Yarn Sales? YARN SALES!
stargrace 
Since I just recently started knitting (September of this year) I’m still learning about the ins and outs of yarn purchases. What I do know is that the yarn I usually get from Michaels (the only local craft store in my area) is not as nice (also the price is very expensive) as the yarn I get from say.. KnitPicks while they have their cyber monday sale going on. That means that most of last week was spent stocking up on a lot of yarn. I mean, a LOT. Probably too much. OK definitely too much. I do have quite a few patterns in mind and added to my queue which should take care of most of these, but here’s the grand total of what I’m waiting to show up at my door. They should arrive throughout the week and into next week, hopefully:
- Lint Shaver
- Locking Knitting Stitch Markers
- Blocking matts
2 Cobblestone Heather Brava Worsted
2 Dublin Brava Worsted
2 Baker Street Felici Special Reserve
2 Rainbow Felici Fingering
2 Fedora WotA Sport Yarn
2 Forest Heather WotA Sport Yarn
2 Thyme WotA Sport Yarn
1 Black Brava Sport
1 Dublin Brava Sport
1 Silver Brava Sport
1 Umber Heather Brava Sport
1 White Brava Sport
2 Rainbow Felici Fingering
2 Time Traveler Felici Fingering
2 Black Stroll Glimmer
2 Sagebrush Palette
1 Blue Varigated Special BUY
1 Denim Varigated Special BUY
1 Fashion Varigated Special BUY
1 Peacock Varigated Special BUY
2 Purple Varigated Special BUY
1 Red Varigated Special BUY
2 Black Brava Sport
1 Celestial Brava Sport
1 Dublin Brava Sport
1 Eggplant Brava sport
1 Fairytale Brava sport
1 Grass Brava Sport
1 Lady Slipper Brava Sport
1 Marina Brava Sport
1 Red Brava Sport
1 Solstice Heather Brava Sport
1 Wine Brava Sport
2 Fanciful Felici
5 Clover Palette
2 Jay Stroll Glimmer
2 Potion Stroll Glimmer
Most of the yarn was less than $2 per skein, the felici was a bit more, but it’s amazing sock yarn. The blocking mats I really needed since I have nothing to lay projects out on at the moment, and I still have my shawl ongoing. I bought brava sport in colours to make a hue shift afghan, and I saw a stranded colourwork mitt done with stroll glimmer as the background colour that was just amazing. I’m hoping that this is enough yarn to keep me busy for the next year, and my goal is not to buy any yarn at all, but instead to work on my knitting skills, gifts, and enjoy my hobby. Don’t forget, if you’re on Ravelry you can add me as a friend here. I’ve got my projects posted, my yarn stash (to date) posted (I haven’t added the KnitPicks sale items yet as I haven’t received them) and I’m pretty active on the forums in a few groups that I have found.
This weekend I started working on my 2nd pair of socks, the first sock should be completed today. It’s amazing how much faster they go once you’ve made a pair, my first pair took me a week per sock, these ones are three days per sock (approximately). They’re a pair of patterned socks, since my first pair were plain I wanted to keep challenging myself. More pictures in tomorrow’s post!