Official Yarn Collector

I thought I might be a "Yarn Collector" for the last few months since I had a few skeins of yarn, but now I feel I'm starting to cross over to the real deal since this is what arrived in the mail.

Of course, this photo doesn't include the yarn I bought from WEBS for DH's Christmas present. Just picture 10 more skeins of wool/alpaca yarn.

So here's the details:

• KnitPicks Merino Style in Nutmeg. This is intended for the Forbes Forest Scarf in Scarf Style from Interweave Press. I was inspired to knit this after seeing the completed scarf on BrooklynTweed's blog. GORGEOUS!

• KnitPicks Wool of the Andes (3) Black Cherry Heather; (3) Coal; (2) Mist. These skeins are intended for Stitch Diva's Curiously Clever Clogs. Yes, I finally decided & purchased the $7 pattern. It looks like an interesting pattern all knit in one piece with some type of "attach-as-you-go" method. I'm undecided if I'll add beads to these.

I'm doing almost everything in my power not to cast-on for either of these projects until I finish at least one of the projects on my sidebar. I think I have a condition called "finish-itis"! Maybe I should purchase a lock box for my stash yarn & only give DH the key. Then again, I'd probably tear up the house looking for the key while he was sleeping, so that would defeat that purpose wouldn't it?


My baby sister (who I helped teach knit via phone/internet only), found a cute mini mitten pattern & wondered if she'd be able to knit them. She wants a Christmas tree with different colored hand-knit mittens all over it for the main decoration. I decided to knit it up really quick last night & they are really just too small unless the tree is only 3' tall. They'd be great gift decorations, pencil toppers, or pinky finger warmers though.