Frivolous

I got started on Frivol last night, and by this morning, I was stumped. I couldn't figure out the "pick up wrapped stitch" bit; I kept ending up with an extra stitch. So, I emailed Debi, the author. And, because she's amazing, she replied in less than 15 minutes! Awesome! Here's what I've gotten done so far, mostly during breaks from putting away Christmas decorations.



For some reason the colours look less intense here than in the pictures I took last night. Still getting comfortable with my new camera. I'm hoping to finish before the week is out - January and February are our coldest months, here.

Stash Enhancement!

I'm in the middle of moving from Montreal back home to Ottawa, which here means that 90% of my stuff is still in Montreal, and I have just the bare necessities here: some clothes, toiletries, some waaaay backstash yarn (like, that I bought before moving to Montreal 6 years ago), and my "spare" needles. I have a pretty inclusive set in Montreal, so what I have here consists of doubles and mismatches. All my Christmas knitting is done. There's only so much a girl can do with 8 balls of bulky, navy blue, acrylic yarn.

Stash enhancement was in order! My mom and I went to the Ottawa Yarn Forward and came out some 45 minutes later with...



The Lang was on sale. And I had no stashed sock yarn. Well... only two balls, and that's practically none! The Arequipa was pretty! And soft! And pretty!

And the Fleece Artist. Oh dear. I wanted to knit a Frivol. Ever since seeing Pam's, I've been itching to cast on. Except there was the whole not-having-any-yarn bit. So I scoured Yarn Forward for the perfect yarn. I held skein after skein against my tweedy grey coat. And then the Fleece Artist called to me. "Look at me, Erin. Aren't I just the perfect colour to match that coat? Come feel me." That Fleece Artist is one smooth operator. He put a dent in my pocket and made me wrestle him for nearly an hour, but we now have ball! Two luscious, fuschia balls of ready-for-the-knitting yarn.



Oh yeah.