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October 12, 2003
Well Foo.
I can't seem to get Eli's sweater started. Work, vacation and active toddler are in my way! We went to Lipari this weekend and I happened upon the coolest yarn in two different yarn shops. I have been ordering from the internet because yarn shops are rare over here (aside from a ball or two of run of the mill acrylic in fabric shops). Of course it may just be that I can't find them due to the language barrier. I had given up all hope. But lo and behold, I now have a reason (as if I needed one) to go back to Lipari. I have NO idea what I will do with any of it, but I just couldn't help it. It was all Italian made and mostly merino wool. I was pleasantly shocked at how cheap it was! It was between two and six Euro (roughly $3-8 American). I looked the yarns up online and they would have cost between $6-11 American! Woohoo. Now just have to figure out what to do with them.
Carezza wool boucle "Pumpkin"
Tropical Lane pale blue merino with little pastel bobbles (alright - who's next on my baby list?)
Avana cotton/acrylic - very strange texture, ten thread stands loosely twined.
Mondial Relax yellow merino/acrylic with Mondial Samoa cotton/acrylic ribbon that I will knit together (I think).
Anyway, back to Eli's sweater. I switched patterns to this top down one that you simply plug numbers in to get the correct size. Poop. I suck at math. For some reason, I can't get the measurements to come out even remotely right.
Posted by DebC at October 12, 2003 10:52 PM