Shivaya

I purchased some yarn from a Shivaya Naturals for the first time a couple of weeks ago. Of course, ravelry was the enabler. I purchased a skein of fingering silk merino and it is gorgeous. The yarn is the same base as You-know-who FSM and the colors were gorgeous. Considering the skein is the same 500 yards but only $35 plus shipping, the price is a great incentive to buy from Shivaya. Here is a pic of Merlot FSM:

Gorgeous....Just Gorgeous!

Sarah, The Plucky Knitter, had some awesome yarn on her 8/14 update. They were semi-solids which rivaled you-know-who yarns! I lucked out and was able to purchase 5 skeins. From left to right: Emerald Isle, Basil Bliss, Where It All Began, Pomme Fizz and Possibility. Is this gorgeous or what!

I've been a naughty girl!!

I've gone WAY OVER my yarn budget and I was supposed to be on a yarn diet!! I also signed up for all 4 seasons of Sundara's yarn club!! I've been buying and trading for Sundara yarn like a madman so I actually have some Sundara yarn now in my stash. I actually managed to buy yarn on her last 2 updates so stalking does pay off!! lol

Here are some of the goodies that I've gotten within the past 2 weeks:

Sundara Silk Lace - Tuscan Rose over Lemon, Sundara Silk Lace - Granite Falls


Sundara Sock - Blush, Sundara Sock - Charcoal over Cobalt


Sundara Sock - Ivy, Sundara Sock - Lemon Chiffon


Sundara Sock - Tuscan Rose over Lemon


Sunnyside Ellen Silk Lace - Midnight Blue, Sunnyside Ellen Transitional sock yarn - Rose without Thorns


Malabrigo Silky Merino - Amoroso, Malabrigo Silky Merino - Teal Feathers


dkKnits Smoosh Toes - Parfait Today, dkKnits Smoosh Toes - Sugar the Rim


Madelinetosh sock - Logwood, Madelinetosh sock - Clematis


Mama Blue Silk Lace - Smoke (this skein is gorgeous!!!)


Duet Sock DeKAY - Seagreen, Duet Sock DeKAY - Rocker Chick (I LOVE the new DeKAY!!)


Madelinetosh Silk Lace - Graphite, Madelinetosh Silk Lace - Scarlett (darn woolgirl for having a sale on these!! I couldn't resist!)


Miss Babs Yummy Sock - Sinderella


There is actually more yarn that I haven't taken pics of yet. ...and I have a webs order and a Sundara order on its way to me. ...and I want to buy more Sundara season subscriptions and I want to sign up for the Madelinetosh Magnolia Society...... Argh!! I need to step away from the PC and from all the temptation but that is so hard to do!

Decadent Dark Chocolate!! Yum!!

Look what a little diligence and a swift gets you......

BEFORE:



AFTER:


My Decadent Dark Chocolate.....I think I was hungry when I was thinking of a name for my lusciously soft skein! Thank you Sarah (The Plucky Knitter) for my chocolate fix!!

Now to find the perfect pattern! I believe it is 400 yards so probably a light scarf would be the way to go.

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.

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

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!

Omigod.....I got Wollmeise again!

I want every day to be Fridays from now on!! I logged onto wollmeise's website and there was yarn again! Today I got (the pictures are from wollmeise's website):

Gewitterhimmel 100% Superwash - Light


Rittersporn 100% Superwash - Medium


Wilder mohn 80/20 Twin - Light (pic is of the 100% superwash in light since there is no pic of the 80/20 twin)


Tiefer See Wild Thing 80/20 Twin - Light
(no pic on the website but you can see a pic from JanaA's stash here.)

Last night I started clearing out some of my stash sock yarn. I have come to the realization that I will never get to some of my yarn since I have too many. They need to find a good home where they will get the attention and fondling that they deserve! So check out my Ravelry stash to see what I have. I'll be trying to add more every day.

I got Wollmeise! Yay!!

I got into work yesterday and I realized that it was Friday so per my normal Friday morning routine, I checked the wollmeise website. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw yarn listed on the "In stock" webpage! I refreshed my browser a couple of times just to make sure and then I went crazy!!

I knew that the inventory wouldn't last long and I was trying to look at the colors/intensity before putting them in my basket. I wish I could buy a skein of every color but I was going to limit myself to $100 worth of yarn.

I've been dying to get the Poison nr 5 medium intensity and when I saw it listed, I put it in my basket and was about to check out when it became sold out! I was in panic mode at this point and I put the Poison nr 5 dark in my basket and checked out as soon as I could! I didn't even look to see what else was in my basket! I was so elated and trying to calm myself down at this point.

I printed out my receipt to see what I did end up getting and realized that I lost my Poison nr 5 dark as well!! I ended up spending $170 on 7 skeins of yarn which comes out little over $24 per skein and this is including international shipping! What a great deal! I know people have sold her yarn on ravelry for $30 easily.

So here is what I ordered (the pictures are from wollmeise's website):

Am kalten Polar - 100% Superwash - dark intensity






Dornröschen - 100% superwash - medium intensity






Pfefferminz Prinz - 100% superwash - medium intensity






Red Hot Chili - 100% superwash - medium intensity







Rosenrot - 100% superwash - medium intensity






Vincent - 100% superwash - light intensity






Wilder Mohn - 100% superwash - medium intensity

It looks like I got a lot of red colors for some reason! Hopefully I can trade one of them for a skein of Poison nr 5 medium!!

A day later and I'm still doing the happy dance! Hope everyone has a great weekend!!