I had a lovely visit to Turtlepurl‘s studio last week. As it turns out, she is located in the Ottawa area – just across the river, on the Quebec side. It’s a little less than one hour’s drive from my house, assuming you don’t go during rush hour.
Turtlepurl showed me around, and we had a wonderful time looking at all her amazing yarns and thinking up projects for them. My hands down favourite was the Satin Toes. It’s a fingering weight merino/tencel blend. The tencel makes it so shiny – similar to a silk blend – and also very strong. She has lots of different colours, and it was very hard to choose, but I ended up with two skeins of this silver gray colour. This yarn will be perfect for one of my upcoming lace shawls.
I also managed to get two skeins of Pillow Talk – a light fingering MCN in “Love Me” which I am planning to use for a sweater for my daughter. I think the colour will suit her perfectly. I actually have a great idea already for what to knit her, but with the heatwave we’ve been having recently (+30C and clear blue skies) I don’t think there’s any rush. She won’t be able to wear it until the fall anyway.
Last, but certainly not least, I got a set of stitch-markers. These stitch-markers are really cool. They are called thick-and-thin stitch-markers, and have a small loop on one side and a large loop on the other side. The small side fits up to 3.5 mm needles, and the large side up to 8 mm needles. The loops are also soft, which I really like. It makes them so much easier to manage on the needles. They have already been put to good use on my latest project.
The stitch-markers are both beautiful and clever.