New Yarns!

So, I haven't finished any of the sweaters I started in July. It just got too hot, and I went back to work early in August. I found that I hadn't recovered from my hospitilization as I thought. The first day back, I had to move all the student desks (2-person desks) to get them set for the start of school, and I was breathless after moving 18 of them around.

At any rate, working in my classroom sort of wore me out, and the heat didn't inspire me to knit at all.

I ordered some new yarn from Elann (I love that site!) and it got here Friday. It's all gorgeous! I got a sweater's worth of Steinbach Wolle Inka in Orchid Pink for a Ballyvaughan Pullover, 3 colors of Plymouth Yarn's Nazca Wind, 5 of Plum Tart (deep plum), and 2 each of Shale and Night Sky. I'm thinking cowls for those last two. I got 1 each of 3 colors of Elann's Silken Kydd: Forest Mist, Clove, and Raisin. I'm going to do a Pretty Thing cowl (YarnHarlot pattern)for my sister-in-law, and I'm either going to do it in the Silken Kydd Clove, or in the Baby Cashmere in Tapestry Blue, that I also got. Along with 2 other colors of it: Mulled Grape and Deepest Black. I'm sort of leaning toward the cashmere, because it is so incredibly soft, but I also love the Silken Kydd. Maybe I'll do two for her (and some for me, too!) Neither of us wear scarves, but cowls, even though they're really just scarves sewn together, seem to work for us.

It's still incredibly hot here. Right now, at 7:45, it's still 79 degrees outside, which means it's closer to 85 in here. Makes it hard to grab a bunch of yarn and sit with it in your lap or next to you. But, then, her birthday isn't until Dec. 10th, and then there's Christmas after that, so I've got time. I also need to buy some circular needles, since I don't have the size needed for the pattern.

So, that's what's up with me. Hope everyone is doing well, and knitting up a storm for those of you in the parts of the US that are welcoming Fall weather right now.