Yarn binge-ette while on vacation.

I wasn't able to resist the call of the fiber while I was in Conn. this week on vacation from my beloved Jersey. I visited The Knitting Niche in Greenwich, and Mystic River Yarns in Mystic. They were both a bit smaller than my fav Jersey store, Stix-n-Stitches, but the people were very nice in both stores. That's a big thing with me. I don't look that "unusual" acording to societies standards, but I have gone into some stores in Jersey with mom and sis, Sis in her Christopher Lee t-shirt and I in my massive jeans and band shirt, and we've gotten a heavy duty cold shoulder.

At Mystic River I asked about regional yarn producers and picked up some Ellyn Cooper's Yarn Sonnets. The colorways were really beautiful and reminded me of Schaefer (but I still love Schaefer and Caron soft best:)
Just wanted to provide the links incase anyone is in that area and unaware of the stores. If anyone has a store they love in the Jersey/NYC area, let me know.

I did see some cute animals while on vacation. If anyone is interested in seeing these cutie pies here's the link. I'm an animal lover, what can I say:)

yarn goes punk... again.

here's how i spent this weekend... 370 yd skeins of sock yarn! whee!


"go mental" (neon orange, grape and lime)

and


"somebody like me" (neon pink, grape and lime)

p.s. 'go mental' and one other colour ('suzy is a headbanger') are available for sale in my blog.

intro-y post.

greetings to my fellow punk rock knitters! it's good to find you all out there. ms. pixie riot, reporting with a few things that i thought would be appropriate to this blog. :-) they're older finished objects, but ones that really just FIT here.

first up is tychus from knitty, with blanket stitch and mismatched embroidery additions:


second is the famous kittyville hat, again done in my favourite colour combination. the button, in case you're wondering, says "you laugh because i'm different. i laugh because you're ugly."


and my painfully easy five-minute punks just wanna have fun scarf. entirely random and badly knit on large needles - but on purpose, of course. :-P


lots more in my blog, including the very last of my first punk rock handpainted yarns, named (of course...?) after songs by the clash. i believe joe and mick would approve.

<3 ms. pixie riot

Knucks!

I finally got around to knitting up some Knucks for a friend of mine. The embroidery was a lot harder than to do than I thought it would be, but I think they turned out a-okay.

These were done in Rowan Felted Tweed - has anyone else used this yarn? I had some issues with it tearing on me. I didn't know if maybe I was just hard on it or if that was a common complaint.

More info on the bloggy.

A Spoonful of Fiber

I, like just about everyone else in blogland, am sick. My family is sick. Heather was home 3 days last week, man I thought I'd lose my mind. A little fiber to cheer us up? I don't know about you, but it always makes me feel better. This came in the mail for me today from my blogging buddy Ann-marie, she has an etsy shop too. There's some yarn there similar to the Suzanne that I might snatch up if nobody jumps on it. I'm thinking a Newsboy cap and some wristwarmers (or legwarmers?), probably striped with some solid Cascade 220. Hmm....

Next Up On The Knit List

I think I am sweatered out, at the moment. I just finished a large sweater project and need a break.

Next up on my knit list is the Irish Hiking Scarf in the pictured yarn that I purchased today. The yarn is Patons SWS. It's gorgeous yarn and it has a really nice feel to it. It's 70% wool and 30% soy. The color I chose was # 70013, Natural Earth. I was going to order it online, but I found it $2.00 cheaper at my local Michael's. Woo Hoo! I think 4 skeins will be enough to make the scarf.

Happy Weekend and Happy Knitting!

Hooray for Yarn!

Okay, I'm so in love with this yarn that I had to share. It's just so beautiful to me. Unfortunately, the colorway is discontinued. I can't make up my mind on what to do with it. Should I knit Monkey from Knitty? Or this pattern? Or maybe I should just sleep with it under my pillow....

Any Ideas?

Hey guys, I got a skein of Crystal Palace Taos in my Guest gift package from my Knitty Gritty taping, and I don't know what to do with it.

It's so freaking gorgeous, I don't want to do the wrong thing with it, ya know? I've thought of maybe wristwarmers or a hat, but maybe I can do better. Any ideas?

Thanks!

♥ : Kaity