There was an extremely exciting surprise for me in the mail yesterday.....
My prize from Cookie's contest!! Excuse the less than ideal photos - no sun today. The yarn is gorgeous, and wow, this issue of VK has some awesome stuff in it - especially the article by Meg (always the standout in VK) and her pattern for the shaped arch stockings - now I know what all the fuss is about. Definitely on my to-do list! There's a couple of sweaters in there that I like, too, which almost never happens with VK.
But get this - Cookie added an extra! A ball of Karabella "Breeze," a cashmere/silk blend (the one on top in the picture above). Yum, yum, yum, YUM. It's telling me it wants to be a light, lacy scarf. One that will look really fabulous with red or black, one or the other of which is the color of every coat I own. And this way I can knit along with my newbie knitting friend Aline, who is about to embark on her first lace scarf, after considerable practice with rib patterns (don't worry - she's also finally moving away from scarves altogether, soon, into a felted jacket!)
Thank you Cookie!!!! This is amazing!!!!!
11 October 2006
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Oh yay! I love that issue of VK. I think it's the best one ever, possibly even the best knitting magazine ever. That's why I had two copies of it! Can't wait to see what you knit with it.
Its my fav of VK too (limited experience though!)
One word of advice, there are a lot of errata in the issue, particularly for the Meg Swansen arch shaped stockings (you have to replace the ENTIRE pattern! I wonder what the pattern in the magazine looks like!) and Cat Bordhi put her own, original pattern (not edited by VK editors on her site)...
Good luck! :)
http://www.vogueknitting.com/corrections-2006fall.shtml
http://www.catbordhi.com/news.html
Oh! had to catch the drool from initial eye-lock with the luscious yarn! Yay is right!
I'm so jealous. That's beautiful yarn!
Ooohhhhh....more stash!
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Am chugging away on the EZ Moccasin socks & wanted to let you know about the Wooly Nylon bonanza I found - thanks for the tip & info on the stuff! I ordered 2 cones in 2 different colours - at such cheap prices I could afford to experiment!
http://www.threadart.com/thread/wooly_nylon_1000m.asp
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