ME! Look!

I'm in Spin-Off magazine! Well, to be more exact, my sweater is, the EZ sweater I knit from handspun. I couldn't be more thrilled, although, really, I feel like Crown Mountain Farms (for the roving) and Elizabeth Zimmerman (for the pattern) really deserve all the credit. Still, I'm so happy!

Not having received my copy in the mail yet from Interweave Press (I'm not a subscriber), I stalked the local magazine store and bookstores, looking for a copy. Finally-- success! I can't get over it-- I keep looking at the page and going-- I knit that! Me! I did that!

Now, I can't wait to get it back...it's cold. I want my cushy sweater!

FO: Koolhaas

So, yes, I like to jump on bandwagons. I'd liked this hat ever since seeing it in the Interweave Knits holiday issue, which, by the way, was fantastic, then seeing all the Koolhaases on Ravelry and Flickr and on the blogs made me want to knit one. Plus, it's been cold, and my head desperately needed a hat. One skein of Malabrigo and a few days later, I had a hat!

I love it. It's cosy and warm and I just love it. Plus, would you believe it, I'd never knit with malabrigo before? I own malabrigo in my stash, I've fondled malabrigo, but i'd never knit with it!

Now, back to all my other ufos....

Listening to EZ

Lately I've been thinking a lot about Elizabeth Zimmerman's saying: "Knit on with confidence and hope, through all crises". Although, I think her quote would be a lot more apt if I actually had time to knit. I *have* been knitting, though not as much as I need or want to, right now, and a sweater knit on size 2 and 3 needles a half hour at a time doesn't really provide much blog fodder.

I would just like to say, that, if I was knitting all my stress out, by now I would have three sweaters, four scarves, five pairs of socks, a couple of shawls, and a dozen hats. Instead, I have an overdrawn bank account, my house is trashed, I have half-finished orders everywhere, and my yarn seems to be replicating itself. (now if it would just figure out how to wind itself, I'd be really happy.)

so, let me distract you with new yarn for sale in my Etsy shop!



PERSIMMON superwash merino sock yarn


AUTUMNAL handspun superwash merino yarn. This was spun from roving dyed by FatCatKnits, also on Etsy. Her shop, along with Vedabliss (Funky Carolina), and Spindlecat Studio, are the three sellers I buy from on a regular basis. Actually, we all shop each other's store frequently, which is awesome.

So go, knit, buy. And keep warm! It's freezing today! (yes, I live in Oakland, California, so I am aware that my view of "freezing" is different from, say, those in Canada or Michigan. Just go with me on this.)