Attempting Domesticity

Yarn Oogling

Until I have a new project (erm, excuse to buy yarn) I am holding off on actually making any purchases.  It certainly hasn't stopped me from oogling new yarns online, though.  Here are a few things I've been drooling over...

Yarn CSA

Martha's Vineyard Fiber Farm does a Yarn CSA for $150 a share.  Their yarns are gorgeous and the share gets you a delicious blend of cormo and kid mohair/cormo blend.  Being a relatively new knitter, I haven't tried out their yarns but have read rave reviews and just LOVE the idea of a CSA for yarn!  I am heavily flirting with purchasing a share (and, hopefully will hop to it soon because I hear they sell out fast...).  Check out the details here.

New KnitPicks Organic Cotton

DUDE.  I just got a notice from KnitPicks about their new Organic Cotton undyed/unbleached yarns.  I am obviously a total sucker for those neutral tones and these creamy whites, beiges, and tans are riiight up my alley.  Add to that the fact that they've named the colors after food (mmm...ginger) AND are machine washable AND ridiculously priced and YES you will probably be seeing something crop up here in one of these yarns very soon!  Available in sport or worsted.

Shivaya Naturals

I read about Shivaya on another blog a while back and checked out the website and WOW!  They have some really beautiful yarns.  Of course, I always love those oatmeal-y neutrals but I also adore their amazing all-natural colors.  A few of my favorites are the Gaia (sage green and brown FTW!), and allll of the soft, gorgeous pinks.  Oohhh and also Ceja.  Ok, must close window before I go crazy and link to every single item on the page!

Any other knitters out there?  What have you been oogling??

lace knitting can be a real bitch.

Dear Internets,

See that picture up there?  See how I got so crazed and took a picture mid-row?  That is where my knitting still is.  Because I Cannot Bear to pick it up again and need a freaking breather.  Oh silly me, writing my little love song to lace knitting so many posts ago.  Then I had to go off and knock out a blanket and got all confident (you know, with the super simple easily-memorized pattern) and got back to the lace scarf and it was all "wait...wha??". 

Ok ok so..it's not THAT bad.  I mean, I've got a solid piece done, the yo's and the k3togs, etc etc aren't that difficult in and of themselves ... it's just that I got so used to being able to pay attention to other things when I was knitting!  And this project is such an attention-whore!  I cannot even really watch a movie (unless I've already seen it 100 times and am prepared to not pay attention) while knitting it. 

Because if I do...this happens:

Uhh...yeah.  That doesn't look like a leaf at all.  FAIL.  I can't even remember what I was trying to watch or do when this happened.  Knowing me I was probably reading like 3 different blogs and also watching something on YouTube (like...this!..thx Sara!) and also watching a Harry Potter movie.  Not that I have attention span issues or anything but..ooh look shiny things!

ANYWAY, Just for comparison...this is what the pretty leaves are SUPPOSED to look like:

YAY so much prettier, right?  So yeah...I'm taking a little bit of a breather from this project.  It's all bundled up and waiting for me to take some deep breaths, maybe do some yoga, and come back to it in a better and less crazed/ADD of mind.