Wednesday's Wooliness

Am back-dating these posts in order to capture the recent timeline of yarn crawling.

Wednesday was a 2-LYS kind of day.  First was a pit-stop at Tangled Skeins in Dartmouth.  We found inspiration, in the form of Artyarns, for Kate Gilbert's Syncopated Caps from the latest Interweave Knits.

Mary's hat, with some white Lang Jawoll as the background and 2 shades of red Artyarns Supermerino:

Mine, with solid Artyarns as the backdrop for one of Mary's leftover reds:

(Should it be up to standard, mine's a sample for the shop.)

My cap was supposed to be worked in the shades below, but the Fair Isle was lost in the similarity between the solid and the variegated.

 

Next, we headed for Mahone Bay and Have a Yarn.  I had a Hallalujah moment in the discount aisle, where I found more sock yarns for the Plunge.

The only one I paid full price for, Regia Sierra:

And a bunch that were on half price.  The first one was discounted because a small amount had been used to knot up a sample swatch for the shop.  The remainder were discounted because the world wants me to have more sock yarn than I can knit in my lifetime.

(the last two aren't quite identical, as the top one is slightly grayer than the other.)

And because it's so darned affordable, I got a couple of Sisu solids to use for my More SKS patterns.

 

It was a lovely day that also included a lobster lunch, shoe shopping and the company of very old friends.

Comments

[Li]

Artyarns for Kate cap pattern?? You're a genius! I've been trying to think what would make a good yarn for that pattern!

[Janey]

Where did you get the Pomotamus cap pattern?
I am totally fascinated by that pattern, but I will NOT try it on a pair of socks. (They are not seen and neither do they get noticed or admired.)

Take care,
Janey
janeyknitting AT yahoo DOT ca

[Janey]

Me again.
I've gotta find me someone with a copy of a Summer '07 IWk. Those Syncopated Caps are crazy!

Happy knitting,
Janey (in Wolfville, BTW)
janeyknitting AT yahoo DOT ca