GO!

Casted on my first Clapotis on Sunday. Knit on it as much as I could on Sunday, a little on Monday and not a bit today. :( I'm on the 4th-ish set of increases on section 2. I'm REALLY enjoying this pattern... and REALLY REALLY enjoying my yarn choice. My needles suck... I'm using an old pair of #9 metal circs... the cable is all bent, and it is making it hard for me to work. Plus the yarn is slippery and metal is probably not the best choice. Good thing I ordered the new Knit Picks Options Harmony Wood Interchangeable needle set today. Man are they beautiful needles, and I can't wait to try them. They won't be here for awhile, but still... can't wait.

I had a bit of a shopping slip up these past few days. Last Thursday I ordered from The Loopy Ewe. I ordered 3 balls of Crystal Palace CP5 in the Green Canopy colorway. THEN yesterday there was a sneak up at TLE, so I placed another order. I scored Yarntini (lime twist) Yarn Pirate (lemonade stand) and some cute little knit labels. So... if I am keeping correct count, I just placed my 6th order which means I'm now a loopy groopie. DYING to get my shipments!The Thurs. order shipped on Monday and Yesterday's order shipped today. WOO HOO....... If that was not enough, I placed a big ol' order with Patternworks today too. I went HOG WILD. I got the Bloom Bracelet kit in natural, Inca Marl yarn (alpaca--on sale) in the jaspe colorway, Farmhouse silk blend in sedona colorway, my first Malabrigo in Emerald , Aloo yarn, Royal Llama silk in emerald, and this cute trinket bag kit (on sale) in gloxinia colorway. This was just the yarn... I also got a couple accessory type things too. THEN as listed above I got the needle kit from Knit Picks, and I threw in 2 skeins of Panache (on sale) in the dusk colorway for good measure... this yarn is alpaca, cashmere, silk and merino.... how could I not buy it???? Plus there was a FREE pattern especially for this yarn right on the knit picks website!

So.... Yikes.. that is all for me now. Once I get to the part in the Clappy when I can drop stitches, I'll post a pic. Happy day all! :)