriously the softest yarn I own — Moda Dea Aerie. I think the light blue will be a scarf for me and the white will be a gift scarf.

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I took these pictures a long time ago, but never got around to posting them…
Wool!! (and alpaca)
1) Bulky Wool! I was thinking of making a felted purse with the variegated blue yarn in the front (Crystal Palace Iceland). The 4 balls in the middle (one navy blue is very small) are left over from my fair-isle cardigan, all Crystal Palace Iceland. The red and dark blue on the left are Crystal Palace Merino Frappe, very fuzzy furry yarns. The red at top right (Rowan Big Wool) is left over from a hat Randall made me and Randall’s hat. The striped blue next to it (also Rowan Big Wool) is left over from Randall’s mom’s mittens. The purple and blue are Brown Sheep Lamb’s Pride Bulky left over from Viviane and Stefan’s monster slippers, respectively.
2) DK weight wool and sportweight alpaca, and sock weight superwash wool. At the top left you can see the leftover yarn from my socks. I also knit my nephew socks from this yarn, but I still have more! Below that are Rowan yorkshire tweed in blue and Rowanspun dk in white (both wool). The rest (2 green, 2 red, 1 blue) are Frog Tree sport weight alpaca. The blue and green are what I used for my nephew’s baby booties.

3) Cascade 220: worsted weight feltable wool. So many colors. I have made felted purses, a hat, and a tea cozy out of this yarn. What next?
4) Dale of Norway worsted weight light blue: I really like light blue. I bought this yarn around the same time I bought the light blue Karabella Aurora 8 light blue I’m going to use in a sweater. I thought about using this as a stripe in a sweater too, but there must be other options… I could combine it with Cascade 220 in a colorful sweater, or I could felt it…
5) Karabella Aurora 8 leftovers (worsted weight): This rich blue and purple are left over from dad’s striped hat. I learned to love this yarn making that hat and bought more later to design myself a sweater. What shall I do with these scraps?

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I got a palm pilot about a month ago and quickly knit up this cover for it. I knit a rectangular strip and then sewed the seams together with an attached i-cord.

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Here are some pictures of a collaborative baby blanket Pauline (far left), Kandice (far right), and I (center left) knit for our coworker Melissa’s (center right) baby Riley last December. I knit the cabled part in the middle of the blanket. Pauline knit the pastel lace on the left, and Kandice knit the blue garter stitch panel on the right, her very first knitting project! Pauline put them all together with a border.

And here are some pictures of Kandice’s daughter Kacelyn with the turtle I knit for her 1st birthday last year. She’ll be 2 next week.


In the last photo you can see her pointing out his eye.

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Here are some pictures of Sandra’s scarf which I finished last month…

I think Siena preferred the banana scarf…

but Jezabelle looks cunning in this one…

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The shawl finally had its grand debut…

and I got married barefoot on the beach. It was a bit foggy, but it was wonderful.

P.S. My mom wore the shawl I knit for her too…

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