As I approach the finish line on maggie, my fingers are itching for a new project. Time to make the swatches! (Nevermind that the frankensweater and ava remain untouched and the tea set still needs a creamer), I'm moving on.

Habu cotton

Pearl Cotton for Hush

As you can see, I'm just starting to fiddle around with the yarns. I haven't had time to make "life-size" swatches yet or swatch my new Phil' Onde (which I'm really excited to try out!). Instead of knitting, I've been spending my time buying and wrapping birthday presents. Birthday pics tomorrow!

Have you seen the new Knitty?! I am so impressed with this issue. I'll admit that I was a little nervous about the 'sex and the knitty' idea at first, but in my opinion they really pulled it off. The issue is another amazing mix of beautiful, clever, and witty knits. I especially liked the sort of old era, vintage underthings interpretation of the theme that several designers took. Those designs in particular are just exquisite! I immediately fell in love with this one and ordered the yarn right away. And Halcyon, as usual, sent the yarn in record time. I love them!

all lined up and ready to go

As soon as I finish any of my current projects, I'll allow myself to start this one. Oh, and this one too...

toucha-toucha-toucha-touch me

While I was at my local yarn store, buying a few goodies for some friends, a little siren voice led me right over to this lovely. It's Daria multi, a nylon cord yarn by Noro. Aren't the colors amazing?! And it feels so fabulous. I'd been visiting and fondling the one skein at my LYS for a few weeks, telling myself that I couldn't do anything with just one skein. Well, I found two more skeins this time! My excuse no longer being valid, I had to get them. Just as I started thinking how silly I was to have splurged for the Daria and how my idea of making a crocheted bag out of it could be really stupid, I found this online. Oh yes, crochet happens!