First let me start off by saying, I’m writing this Wednesday night. It is now 9:30 and I’m TIRED. My parents, thankfully, kept the short people (aka monkeys) this evening once again so I’m going to call it an early night and get some much need shut eye. After taking the promised photos of the stash acquired during the wonderful crawl with a certain someone who is maintaining my anonymity to protect my job (thank you!), I figured I’d have a better shot of actually giving the details on the yarn pictured if it were nearby. There’s also the little added complication of work getting a bit busier for the near future as Marina went out on maternity leave effective today. Good for her, she’s due Sept 20 and her doctor ordered it after an exam yesterday revealed that she was almost totally effaced. Good luck Marina! I’ll be thinking about you.
Anyway.. on to the goods. The largest purchase was at Seaport Yarn. Starting at the lower right:
–Steinbach Wolle Aktiv Color 100. Eagle eyed readers might be thinking that it is the same as Elaine’s. They’d be right. We’re going to see how two knitters, presented with the same yarn, can make totally different socks. I’ve never seen or heard of this yarn but it looks and feels decent. I’m always game for a new sock yarn.
–Cherry Tree Hill Supersock in Brights. Elaine actually picked this one out for me in trade for my picking something out of the ordinary for her. It really is lovely and it does encompass all the colors that I’m been trying to incorporate. Yup. Socks again.
–Brittany DPN’s in a size 1 1/2US. I bought some of the shrimpy 5" Brittany US2 at Maryland. While I liked the feel of the needle, I don’t like such a short one. I found the ends burrowing into my hands. They don’t quite agree with my knitting style. Just like with the sockotta, I’m up for trade if someone is interested.
–An addi turbo, US4 32". This is for Birchington who has gotten a little crowded on the 24". Can never have too many circ needles, right? Don’t answer that 
–Ornaghi Filati Merino Oro. OH.MY.G-D. I couldn’t resist this. I think this was my buy of the day. $13 for 3oz/1375yds of some very fine, soft and beautifully done black laceweight yarn. I can see a spiral or some other pi related shawl from this glorious yarn. MmmmMMMmMMMmmm
– Lastly, Cherry Tree Hill Laceweight Possum in the Winterberry colorway. This is a very yummy blend of 40% merino/40% possum/20% silk at 480 yards/50g. Elaine gave me a hint that this would be wonderful for the fall EZasPi guest speaker project. She is the shepherd of that list so I’m going with it.
The remaining purchases were far smaller:
My take from Purl was three skeins of Lorna’s Laces Shepherd Sport in color 601 – Rainbow. Contrary to what you might be thinking, these are not destined to be socks. Elaine put the idea in my head that they would make wonderful gloves. She also guided me from the normal comfort zone of colors to these primary brights. I can always use more gloves and they would look very cool with the navy pea coat! I tossed in an extra skein to make a hat to go with the gloves. Any extra over that can be used for monkey mittens!
Last purchase of the day was these two skeins of Koigu from Knit NY. For the curious, the color is 216. Again, contrary to what I would normally do with two skeins of Koigu, these are going to be either the Victorian Shoulderette or the Diamond Fantasy Scarf by Sivia Harding. I have both patterns. I think they’ll be for the shoulderette as I already have the ordered Fleece Artist Merino here (photos eventually) that I ordered for the Diamond Fantasy. Baron is intently checking out the Koigu for quality, color and overall safety for the family. Thanks for taking one for the team Bar-Bar.
There you have it. My take for a day in lower Manhattan. Not as bad as I would have expected, but then again I did some organization of the stash cabinet overflow on Sunday. It was fresh in my memory as I fondled skein after skein. I started a sock, but I’ll post on that tomorrow night, along with the softest addition to the stash.
And now to bed. To sleep, perchance to dream. o’ yarn no doubt
Craft on!
11 responses so far ↓
1 --Deb // Aug 24, 2005 at 11:07 pm
Gosh, I hope you’re “feeling better.” These sudden illnesses can be so worrying (to the Visa card). Sounds like you had a great time!
2 Chris // Aug 25, 2005 at 10:22 am
Pretty stuff! And I like the idea of that buy something out of the ordinary cause someone else picked it out for you!
3 marie // Aug 25, 2005 at 11:22 am
Pretty Yarn! next time you go on a yarn crawl let me know! You go to the bestest places!!
4 Elaine // Aug 25, 2005 at 1:54 pm
I am REALLY starting to regret not picking up a skein of that Merino at Seaport. Ah well, I just know I could never talk you into going there to get one for me right? Especially in that nice red. Nah…I shouldn’t even try. hehehehehe You should really try that Koigu on the scanner. The color is too, too good to miss and Baron knows it. The picture doesn’t do it justice, that’s good stuff.
5 Erin // Aug 25, 2005 at 3:21 pm
That Lorna’s Laces just makes me want to drool. It’s so gorgeous!!!
6 Laurie // Aug 25, 2005 at 4:19 pm
Yummy acquisitions. The Koigu and the merino would fit very well in my stash drawers. Heh.
7 Vicki // Aug 25, 2005 at 4:28 pm
Ah Risa, what a wonderful day you and Elaine had, I’m sure! I can’t believe I spent the day doing boring work while you were out exploring all that fiber! lol Woo hoo, such beautiful yarns you found, I can’t wait to see what you make out of it! I’m hoping to be invited the next time an outing happens like that one, what fun! What cute pictures of you two!
8 Lynne S of Oz // Aug 26, 2005 at 7:19 am
Oh wow – what a day and what FABULOUS acquisitions! The colours are great! The rainbow lorna’s will make great gloves. OK NYC is big but like sooo many good yarn shops – I am jealous!
9 Judy // Aug 26, 2005 at 11:13 am
That’s a good suggestion for the cashmere, and I like the Diamond Fantasy shawl. I’ll be ordering that on payday!
My cats do the yarn inspection thing too…got to make sure it’s safe to be in the house!
10 Nancy // Aug 26, 2005 at 5:25 pm
Just caught up on your crawl … what a fabulous day! Elaine sounds like the perfect playmate. Plus she grooms rabbits! Thanks for the fun photos and healthy dose of stash acquisition envy.
11 Kristen // Aug 28, 2005 at 10:51 pm
it sounds like it was such a good trip – with great goodies at the end of the day. I, too, like the idea of having someone else pick something “out of the ordinary” out for me – I’ll have to remember that idea. I’ve been on a sock yarn buying binge as well and love seeing how other yarns knit up! (I had a skein of the yarn you’d never heard of (in the top picture) in my hand this weekend and am anxious to see what you think of it! I left it there for some other yarns but know where to get it if it’s good stuff…)
nice job Baron – looks like a tough job but I think you’re doing okay.