One of the highlights of my recent trip to Toronto was a stop in the beautiful bountiful source of yarn known as Lettuce Knits! Although I was seriously tired from three hours' sleep followed by a rather hectic airport run, I still had loads of fun shopping and visiting.
Here's my main haul... two skeins of Koigu, just for me!
It's gorgeous. Really a bit darker in tone than this picture, but the best thing is how squooshy and lovely-soft it is. Still undecided what I'll make with it. I did have two other skeins of Koigu and one nice Berroco Ultra Alpaca, but I gave them away before I got pictures. Giving is fun!
It was a shock to realize my swap package sped its way from Missouri to Nova Scotia in just five days. But reading how excited Dawne was to receive it was so awesome! It made all the work truly worth it. After it was all taped up, I thought of half a dozen other little things I'd wanted to tuck in, but as it came in .2 ounces below the next weight class, maybe the tape was fate.
I found another treasure locally! Bex somehow hid some beautiful yarn bowls from me by putting them in the front window. But they called to me! And one came home with me and was put to work!
I love that it has a notch and a hole. That way, a project could be in there temporarily, or for the duration of the skein. See that lovely cast-on? It's the second half of my Shapeshifter Shrug! I was really concerned about the cast-on edges matching, since I might put it in the State Fair. But not if it isn't up to snuff. Here's a comparison...
WOW! A great match! And it was the first try. I was prepared to try tons to get it even close to this good. I still have to tink once or twice in every lace repeat, but that's worth the effort too. This is a nice pattern, and I'm going to be proud to wear it.
As soon as I find twenty perfect big buttons.... oh, still work to do.
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