Easter weekend yarn spree

We're off to the Berkshires this weekend where I can get my yarn stashing grooove on. On my list of to-get are Brown Sheep Cotton Fleece for the Apricot Jacket (I'm currently using Cotton-Ease but still finding it too stiff), more Cotton Fleece for the Cotton Tank from IK, extra Cotton Fleece for a couple more tanks or jackets to make as gifts, as well as materials for the two sleeveless tops from AV Spring 2005.

I'm almost done with the Eyelet Cardi/Bunny Wrap, but not in time to wear for Easter. It's going to be 40 degrees anyway.

Happy weekend!

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Soft bunny stuck with pins

Blocking the back panel

I have the most ghetto blocking board ever, consisting of an old towel draped over a dismembered cardboard box. Yesterday I broke down and decided to buy a big girl's blocking board from joann.com, because my ruleless board isn't preventing me from blocking my pieces a bit waywardly. This back panel is slanting a bit to the left.

Is it the weekend yet? I am so excited about visiting Webs. Already made a list of materials I'm interested in order to avoid the Overwhelmed-with-All-the-Choices Paralysis upon entering the store. Projects for this spring/summer will include a couple from Adrienne V.'s spring 2005 book, and Webs has the AV yarn called for. If I go for them it'll be the first time I'm not yarn substituting.

I'm going to love knitting for summer pieces because none of them will have sleeves which means fast fast fast and finished pieces every week aww yeaaaaah. Knitting is going to make me destitute.

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A Quick Update

Savanna sweater: had a love fest with tape measure and calculator to come up with new measurements for slimmer sleeves.
Unseamed one of the gigantic sleeves and wept in bitterness as nearly 3 hours of seaming work unraveled.

Eyelet Cardi: returned the ghastly Soft Kid for 4 hanks of Classic Elite Lush, an angora/wool blend, in pink. Girly bunny softness! Have knitted 11 cm of pattern and am in love with Lush.

New! Apricot Jacket: Been dying to make this ubiquitous cardigan forever, from Rebecca 27. Finally received English copy. At same time ordered Jo Sharp Soho Summer as yarn material, in color that would rename cardigan to Lemon Chiffon Jacket, or Citronade Jacket. Must have fallen on head prior to order as yarn is 1) wrong gauge 2) not at all Lemon Chiffon but more Kryptonian Puke in color 3) stiff as a board 4) splitty as hell. Ducked into yarn shops to feel out substitutes: Rowan All Seasons Cotton (no), Debbie Bliss Angora Cotton (no), and discovered all were too inelastic and hard. Returned Soho Summer. Then ordered Lion Brand Cotton Ease online, in banana cream.

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Still almost there

Errrrr. Planet Earth rotates too quickly. Three whole days at my disposal and still no sweater. I want to start a new project already.

Hmm so what's going to be next in the queue - Ribby Cardi or Angelina jacket? I'm thinking of turning the Ribby Cardi into a Ribby Sweater mostly so I don't have to deal with the zipper bit. But I don't know if this means I won't be able to fit it over my large head. Has anyone knit the Cardi as a sweater?

The Drapey Shoulder Sweater might be put on hold for a little bit longer.

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Make it stop

My attention span is being held together by nonstick Teflon. I just came across pattern books from Adrienne Vittadini and everything in there is be-yoooo-tiful. Beautiful.  Such as:

From AV Fall 2003 and 2004.

I'm squashing the burning burning desire to buy materials for these patterns Right Now as I have more than enough to do...but gaah. All the squirrels in my head are howling.

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More more more!

These just came in, and now my yarn-buying spree is complete. All projects in the project queue have their respective yarns, and I should be all set, if not for the rest of the year, then at least til May. In theory. Hold me!

Peruvian wool for the Ribby Cardy.
Purchased from elann.com

Peruvian Quechua for Angelina.
Made from alpaca and tencel. Oo la tencel, what the hell is tencel!
Purchased from elann.com.

I might have to inflict some hard self-discpline in order to rest my hands and my eyes but not my pathetically out-of-shape bod. Need to get moving. Somehow I pulled a shoulder muscle from sneezing. Who's ever heard of having to warm up before sneezing? I'm going to turn into one of those crabs with the one goofy extra large claw while the rest of my useless body slowly atrophies.

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Project Queue

The 2005 Project Queueueue:

	Top with Lace Pattern aka Coral Tank from Rebecca 29  Materials to use: Brown Sheep Cotton Fleece in terracotta
	#10 Twist Front Top aka Allegra from Adrienne Vittadini Spring 2005 Materials to use: AV Allegra
	Finished! #6 Shaped Top  aka Dianne from Adrienne Vittadini Spring 2005 | see finished  Materials to use: AV Dianna Started: April 21 | Finished: May 31
	Finished! Apricot Jacket from Rebecca 27 Spring 2004 | see finished Materials to use: Lion Brand Cotton Ease in Banana Cream Brown Sheep Cotton Fleece in teal Started: April 3 | Finished: May 9
	Finished! Eyelet Cardi aka Bunny Wrap from Rebecca 29 Spring 2005 | see finished Materials to use: Classic Elite Lush in Pink Started: March 14 | Finished: April 1
	Finished! Sweater with Cable Patterns from Rebecca 28 | see finished Materials to use: Debbie Bliss Merino Chunky in tan Started: Feb 26 | Finished: March 20
	Finished! Sweater with Diagonal Ribs from Rebecca 28 | see finished Materials to use: Lion Brand Kool Wool in gray heather Started: Feb 12 | Finished: Feb 27
And languishing in the back...
	Angelina Vintage Jacket from White Lies Designs Materials to use: Peruvian Collection Quechua
	Drapey Shoulder Sweater from Phildar Tendances Automne 04/05 Materials to use: Lana d'Oro Tweed
	Ribby Cardi from ChicKnits Materials to use: Peruvian Highland Wool

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