FINALLY

How long have I been blogging? I know this was one of my very first posts waaaaay back when... I'm finally, finally making my sweater...



This is the Bombshell Sweater from Big Girl Knits.

It's taken me this many years to finally cast on this sucker. Don't get me wrong, I love this design and it's knit from the top down so you can try it on and adjust it as you go along. I just couldn't find the perfect yarn...

I was searching and searching for something that I could wear year-round that wasn't going to be hot, wasn't going to grow from 2 feet long to 20 feet long (et-tu 100% cotton?) and something that wouldn't pill like hell.

In my searching it was difficult.. really, really difficult. I'd read reviews on yarn and either it was too thick, too warm, too this, too that.

So finally on Saturday, armed with a $30 discount card, I put my hand over my eyes, spun around really fast, knocked over the poor girl in the shop and stopped dizzy, ready to throw up and pointing at this.

Ok I'm kidding about the spinning and knocking over... but I did have the $30 off card (yippee!). I found some Tahki yarn (that sounds so funny... like tacky, ugly) in Torino... I picked color 130 Pastel Pink. I love this color! They had a red but it's a very purply red (I think it was #125 Crimson). I like true red, so I couldn't go with that one.

This stuff is so light and fluffy, like holding a freakin' cloud in your hands... Even though it's 100% Merino it's so spongy and light I don't think it's going to be hideously warm so I can get away with it when the weather gets a bit warmer.

Speaking of weather, they said on the news this morning that we've had 19 straight days of May-gray and June-gloom. Those are the fancy meteorological terms they use here in Los Angeles... Essentially the ocean washes in cold air and heavy clouds (the marine-layer) so most of the day is pretty murky and a little nippy. It usually burns off by about 3pm, but makes for a slow-going morning... It's so relaxing... I just want to knit...