Getting my mail recently has been like Christmas. I’ve received a number of really lovely skeins of yarn, and I just have to share. So…. starting with the package that arrived earlier this week:
This is two skeins of CashSilk Lace from Sweetgeorgia. Sweetgeorgia is located in Vancouver, BC and makes some really amazing yarn. In the picture is Boysenberry and Botanical. Of course I managed to forget to take a picture prior to winding one of the skeins…… but that only means that I’m eager to start. I have a few projects on the needles right now, but this one is right near the front of the line after I finish those.
My plan is to use all 400 yds of the Boysenberry for a lacy scarf. The Botanical might just be the perfect colour for a winter project I’m cooking up at the moment. We’ll see. I won’t wind that before September. Really. 
Slightly earlier, I received a package from Lisa Souza. It contained a few skeins of Sock! Merino – a light fingering weight yarn – in St. Valentine and Ice Ice Baby. The white yarn (Ice Ice) looks slightly blueish by itself, but when paired with the red yarn it looks like pure white. The two yarns are being used together in a double-knitting project. I’m actually almost done with it, although I won’t have any pictures to share for a little while, as it is slated for publication later. Suffice it to say that it’s a new type of garment to add to my designs, and that it is perfect for winter.
She also sent me this amazing Cashmere Silk Fingering weight yarn in Garnet. The picture doesn’t quite do the yarn justice – the colour was very hard to capture. But it’s a really deep, dark Garnet colour, and it’s amazingly soft. I have a new design ready to go for this one, and will be casting on as soon as the Sock! Merino project is done. This will turn into a lace stole.
Finally I received an amazing box of goodies from Bev of Land o Lace. Land o Lace specializes in yarn for lace knitters, and their colourways are designed specifically with lace projects in mind. This means no crazy variegation that might obscure the lace pattern. I don’t even know where to begin in describing the yarn she sent me so I think I’ll just go ahead and share some pictures. First up we have four skeins of ShaSha in Regal and Grant. This is a fingering weight merino yarn, in absolutely gorgeous colours.
Two skeins of LouLou – a delightful mix of alpaca, silk and cashmere in Royalton.
And 3 skeins of Krissy in Little Falls, Waconia and Bruno, as well as 2 skeins of Lady Katie in Jeffers and Andover.
This will keep me busy for quite some time. In fact – I’m so beside myself that I don’t even know where to start. They are all fabulous, and I sense a lot of Land o Lace projects coming my way. I’m working on a design for either Krissy or Lady Katie, and then we’ll see what comes after that. Fun, fun, fun.
