Hasty, hasty. *tsk, tsk* I just found a coupon code for the lovely, lovely Autumn Rose (well, any order over $3) at Nestucca Bay Yarns in the Interweave Knits Fall 2007 issue I picked up from school today.
So, of course! I want to save almost $20. I’m selling what I bought, on the off-chance it’ll be cheaper for an overseas person (book is not readily available outside North America) on ebay.
And while prepping the yarns for sale, I discovered not one, but 2! Skeins of dk weight yarns among them–stinkers! I have to go back yet again to the LYS, Mosaic Yarn Studio, which is quite a hike. :/ (previously, I quested for the right color to replace my wrong-brained thinking–who knew Peat meant a red color? Green’s a natural mistake, right?).
On the flipside, I got a copy of the Sideways Spencer from the out of print, not readily accessible Interweave Knits Fall 2004 (easily-spend-$30-bidding-on-ebay inaccessible). I <3 Annie Modesitt patterns, but it’s nowhere to be found–I tried the InterLibrayLoan system–no one keeps archives that far back apparently, except for yarn stores! I just had to buy yarn from them. So I have a lovely shade of blue Cascade 220. 
I’d Rather Be Knitting, you’re my hero!
I’ve begun making a real effort at assigning projects to yarns. Stash organization, if you will. Bad sign when you look at a yarn and think, “why did I get this? Oooh, for that pattern!”
Now, what yarn to assign to the yummy tangled yoke cardigan (another Eunny Jang pattern)? There’s a reason we knitters call it yarn porn.
Organization inspired by discovering “sweater bags” at the Dollar Tree–clear tops–excellent! Much prettier/less space-hogging than cardboard boxes & opaque plastic bags. It resulted in a lot more space! : ) Just in time for the arrival of my Noro Silk Garden Lite (intended for the Dropstitch Lace pattern in Fitted Knits. I have this penchant for trying variegated/multicolor yarns on patterns published in solids. Some patterns do demand solid color, but ooh! When they work…! A couple of people have commented on Craftster that they liked the Simple Knitted Bodice I did in Red Heart TLC Falling Leaves. One of them is making her own in that color right now. *Aww!* )
I knit a row on my long-neglected bayerische socks–and this time post-it noted which row I was on (HP post-it notes from Target don’t really stick 
–that’s what you get when you don’t release the license to 3M!).
Am nearly done with my Black Dog beaded cami! It might only take 4 skeins of Bernat instead of the 6 everyone kept recommending. They’s obviously bigger than me. Then again, so’s most of the world. Exciting! Doing lots of donning and calculating. I’m literally inches from the armpit bind-offs (knitting in the round)!
(Apparently Simply Knitting arrives the month after the one printed on the issue–which means all the contests expire before they get to the newsstand in the US! >:( I thought I had missed it! It doesn’t help that the magazine Knitting does a similar free insert thing–but theirs is this meh wedding/bridal booklet).all the critters are ubercute!
