Side Trip to Lansing
One of the very nice side effects of Rob and Matt moving to Lansing is that it is not so hard to pay them a visit whenever I am in Ann Arbor. Last Friday afternoon, my Mom played hookie from work and while my Dad and John trolled electronics stores, Mom and I paid a visit to the new ThreadBear location. The store is really looking great and there's almost too much yarn to really take it all in.
While I was there, I got to model one of their most recent Dale sweater arrivals:
That sweater is in one of the new Dale books (don't ask me which one). It's almost enough to make a girl want to get serious about doing some two color knitting. I even liked the scary little flowery hat.
While I did do some stash enhancing, I think I was actually pretty good. I came there wanting to find yarn for Rogue (I've decided the All Seasons Cotton is just going to be too heavy), socks in U of M colors for my Dad, and a couple of scarves worth of yarn for myself. And I pretty much kept to my list.
The Bartlett yarn is a wonderful purply-blue heather with flecks of pink that I hope will make up a beautiful Rogue. Not only is this yarn lovely and wonderful, but it's very affordable, too! A whole hooded sweatshirt for less than $40! The Diadomina hopped into my basket, inspired by Julie's version of Karen Baumer's scarf.
For anyone from Ann Arbor, I don't need to even explain the reason why my Dad, the U of M College of Engineering Alum needs a pair of maize and blue striped socks (I never went to a Division 1 football powerhouse school, so I still consider Michigan to be my alma mater when it comes to watching college football -- Go Blue!). And the Lion and Lamb? Well, in the interests of full disclosure, I have to admit that there is actually one more skein -- I just couldn't keep my hands off the stuff (it's a wool/silk blend and I am a complete sucker for silk yarns) and got Clapotis started on Saturday night.
All in all, I think I was pretty good. But I really am going to have to get serious about knitting some of the yarn I've been stashing lately. Good thing it looks like Butterfly is going to be a relatively fast knit!
Souvenier yarn doesn't count.
Exactly what Claudia said !
It's all gorgeous.The colours are lovely.Also wanted to say how beautiful your butterfly looks and every time i see it I wonder how soon it'll be before we see you modelling it ! What is it about Noro yarns that makes them knit up so fast ? Probably the fun of seeing the colours unfold.
i think it's about time you tackled some two colour knitting. ;-]
I've looked all over for UMich colored sock yarn. I didn't think Lorna's produced any. I made some (requested) Michigan potholders for my boyfriend's fam and was looking for Christmas ideas. Is the color really 'UMich'?
Claudia -- ooh! I like that idea -- sort of like broken cookies having no calories!
Emma -- yep, there's something magic in Noro. I'm working on one of the fronts now and it's just zipping along. I find the same thing happens with self-patterning sock yarns!
Lauren -- I don't know if anyone besides Rob and Matt carries the UMich colorway. According to Rob, they had the college colorways special ordered from Beth Casey at Lorna's. I'd recommend calling the ThreadBear guys if you're really interested.
Is that Bartlett yarn their Fisherman yarn 2 ply? How soft is it? (for those of us who itch with some wool yarns)
I just might have to get U of M sock yarn for my grandpa!
Thanks
oooh, the Lion and Lamb is gorgeous.
Might I ask - how was threadbears supply of Koigu? (We're planning a trip there this weekend, and I hoped to pick some up)
That Dale sweater does look lovely on you...even if you didn't knit it. I would love to go to Threadbear. Lucky!
Butterfly looks great! Beautiful colors!
Sweets, you look mahvelous in your new Norgi getup. (from Dalegarn 138, available here...of course).
As for the MSU and UMich and CMU sock yarns, they are TB exclusives and labeled as above.
Go Blue! Actually I'm not a football fan, but I like the Alumni coming back bringing their donations... it's much nicer being at a well funded university. I started Butterfly on Monday! Got about 30 cm up the front and decided I didn't like how slowly it was striping so frogged, and am now knitting the fronts and back together (I'll split at the armholes). Which size did you choose? It seemed like they were sized large (I'm knitting small + a bit, but I'm not a small person)