Taking the Plunge

I did it! Finally!

I've purchased lace weight yarn. Specifically a rainbow sampler of Gloss from Knit Picks. Truly a rainbow with all six colors represented. For months, perhaps a year isn't it Mom?, I've been toying with knitting a Pi shawl.

My intrest grew when I listened to Kelley Petkun talk about Pi shawls years ago on her Knit Picks Podcasts. I've done some research and looked at Pi shawls online...amazing lace creations. I have no inflated inspiration to do anything but a basic Elizabeth Zimmerman Pi shawl. Such a simple pattern is ideally suited to colorful yarn. There is nothing special about the stitching as it's a very simple lace made of knit stitches and yarn overs, knit in the round. It will start with an Emily Ocker special cast on.

I've also ordered a yarn swift. I've been drooling over these handy devices for a few years too as they are pretty handy for winding hanks into usuable balls. Knit Picks just so happens to have swifts on a reduced price for one week only. So, I had to, right, a gift from the knitting gods, right?

All of this after reading the Yarn Harlot last night and her futile attempts to manage her stash and resolve to finish projects before starting anything new. I was resolved this morning to blog all about how bored I get with my current projects and how I'm afflicted with 'startitis' as the YH is every spring. It was perhaps an ambitious, but weak willed attempt to have some control in my life??

At any rate, that all went out the window when I opened an email from Knit Picks.

I'm sure that Bonnie and Clyde will be as delighted with the swift as I.

On to morning knitting and coffee....