OOhhhh lovely yarn sales. Quickly head over to Knit Happens grab yarn and patterns, and shop away!

I stopped by yesterday at the happy place and picked up 3 wonderful Jaeger pattern books all at 40% off. Just awesome books! Here’s what I’m thinking of knitting up:

From JB38 Huxley

Chesterton

And others…

Big Sale at Knit Happens
The sale is on thru Saturday so get yourself over there before everything is gone. Everything in the store is on sale. Yes EVERYTHING.

Good lord! this takes forever. My apologies. Below is the hell of a haul from MSWF, missing are the two fleeces which are on their way to be processed.

Brooks Farm

– In there is their new introduction yarn, the tealish yarn.

Lace weight

- 1800 yards of cashmere from Hunt Valley and 600 yds of alpaca

Sock yarn

- Foxhill farm, Kid Holllow, Ellen’s 1/2 pint

Spinner’s Hill

— the yumminess from Spinner’s Hill, the purple one will either be slated for lace weight or sock yarn. The greens are for a sweater.

Foxhill Farm and Meadow Angora

- Not sure yet but I think it will be for yummy socks.

Three Waters Farm

— Possibly for a nice warm stole, 8 ozs

And last but not least I’m starting to destash, for $8 plus shipping this could be yours:

This is about 3 ozs of merino/mohair/angora, mohair/wool, and pure alpaca…just drop a comment or two.

There that’s all! Now let me get back to knitting and spinning.

Saturday began with me jumping out of bed at 7am! I was out the door by 7:30, ready and with cash in hand for the wonderful MSWF! I was determined to get up there in time to be one of the first people at the Fleece sale. And damn it I was!

Although I didn’t get a chance to buy the champion fleece (Cormo this year, from Foxhill Farm) I did get to buy two fleeces from Robin Nistock, one is a Finn/CVM/Rambouillet and the other is a cinnamon colored CVM/Rambouillet fleece. Both are stunning, full of crimp and will surely make wonderful knitting objects. I think both of them will be sent to The Drafting Zone to get processed.

Let’s see what else jumped in my bag…

–Sock yarn from Kid Hollow Farm, Ellen’s 1/2 Pint Farm, Foxhill Farm, Three Waters Farm

– Lace yarn from Hunt Valley Cashmere and a hand dyed Alpaca yarn (can’t remember the vendor)

– Yarn from Brooks Farm for two sweaters

– Roving…ahhhhh roving. The usual…Wild Meadow Angora, Foxhill Farm (American Cormo people), Three Waters Farm, Spinner’s Hill, and a batt from Grafton Fibers.

Next time I’ll have the pics to show them off, I swear! Now back to researching my fleeces..what to do, what to do with them.

….before I opened everything…

and after….

These wonderful gifts are from my WONDERFUL secret pal: Renee from A Good Yarn. Everyone go over and say hi!

Thanks so much for the wonderful gifts. Everything was so thoughtfully put together. You rock!

And from my first SP6 package…

Well, actually the book plus (not in picture) other great items.

Spinning yummyness
Did you see above? Did you see that wonderful skein of silk and Romney? I got this wonderful fiber from The Silkworker. I finally finished it last week. Lots of yardage but no clue as to what I’ll make with it…soon, I know, it will come soon.

Close up you ask? Ok.

for pretty yarns. I had to pick this up at KH, it was on sale!!! One hank of Interlacements Montana:

(click on pics for larger image)

Best of all though Dolman is done and ready to be blocked and seamed! Yippeee!!! I can’t wait to finish and start wearing it this fall.

And to celebrate this effort I’ve started my next lace project: Paisley Lace Shawl from Interweave Knits Spring 05. I’m using JaggerSpun Zephyr in Cinnabar aka dental floss according to Phyl-Phyl. This stuff is dreamy! Light and very soft.

Now for some color inspiration…my garden

Have a good weekend all!
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