I haven’t had much time to knit this past winter because I was busy adjusting to my new job and its crazy schedule but I did find time to go yarn shopping couple of times. I’m not usually one to buy yarn just because it looks pretty, I usually buy yarn specific to a project that I have chosen. But on both these shopping excursions, that is exactly what I did; buy yarn because it’s freakin pretty and soft. And now it’s just sitting with all my left-over yarns, collecting dust. Remind me to never do that again.
Knit Collage's Gypsy Garden
On a trip to Purl Soho, I splurged on a skein of what I call the prettiest and the quirkiest yarn that I ever did see; Knit Collage’s Gypsy Garden in Kinari Bazaar. (J lovingly calls it “Mermaid Vomit”) It has mini rosettes in blue and pink, sparkle yarn in an assortment of neon colors, orange and silver colored shoelace and bright colored ribbons. Two balls would make a hat but I felt that it would have been too much so I decided to alternate with a more sedate yarn, Blue Sky Alpalca’s Bulky in Natural. It blends together very well, you can’t even tell two different yarn brands were used.
I can’t wait to start wearing it when winter comes!
