Bonsai Tunic is on the needles!

I started it on July 25, 2007 at 11 pm after I put the boys down for bed. I decided to loosen up my left hand hold on the yarn and let it slip more and, ta-da!, gauge was spot-on with size 9's.

Lets see how many months it takes to finish!

fluffy mail

I received the bonsai today. One hank short. I don't know whether to start working a swatch or not because of the missing hank. The seller is on vacation until July 15th. I'm just hoping I can get the last hank out of the same dye lot as the first nine.

The yarn is heavenly. It is soft, shimmery, and looks like ribbon. I can't wait to see what it knits up like.

waiting, knit-along, and yet another new project

Waiting for my new yarn! David graciously approved a $55 purchase of Berroco Bonsai off ebay for my knit-along with Amy. I bought ten hanks of grey/silver (Shibui Clay). I found it for $4.50/hank and I feel pretty good about that. I'm thankful that the Yarn Shop vendor had 10 hanks from the same dye lot. score!



Here's what we're going to knit at the same time (called a knit-along)... fun, though I will probably need to find some shirts that I can wear this over. This will be my first lace attempt and also first garment for me... I bet gauge is going to kill me.

Yet another new project. Why are we always casting on before we finish stuff? I have more things on the needles than I can keep track of. I guess I love my Denise needles for that. So easy to off-and-on-again with my knitting projects. Yes, Amy, I decided to make that tote with the Caron Simply Soft $2/skein yarn but I'm changing the pattern a bit! I'm only planning on knitting the pattern 1.5 times instead of 2 times so it won't be as deep. I also altered the chart ... more on that later.



Pics of my Petunia Tote WIP (work in progress) to come below... just gotta eat dinner before I take out the camera and snap some.