Moratorium: Foiled

well, just as easily as i implemented the moratorium, i broke it. first i bought the yarn for my lace wrap class--totally legit, right? then i went to chicago for the American Library Association conference last week. one of my knitting instructors said that she buys sock yarn in every city that she visits and then she has a pair of socks as her souvenir...much better than a snowglobe, right? so i had told myself i would do the same...

when we got to the yarn shop (knitwerks), i fell victim to "crazy eyes." after touching and holding every skein of sock yarn in the place, i found a basket of custom dyed lorna's laces. the shop owner pointed out that one of them was named "knitwerks" and made especially for the shop. this was the clear choice. the colors were great. but there was another color that caught my eye and i couldn't put it down. so 4 skeins of sock yarn and an electronic row counter later...

so weak.

my wrap class starts monday and i have a few goals. before that class starts, i would like to finish my second sock from the last class i took. i would also like to add all this new yarn to my stash in ravelry and upload pictures of everything.

1 project down, 13 or so to go :)

I finished my Malabrigo hat last night. I'm happy to say that the size seems perfect and I followed the pattern to the "T". I'm not entirely pleased with the way the pattern decreased at the top, I thought it could have been done a little more gracefully...but until I know enough to re-write or improvise, I will just do as I'm told.

I bought new yarn today =/ But I think it's justified...I'm taking an "intro" lace knitting class and you have to buy your yarn from the shop that hosts the class. I decided that this project will be for my mother-in-law. She is in Puerto Rico, and I've been wanting to make her something, but what does a person on the sunny island of Puerto Rico want with something knitted? Well, she wears wraps and shawls in the evenings because if it dips below 90 degrees, it's "chilly" out. So I saw that this class at Yarn Birds does a cute little lace wrap and that seems perfect! Pics of that yarn and finished hat coming soon. For now, I'm finishing up this Malabrigo scarf. And watching Phish DVDs.