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My dear Andrew remembered to bring the yarn his mum's been saving for me. Yarn is falling from the heavens into my lap! (The other day my own mum surprised me with five skeins of soooooft, yellow superwash to make into baby items for our friend Amanda, who's pregnant.)

The hanks Andrew brought are supposedly older than we are. You can't tell from looking at them though. They're a natural heather-grey, handspun by a friend of his mom. Very heavy with lanolin, and nice and strong-- ideal for knitting outer garments like scarves or hats or mittens (or gloves!). I'm excited because I've been waiting for an opportunity to try Kool-Aid dying. I'll have to wash out some of the lanolin so the colour will take. I think I'll try it this weekend at Mint Manor.

I wonder how much there is. There are four hanks but I don't know the weight or yardage. Maybe after I wash them (taking away the weight from the grease) I can try weighing them and estimate the yardage. The thickness seems to be worsted.

Blah, blah, blah, I know. Why don't I have more knitting friends who would find my yarn talk interesting?

Well, as long as I'm on the subject, I'm past the second stripe on the second glove, and Andrew tried on the first one tonight and pronounced it "perfect"! So now the only trick is to make the second one match.

Then I'm gonna finish the baby sweater I started spontaneously last week with the leftover yarn ("Harvest") from my Sitcom Chic. Then I'll have to find a baby for it. I'm thinking of this one, because she'll probably be at the closest age for the size I'm making. And also she's the only girl-baby I know.

Why are you in Tavie's head? 12:41 AM | shower me with attention