More yarn the merrier!

I received Yarn Addict Anni's Lace Club kit for July. It is not a color that I would have picked out for myself. But the yarn is yummy cashmere!! This was my 3rd club shipment so I have to decide whether I want to renew for another 3 months. If the yarn was a Luscious Lace for all 3 months, I would renew in a heartbeat.


I also received a ravelry purchase of the Lucky Lurker Club July kit. I absolutely love the color and the pattern looks so cute!

It's all about the Wollmeise!

Here are pics of order #2 (6/27 order) and order #3 (7/4 order). I am still so amazed by the colors.....they are so vibrant compared to my other yarns!


And I got up the courage to undo a skein and wind it up into a yarn cake. Then I started knitting with it! I must have been out of mind! lol

I have been dying to start La Digitessa so I did with my skein of Pfefferminz Prinz (medium intensity). I absolutely love this color and I need to get more! The yarn does have a tendency to curl on itself which I read about on ravelry but the stitch definition is amazing. It is a very smooth yarn and the knitted texture is an almost satiny look. Very lovely and I can see more wollmeise knitting in my future.

Cleopatra is fini!

I finished my May sock club kit from Blue Moon Fiber Arts. It was an interesting pattern but not one that I would repeat again. Not like Leafling which I loved! The pattern had a bit of a learning curve. I had to initially figure out (memorize) the symbols on the chart but once the pattern was established it was easy to follow along. Then I got a little lost when I started the cuffs and had to re-read the pattern numerous times to understand what I was supposed to do. But here she is:

I learned a new cast-off...the sewn cast-off which is a kitchener cast-off. This is the perfect cast-off for 1x1 rib!

I'm all caught up on my Rockin Sock Club kits and am ready to start on the July kit which I should hopefully get next week.

I got Sloth! Yay!

I came home and found the July shipment of the Seven Deadly S(p)ins club! Very interesting pattern but not something I would wear and I don't have anyone that would wear it.......anyways here are some pics:


I think I have another project in mind for the yarns. Guess I'll think on it. I do like the Footprints yarn by The Unique Sheep.

It's Friday I'm in Love

Remember The Cure Song:
I don't care if monday's blue
Tuesday's grey and wednesday too
Thursday I don't care about you
It's friday I'm in love.......

That's exactly how I feel about Fridays! Especially when I get more Wollmeise!! I was F5'ing since 5 AM EST and then I had to go drop off my hubby and his mom at the airport. I brought my laptop just in case! So I dropped them off and I'm trying to F5 and drive at the same time....hmmm...that was probably a bad idea! I don't think the police officer would appreciate my excuse: but officer, its critical that I get my weekly wollmeise fix or I might go into permanent pms mode!

I pulled into the post office parking lot to pick up my package from Wollmeise since my mailman failed to deliver it me at home earlier in the week. So I get my package and I get in the car and hit F5...lo and behold.....I had like 20 skeins of yarn in my cart! I couldn't believe my eyes! It was so hard going down to 7 skeins....but I managed:

Here is what I ordered - all 100% superwash (pics are from the Wollmeise site):
Suzanne - dark


Lowenzahn - light


Turkis & Karneol - medium


Miss May - medium (pic is of the light intensity)


Johannisbeer und Brennessel - medium


Poison Nr. 5 - medium (YAY!!)


Mitternacht - dark



This was my best order so far......lots of different colors!

I got Fluffy!!

Hmm....maybe I should rename my blog "Wollmeise Stalker". I definitely have been looking forward to fridays and if it wasn't for my camp buddy Marisol, I would have missed out on the early update Thursday evening! Sneaky Claudia putting up an update early! But here is what I ended up scoring (pics are from Wollmeise's website):

Indisch Rot 80/20 Fluffy - medium (picture is of 100% superwash)

Wilder Mohn 80/20 Fluffy - light

Salamander 100% superwash - medium

Rosenrot 100% superwash - light

Pfauenauge 80/20 Fluffy - medium (this was actually purchased in error on Saturday....Claudia was doing some order maintenance and some skeins were back in inventory temporarily. I thought for sure this order would be canceled but awesome Claudia added it to my thursday order so I guess I will be getting this as well!).


I do love Claudia's reds! But I probably will give up a few skeins to trade for some other colors. Hmm.....maybe I'll get up the courage and wind up a skein soon! lol

Lovely Leafling!

I meant to post this earlier when I finished it a few weeks ago but I got too excited over my Wollmeise and kept forgetting. Lovely Leafling is finished! Originally I was going to be selfish and keep all my Rockin Sock Club socks to myself but I started thinking about xmas and these socks jumped up and down and yelled "present for mom". So I listened to my socks....maybe I should rename my blog to "sock whisperer"! lol


I absolutely loved the pattern and the cushy heel is awsome. STR mediumweight is fantastic to knit with.....very cushy and a nice change from the lightweight which doesn't have the cushiness. If I liked thicker socks, mediumweight would be the way to go. I definitely plan on adding more mediumweight to my stash...I know any excuse to buy yarn! lol

All in all, a definitely redo....I have a skein of Lover's Leap in Mediumweight which would make a great pair of Leafling for myself.

Wollmeise for moi!!

I received my shipment of Wollmeise yarn today!! Oh happy day!! I tore the envelopes open and was greeted with this glorious sight:


It only took a week to get here from Germany! The yarn is soft and the colors are amazing! I don't know if I can bear to wind it up into a yarn cake and knit with it. I might have to get duplicates so that I can keep my skeins intact as eye candy and have skeins to knit with! lol Keeping my fingers crossed that I will have luck this Friday for more Wollmeise! I am a Wollmeise addict now!