busy busy busy busy.......and some yarn porn!

Yep, I have been super busy. Busy is not even the word for it. I am also surrounded by tons and tons of yarn. And fiber! The yarn has to all be photographed and then listed on the site and this is no easy task...! Plus I have company here from out of town this week and a lot of personal stuff going on. My poor little baby boy was at the vet this morning for a simple teeth cleaning. It turned out to be much worse and he had to have four extractions and now he is very miserable sitting at my feet with a bleeding mouth. There is not much I can do but comfort him and I have some anti-inflammatory medicine for him...the poor baby......
So I am sitting here posting and listing one yarn after another hoping I am not making some kind of mistake. And also thinking about all the things I want to knit, but can't, because I am sitting here posting and writing about yarns.

I am in love with this yarn we just got all the way from Australia. I met Michelle through her ETSY shop Wooldancer. Her yarn is so gorgeous and so soft and squishy, I don't have the right words for it. I learned this new word "scrummy" from someone in Wales recently though and that is exactly what this yarn is SCRUMMY. I am guessing that is a combo of scrumptous and yummy! See photos of the Wooldancer yarn below and it is also listed in our store now. I can't stop petting it and squishing it and staring at it...It is really gorgeous and I see a ton of yarn!! And the names she gives are too cool. This first one is called Sting of the Thai Orchid (what a great name!! And the second one is called Splash!! HAHA It does make me want to splash! If you like sock yarn or superwash fingering yarn period, you have to try one of these. You can tell the fiber is different from what we have here. It is made of pure 100% Australian superwash merino.



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I got off subject. Is that why I get so few comments on my blog? Rambling? OK back to yarn porn, the other thing I am listing on the site that is taking days and days are all the new Sheep Shop Yarn company colors. I am amazed how many colors the owner has added to this yarn line. It is AMAZING. We now will have every single color they have once I get them all listed!
I made this little photo montage so you could see some of the new ones. They are truly gorgeous!! I love this yarn!! And Sheep Three will be here soon....watch the other blog for that, the one planet one. Here is a montage of some of the colors, but there are so many more! OH gosh I have so much more to list, and I feel like I need a nap, BADLY!!



I am doing some knitting. I try to knit every day but lately it is like an instant sleeping pill. Sometimes I can't even finish a row and I fall asleep. I don't know if it is because of the boring garter stitch on the log cabin blanket I am trying to do or because all I can think about is how many yarns I have yet to list....maybe thinking about that is like counting sheep!
Did you see Wendy Bernard's new pattern Flair? I love it. So I cast on for it last night. Of course I had to use Lanas Puras Melosa and I was so excited she listed it as a yarn alternative. I am a green nut so my sister convinced me to use the Fern Green color and I have to say I absolutely love it. I love this yarn. I love knitting with a worsted single like this. The Sheep Shop One is the same way. For some reason, it adds a lot of character. I thought the Fern Green was a solid but really it has some slight color variation which I just love.......... Here is a peek.....

See the slight color variations? It is so pretty and soft and really enjoyable to knit with.... I am going to try to find some unusual buttons for the coat too..... It looks like a quick knit so if I can stay awake, I'll post my progress.....

Ahh, one more exciting thing. Do you get Interweave Knits magazine? When you get it, go peek at page 53! :)