look what came in the mail yesterday...

My etsy yarn purchase from Larkspur Funny Farm!



YUM YUM gimme some!!

that is all for now

I love etsy

I did it. I bought more yarn.

I know.

I fell off the wagon.

BUT: I bought it on etsy. And let me show you why I looooove etsy. People like this exist on etsy:

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Sent by larkspurfunnyfarm on October 21, 2008:

Hi Stephanie

Thanks so much for the wonderful yarn purchase. Just wanted to let you know that I have pulled your order and they will be going out in the Tuesday Morning postal pickup. I hope you enjoy my alpaca boys - they make the most incredible fiber. If you have a chance I would love to see what you do with it but no pressure. Can not wait to see your shop goodies - I will heart you to get the ball rolling.

Stay well and again thank you for shopping Larkspur Funny Farm. I also sent you the refund on your shipping thru you paypal account.
Grace
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She researched me and saw that I'm planning on selling on etsy, and HEARTED MY SHOP!

The person who made this beautiful yarn hearted my shop!

That color is one of the colors I bought, by the way.

And I can't tell you the last time Herrshners wanted me to "stay well." Then again, I haven't bought from them, and they don't brag about their alpaca boys, and they don't even necessarily even SEE a fiber animal there.

Dude, I'm totally excited now. I bought enough yarn to make lots of little things, and put me over the "free shipping" minimum.

Don't you want to order a big helping of red velvet cake for yourself?

I see that you're affirmatively nodding, so click for red velvet cake!

Wooo! Now go there post haste!

first long knitted scarf

I've had this yarn since the spring, and i waited for it to tell me what to do with it. It was gorgeous and special and I didn't want to make it into something that was contrary to it's being :D

It wasn't a huge amount of yarn, so I decided something small, like a scarf or handwarmers would be best. Since I'm still working on the symmetry required for handwarmers and I was planning on going pattern free, the scarf idea won.

I didn't think a scarf knitted any other way than the long way would do the yarn justice. I casted on, did a few rows, and decided I wanted it longer, so I added some increases here and there. It ended up curling it. I suppose folks that have been knitting longer than I have already would know what would happen, but for me it was amazing to watch it take form. I knew that I was going to run out of yarn if I kept going, so I carefully added other yarns to the project. Because Spindelicious's yarn had so many beautiful colors together in chaotic beautiful harmony, it was easy to add in other yarns.

Hope you like it. It was a fun experiment. I've got complements both time I've worn it. If you want more how-to details, lemme know!