Yarn Along: UFOs

Right before we flew off to Chicago, I bound off my honey cowl.  That meant I was at a complete loss as to what to bring with me for the weekend.  I hemmed and hawed for a little while, then snatched up a couple of UFOs (Unfinished Objects) in desperation.

I spent most of the weekend working away on my Citron shawlette, but I brought a vanilla sock as backup.  They're both knit out of Malabrigo yarn.  Incidentally, I just listened to an episode of the Savvy Girls Podcast that contains an interview with one of the founders of the company and a description of their warehouse in Uruguay.  It was so much fun to knit away with these beautifully saturated colors while learning more about how they came into being.

Last night I dug out another UFO--the second legwarmer based on the Spring Socks pattern.  I'd forgotten how addictive stripes are, especially when using Noro.  There's Lucy's hand, reaching over to steal my yarn.  She carries around her Pascha basket all day long, and scavenges for interesting objects, mostly little leftover balls of yarn.

I've been devouring my new book, The Knitter's Book of Wool, by Clara Parkes, which Pete and Lucy picked out for me in Loopy Yarns in Chicago as a Mother's Day gift.  It's the perfect resource for fleece-buying research.  I've started marking different breeds with post-its in preparation for the CNY Fiber Festival, which is coming up in June.  Officially the biggest fiber nerd out there...