ARGH!

I had a really long post yesterday and it seems that blogger ate it! Darn it! Well, in the post I mentioned that I got my order from One Fine Yarn - yeah! One of the items was this very lovely Nepali Recycled Silk, I was a bit surprised by it, because I think I was thinking that it would have a colorway similar to a Noro yarn. But the variation is much more irratic, which is fine, except that I wanted to make a MultiDirectional Scarf with it and this yarn and this pattern just don't mix. I did about 90% of it and when I realized that I musta drop a stitch or two (tho' honestly, I don't think anyone would have noticed) it did give me reason to frog the whole thing.

I also got a gorgous loopy mohair - yum! But having never worked with loopy mohair I was frustrated by the difficulty in knitting the actual stitch and not the loops. I had wanted to make a shawl with it, but instead I picked up some Encore in a lovely shade of lavendar and will carry the two strands together. I really like the effect on the swatch I have done. This will be hopefully a raglan in the round.

Tonight I have tried casting on for Sean's Raglan in the Round in GREEN this time. I don't know if I have the stitches correct, each time I tried to figure them out, they just didn't seem to come out correct. Has anyone done this pattern and could help me?

I also had gotten some light worsted (maybe it is even DK) weight burgundy yarn that I really wanted to make for a sweater for myself. The problem, I have 1100 yards and it is only sold by the 10 ball bags. The solution, ChicKnits new pattern! I'm loving it - just exactly what I wanted! Love you Bonne Marie!

Perhaps tomorrow I can get some pics up!