6.11.2006

i went to knitting etc. yesterday. i'd planned on getting a gift for someone and enough yarn to make these gloves for myself. unfortunately, i stumbled upon a big sale. fortunately, it was mostly on novelty and ribbon yarns, which i (luckily) have no use for at the moment.

i ended up getting two skeins of super-soft alpaca in a pale green color (regular price) for the gloves and 2 skeins of sock wool in a darkish cream color (on sale!) in case i want to make another pair of the gloves. i did a test swatch, and decided to use two strands of the laceweight yarn and size 1 needles, so i'm probably going to grab another skein of the alpaca. i don't really think i'll run out, but i'm sort of paranoid about that sort of thing.

so, i'm planning on running back to the yarn store for another skein of that yarn, some size 1 dpns, and the gift that i waffled on while i was there. i'll probably go on tuesday. woo hoo!