Busy, busy, busy…
Things have been busy around here at Chez CDS. Aside from getting some work done on the main website, I packed up and shipped off a swap package, worked on a new pattern design, and restarted some of my Christmas knitting.
Amidst all the hustle and bustle, my latest package from Knit Picks arrived. They were having a sale on their lace weight yarns, so I decided to grab two skeins of “last chance” Shimmer that I’d been eyeing for a while as well as two skeins of a lovely colorway of Gloss. I also picked up two more balls of the Delta blue Palette yarn (which was conveniently the same dye lot as my last order), plus color cards of the entire Palette lineup so that I could get a better idea of the true hues. I splurged a bit and also bought a set of the nickel-plated interchangeable Knit Picks Options needles. I haven’t had a chance to use them yet, but I’m impressed with them so far.
My husband has also been very busy lately, and churned out a number of project bags for me. I think my favorites are the lemon, the kitty, and the dog prints. He’s also made a number of extras that I will be putting up for sale very shortly.
I decided to hold off on my mother-in-law’s Clapotis this year. I’m not familiar with working with lace weight and I’m not sure I want to commit to working on something for a month that I might not be happy with and that she might not like. Instead, I went back to the original yarn that we had picked out for her (a beautiful colorway of Lana Grossa Cento) and I found a chevron pattern that displays the colors perfectly.
I have a ton of other projects I need to finish off or at least work on, but this scarf is my priority for the time being. I need to get it done and off the needles so I can start the next Christmas gift!
