Starting in on another clapotis, this time in vibrant fall colors. Tony approves.

Dreaming of the time vortex

With all the WIPs I have languishing from my travels this year, I think that January should be my month of project finishing.  But before I get started, I think a special vacation project is in order.  Behold the gorgeous yarn I got for Christmas (thanks dad!).  Dark blues, sapphires, aquamarines....perfect for that time vortex shawl that I've been dreaming of...

Get organized

This morning in a stroke of tidiness, I reorganized my yarn cubbies. I restacked the balls of yarn, but mostly I folded and organized the yet-to-be-unraveled thrift store sweaters.

Dot was very helpful in this process, supervising and occasionally pitching in to move the yarn...though mostly from the shelf onto the floor.

The sweaters had been stacked on the top of the left shelf, but my stacks had slowly turned into an unruly pile over the last few months.  With a bit of relocating, I was able to fit them all into the cubbies on the right.  Now I can actually see all my yarn, and it was quite the motivation to get ripping.  Perhaps if we lose power tomorrow I'll have an unraveling party.

Vacation thrifting

I went thrifting with sis while I was back in Ohio last month. We found not one...not two...not three...but FOUR cashmere sweaters. A pretty great find, especially for the middle of summer! They're all beautiful pastels.  I can't wait to unravel and knit up these beautiful yarns.