Porn for knitters

As you can imagine my grand plan for knitting a sweater a month has fallen flat. Not surprising however, I guess I'm a really sloooow knitter. Since January 31 I've been working (off and on) on the Minimalist Sweater in Berroco Vintage, which is a washable acrylic/wool blend. It's going to be my first seamed sweater and it's knit in miles and miles and miles of seed stitch. I just cast off the back piece Monday night. Now I'm working on the right front panel. Besides the right front panel I still have to knit the left front panel, two sleeves and then seam the sucker together, yipes. I still love the seed stitch, it looks so nice knit up.

In yarn news, I joined the Madeline Tosh Magnolia Society, which is a yarn club. Basically you pay and get yarn every month for four months, it's pretty fabulous. I got my first shipment Monday and the color is fan-freaking-tastic. The colorway is called 'Lolita' and there are three skeins of a light worsted merino wool. I think there's enough for me to do a sweater with! Maybe this one...

Saturday I went to Jo-Ann to get fabric and saw some of the new Debbie Stoller yarn she's doing with Red Heart. I grabbed two balls for my stash, Espresso and Fern. Her colors are bright and the yarn is not the normal squeaky Red Heart blend. I got the Alpaca Love, which is a blend of wool and alpaca, there's also a bamboo blend and a single-ply wool too. I think those two colors would be sweet in a sweater or hat for a little one.