My knitting reference library doubled yesterday with the addition of four new books from various family members, each dedicated to different aspects of fitted knits. In other words, knitwear items that are well beyond scarves and woolen socks. Woohoo! AND, Mym has promised to buy me some good yarn once I stop drooling and pick something already. I was going to go with a luxurious silk until I got to the section in Vogue Knitting that explained how it’s made. I was so shocked that I had to Google it before I’d believe it. So now I’m not sure what I’ll end up with. Fortunately, I have plenty to keep me busy until then.

Look out, stash. I’m comin’ fer ya’.

Mym has been harassing me for weeks now about what I want for Christmas. I kept telling him nothing and, contrary to what most people would assume about such a statement, I truly meant it. I don’t need anything, except perhaps less debt, and the last thing I want to deal with is more “stuff” just because somebody couldn’t NOT get me a gift. I would have asked for yarn, but I still have so much stash to burn through that it would have felt greedy. One of the things I’ve been working on this year is actually using the cool craft supplies I’ve been collecting for so many years instead of pulling them out of the craft cabinet every so often to whisper sweet nothings at them and then lovingly returning them to their velvet cushions. I’m proud to say that I’m making definite progress. Ravelry has been a huge help in that arena by locating the perfect patterns to handle specific yarns in my stash, sometimes even embellished with other crafty bits. Woohoo! Only once it all fits inside the craft cabinet again with some decent elbow room will I begin looking for new yarn. Yarn that I could make a silky sweater from. Or maybe a cabled shawl.

Of course, all this activity doesn’t help Mym in the short term. Luckily for him, I stumbled on this about an hour ago. That’ll do nicely, love. kkthx!