Let's try this again...

After a great start as world's most sporadic blog, I finally have something interesting to say. Went to the BMFA (Blue Moon Fiber Arts) stash sale this morning - it was so cool. Grab bags and mill ends and cones of yarn, oh my! I was on a path to spend about $400, but I managed to pare down and part with over half of it. The sock yarn has been entering the stash at a rate about 10,000% faster than it has been leaving lately, so I tried to be good.

John was sweet enough to come along as my personal photographer, so here are a couple of shots of the event and my loot.


I got: 1 skein Bambu, 1 STR medium, 5 STR light, and 1 non-superwash skein of STR light (for felting).

You might be thinking that doesn't seem like much, but check out my haul from Emily Parson's Etsy update on Monday:

That's 6 skeins of Sophie's Toes sock yarn and one "Magic Ball" for making a patchwork scarf.

But wait, that's not all... I had to get 2 of the new BMFA "Raven" series, too:

One each of Ravenscroft and Grawk in lightweight.

So you can see why I need to be on a yarn diet. We'll see how long I can hold out.

Hello, World!

Hi there... Don't know if anyone other than my sister will ever read this thing, but I finally decided it's time to jump on the blogwagon, if for no other reason than to keep track of the....um....rather *large* number of knitting projects I have on the needles. I'll try to get around to doing a photo shoot this weekend, but I can't guarantee that I won't pass out when I realize how many projects I've actually started.

In case anyone who doesn't already know me in the real world happens to stop by, I'll tell you a little bit about myself. I live in the 'burbs of Portland, Oregon, and I work at a "large computer manufacturing company" (that's the TV game show version). I'm married (15 years!) and live with my husband, John, 4 cats, and lots and lots of yarn.