Largesse

On Sunday Sknitty, CatBookMom, Mary and I hit Unwind's annual No Football All Yarn Superbowl sale. There were great deals to be had - all regular yarn was 30% off, sale yarn was 50% off, and everything else was 15% off. And if you arrived before opening, you got an additional 10% off your total amount. Now, you know me and a bargain...well, of course we went early, and we weren't the only ones. It was a total mob scene. Once those doors opened that yarn didn't stand a chance.

First up, the sale stuff. This is all for stash.

From left to right: Katia Mississippi 3 (shade 721 - kinda washed out, but it's your run of the mill baby blue), Lamb's Pride Worsted (155 Lemon Drop, 65 Sapphire and 110 Orange You Glad), and Louet Gems Pearl (Terracotta).

Next up are two balls of Nashua Handknits Creative Focus Superwash (shades 35 and 2). This is my practice yarn for my Project Spectrum Bea Ellis headband. Which I need to get working on.

And finally, the good stuff. Appears I just can't pass up a nice chartreuse, can I?

Clockwise from the top: Rowan Natural Silk Aran (shade 462 Palm Leaf), Sweet Georgia Handpainted Lace (Willow), Sweet Georgia Superwash Sock (Willow) and Artyarns Supermerino (shade 133).

I've been curious about Rowan's Natural Silk Aran, and bought a couple of balls to make another pair of fingerless gloves. Probably Fetching, though the tweediness might obscure the pattern; if so, I'll go with something simpler. I'd only seen SG's lace yarn on her website before this, and was very happy to score some. I've never used any of the Artyarns yarn, but just had to buy three skeins, which will be enough for a pair of socks (or gloves or a scarf) because the price was too good to pass up.

It was quite the event! Owner Stephanie and her staff outdid themselves, offering friendly service and lots of finger food and beverages in addition to the great sale prices. There really was a party atmosphere, and even the obligatory LA star sighting (he was buying lots of chunky yarn). The only detractor was that we had to wait an hour and forty five minutes to check out. I'm not sure if they were caught off guard with the amount of customers they had, or what, but if they do it again next year (and I assume they will), I hope they rent another cash register or two.

Afterwards Sknitty and I dragged ourselves half a block up to Porto's Bakery for a much needed lunch, and then hit the highway and headed home. Managed to catch the last of the game with Tom while working on my Flower Basket shawl, which was the perfect ending to a fun-filled day.

Not a lot of other knitting news. I'm about to cast off my first fingerless glove, and am on the seventh of seven repeats of Flower Basket. I'm really enjoying the Project Spectrum site, but admit to being a total slacker myself about it so far. (My recovery from surgery is taking longer than expected, and is slowing me down. But I have plans! big plans! for jumping in whole hog when I'm 100% again.) Now I'm off to do some recon about sewing together Mr. Square. He's my first toy, and I'm not exactly sure how to sew his arms and legs on...so if anyone has any Jess Hutch toy experience, I'd love to hear how you did it.