Selfish Knitting!

Well, my very large paycheque came in, and I have all this spare time on my hands, which is a dangerous but delightful combination. My final yarn splurge of the summer:



That would be three skeins of Peer Gynt for a naughty nurse hat, two skeins of Nashua Handknits worsted, two skeins of Noro Kureyon in funky rainbow, one skein of Noro Kureyon Sock in green and gold, one skein of Cadenza sock, and one skein of Fleece Artist Trail Socks. The Trail Socks is, I think, my favourite. The colours are just amazing.



To continue the selfishness, I picked up two sets of Hiya Hiya DPNs in weetiny sock sizes, so I should be good throughout the school year. I know I can get DPNs that small at school, but not five needles in one set. And (drumroll please) a ballwinder! Whoo!



I didn't really see the point in one, until Jupe wound up a ball for me. The cakes are so squishy and round and pretty and it's so much fun to play with. I wound up a few random balls hanging around just for fun, and then another ball of my Mystik DK - because I'm done one of my Olympic gloves!




The thumb is shorter than it should be, but I used up the entire ball and didn't want to dip into another one for just a few rows of ribbing. It looks gorgeous, but as always the start and end are a little wonky. It took me a week to do one, so I should be able to squeak in under the finish line. I'll put in a few more hours daily though, just in case, because I want to get the manthong done by the end of the month as well. I have to start thinking about how to shlep my stash back to school, it's kind of growing wildly out of control.

Speaking of school, a rather exciting update! The Celtic Department is offering Welsh! Of course, this completely throws off my whole schedule, I register for courses, and I can't find the form that will tell me if I can fit Welsh into my degree pattern. Argh. Small departments that fail at paperwork cause me much pain.

Blogged with the Flock Browser