The daughter, Kelly and I went to Romni's Boxing Day sale yesterday. Yes, I should have stayed home then as well, but hindsight is blah, blah and the entire store was 25% off people! Though crowded, it was a civilized and festive event. Everyone was polite and just happy to be there. Much "Excuse me" and "Sorry, did you want past?" was heard. Don't you just love knitters?
I got a yellow Chibi with three small grafting needles. I discovered I needed small ones when knitting Barbie clothes for Christmas (pictures another day). I also bought a 3.5mm SRK Collection bamboo 80mm circular. Have you ever tried to knit pale blue, ultra fine yarn on pale grey aluminum needles? Those of you over forty will understand why a different colour needle was needed.
Now the yarn...picked up some more Confetti sock yarn for subway knitting. Not pictured is a skein of Berroco Ultra Alpaca (50%wool/50% alpaca) that is fast becoming the collar of my Tzarina. It matches almost perfectly the colours I was using and will be nice and soft around my neck. The daughter chose 2 skeins of Lambs Pride Superwash Bulky in Emerald City to make a purse from Knitgrrls and one of Liola Ornaghi in a garish colourway that she likes.
My "because I like it" choice was three skeins Artful Yarns Serenade a cotton/angora blend. It's incredibly soft and I was surprised at the colour blend. the strands are pink, lavender and tan - not my usual preferences - and colours that I never would have guessed could look so lovely together.
I'm also trying to join a new webring, partly to widen my bloggy circle, but mostly because I dig the Canadian Fibre Arts embroidered flag icon. I'm not sure if I filled in all the fields correctly as I haven't had confirmation yet. I'll wait another week and try again. Can you guys see the links on my sidebar?
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Romni was fun! After we parted ways I did some Queen St shopping, took myself for lunch at the Epicure, and then, SOMEHOW, ended up in Kensington at Lettuce Knit. No good happened there. I couldn't resist the Debbie Bliss Pure Cashmere! It was $5 cheaper per skein than Romni to start with and then 30% off! I can't wait to start my baby project.
PS. Yes, we can see the icon!
Score baby!!
hmm.....new blogger doesn't like me...my comment got erased...
but just wanted to say I was at Romni too! and it was an incredible rush...I talked myself into leaving without spending more than $100, took a lot of self will.
and the can fibre icon totally rocks!
oh and thanks for the tag, the meme is now on my pre-new years to-do list ;p
Looks like a very successful shopping trip indeed! Love those skeins of pink - they look so soft.
Great idea about the Ring - I just signed up too - thanks.
Also - the Chibi is so fantastic. I think of you everytime we use them - which is often,though you may not know that from the lack of FO's on my blog!
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