Yarn Binge

What a day! I went to work this morning decked in my Clapotis with a freshly cast on sock tucked away in my bag, not knowing that I would be spending any money today, much less money on yarn. But, there's always a but...I left work a little early today and headed over to my LYS just to look. I spent the last half hour at work browsing new patterns for ideas on projects to start. I liked the idea of the knit by numbers raglan article that was on knitty and I started to think about yarn I would like to use to try and knit me up a sweater by numbers.
Well, said LYS happened to be having a bit of a sale. And boy did I ever find a treasure! Tucked away behind the heaps of froufrou eyelash yarn and the drab grey cotton was a bag of...*drumroll* neatly wound (yes, it was even balled!) Rowan Magpie in this gorgeous deep red. Over 1200 yards of it for only $60. Wow! So I walked out of the store and didn't buy a thing, not one thing. I went and sat in my car, stared at my checkbook, did a little mental math, and called fiancee. I know why I'm marrying this guy, his advice: buy the yarn, what a deal, you'll regret it if you don't. Wow.
So I go back in the store, run over to the yarn (assuming of course that someone would have snapped it up as soon as I turned my back, luckily it was still there), and went straight to the counter and paid. I felt like an Atkinite buying pasta, ahhhhh, bliss!
I was quite pleased with myself, especially when the owner knowingly smiled at me and said, "Smart girl." That's always a good thing, right?
I promise I'll post pictures soon, both of my new lovely Magpie and of finished Clapotis, almost done Leo Back, and freshly cast on Jered socks.

Losing my voice....

Living with someone definitely has its perks. For instance, having someone to help with all the mundane chores, someone to make dinner (or go out and get you sushi when you're sick), and someone to keep warm with. It also has its drawbacks. Jered caught some nasty flu/cold bug at work and passed it on to me. It hasn't yet affected my nose (thank goodness, we're having our catering tasting today!) but my throat hurts like a bugger! I can hardly talk, but its been an excellent excuse to sit and knit away the day!

Yesterday we had our pre-marriage class that is mandated by the church. Most of it was interesting and helpful, but other parts of it made me feel like a Sinner with a capital "I." We apparently go to a pretty hellfire and brimstone church, which neither of us are liking too much. We just found this church and registered in the hopes of finding a priest to marry us in May, but every week the church gets a little more conservative. At least both Jered and I feel uncomfortable. It's hard to be a liberal catholic!

I finished knitting clapotis late Friday night and took it with to the marriage class yesterday where i diligently wove in all the ends and finished unraveling the dropped stitch ladders. What a pain!!! The yarn I used was a silk mohair wool blend and I practically had to break pieces of the fiber to get the dropped stitches to fall, it took forever. But now she is done and i love her! Like Froggy I was unsure how clapotis would wear, but it turns out that she is quite versatile! I'm going to go out and buy a pin/brooch to wear it in more formal settings. Its wears great as a wide scarf too. It was definitely worth the work! I may make another for my mom's birthday (but that's not until november, so i've got awhile!)

Leo is coming along very quickly now. I'm an inch from the armhole shaping, and I can knit it in my classes so I know Leo will be done by the wedding (which has been my goal). I got my yarn in the mail from Elann. I bought four skeins of sock yarn for two pair of socks (one for me, one for Jered), and of course the Peruvian Wool for Rogue. I've told Jered I won't start Rogue until I finish Leo, but its soooo hard! I love having tons of projects going so I can mix things up a little, but I am getting projects done much quicker this way. Has anyone else tried this? (only having one or two projects going at a time).

Well I should probably shower, maybe the steam will help my voice :)
I leave you with a picture of Jinx...(who has been fighting incessantly with Floyd all morning)