So yesterday Faythe and I went to our LYS, Holy Threads. They were having a 30% off everything sale. I bought 2 skeins of Noro Kureyon to make a hat to match my scarf, which was my first FO. I have some hat-making anxiety, but I figure that since it was the Noro yarn that got me to learn to knit in the first place, the Noro yarn will propel me through this mental hat block. Also I bought some lovely purple-ish Cascade 220 Superwash, not with any project in mind, but just because every knitter blogs about buying Cascade 220, and I did not want to be left out. Also I bought a book called Blue Ribbon Afghans From America's State Fairs. It's a crochet book, just so you know. Not only are there some cool patterns for afghans in it, there is also some interesting stuff on State Fairs. I like a pattern book that I can read as a book too. Yes, I have Mason-Dixon Knitting. It was a fun trip and not that costly, so good for me!
So the other day I was at Jo-Ann's, buying some more cotton to finish my WIP Absorba bathmat from the Mason-Dixon Knitting book (notice my use of the knitter's codes!), when I spotted this skein of cotton which I just had to have:
It's big. Really big. Here it is with a normal size skein of yarn and a normal size ball of cotton.
I bought it because I loved the color and they only had 3 skeins left. I have absolutely no idea what I'm going to do with it. Perhaps another bathmat.
Finally it's time for an update on my Babette blanket. I finished another panel and joined it up with it's buddies. I was so excited to show Faythe, I even made her hold it, which I'm sure she hated!
Boy, I feel like a knitting blogger now!
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