Pretty Pictures. Few Words.

I’m busting out a quick Yarn Pr0n Friday entry before tackling my pillow for a few hours of sleep. Bloomin Yarns is having a Black Friday sale that starts at 6 am. Come visit. Bring Diet Dr. Pepper (or diet coke or diet pepsi. I’m not that picky at 6 am.)

This is my final shipment of the Fiber Baristas: Postcards from Home sock club. I enjoyed the club tremendously. The variety made it special. Nine dyers, two from outside the U.S. All different yarn weights, dying techniques and fiber types.

This final shipment is from Hoobody Fibers, (store link) which is in Huntsville, Ala.



To the Moon Colorway



100% Bluefaced Leicester



362 yards/4 oz/fingering weight



Great final shipment!

Sandy Beaches

It’s no secret that I’m a sucker for a good yarn club. Fiber Baristas was a bit of a tough call … it was a good chunk of cash, but I was sold both because Roxanne of Zen Yarn Garden and Catherine of Knitting Notions were involved and because it included nine unique independent dyers, so I’d get a wide variety of yarn.



This month’s offering was from PennyRose Yarns. Ruth lives in New Jersey and her favorite New Jersey expression is “down the shore” which means “going to the beach/shore.” She built her Postcards from Home yarn around this phrase.



The name of this colorway actually is “Down the Shore” and it’s in Ruth’s Shelley base, which is 4 oz/400 yards of 100% superwash merino. Her etsy shop is closed right now, but I’m certain it will be stocked with awesome stuff when she returns from vacation

Ruth was also kind enough to offer all of the clubbers free access to one of her paid patterns. I chose the Diamonds Modular Scarf (both Ravelry links) and I’m sure I’ll have fun with it sooner rather than later.



I’m off to the Lake for the Big Family Party on Saturday, then a week’s vacation with The Hubster. We’ll see what kind of trouble I can scare up while I’m in New York State!