Day 9 and a variety of yarns

Bliss - a day at home. I'm having a quiet morning, then lunch with a friend and then I'm going to nip to I Knit London to buy a ticket for the Stitch n Bitch day tomorrow.

Here is progress on Blue Bowl. At some point I must try to find the pattern so that I can put in the armholes. Otherwise I'll just keep knitting a tube until the wool runs out, it's so enjoyable.

Here is some baby yarn (Jaeger Faerie spun) I found in my mother's house the other day. It's 175g of 2-ply in a lovely pale pink and I really don't think cashmere could be softer - for once the twee name is fitting and descriptive!

A friend went to Corsica at half term and brought me back this handspun wool:

It's a bit rustic but has a lovely woolly quality to it. There is a website.

The other week Stash had a yarn tasting for Knitwitches yarns and I bought two skeins of luscious lace-weight silk (Chocolate Rose and Evergreen, on the left) and some sock yarn (75% Blue-faced Leicester, 25% nylon). Can't wait to start on the sock yarn. The silk needs me to do some research and planning because I've never knitted with silk.

Comments

[Jill]

I'll be there tomorrow - see you? Silk on its own is not my favourite yarn to knit with - very slippery, I always use wooden needles - but it is lovely when done. I crocheted a shawl in the Fleece Artist silk, that worked out very well.

[dawn]

Your waistcoat/cardigan is looking lovely. Maybe make it longer so that you can enjoy the process?
Yarn yarn yarn. I love the KW yarn. Haven't cast on anything yet but plan to next month when the knitting presents are finished.