The past week was a very expensive one for yarn. You see, on Tuesday one of my dearest friends went into early labor–three months early. The darlingest little twins ever were born that night, but at only a pound and a half each, they were far too tiny for the crib blankets I was already working on for them, so of course I had to go out and buy new yarn for softer, smaller blankets and hats.
$95 later, I stepped out of Unwind with four balls of RY Classic Yarns Cashsoft DK (10% cashmere!) in pinks and greens; four skeins of Cascade’s Luna in red, yellow, green and purple; three skeins of Tahki’s Cotton Classic in green, blue and aqua; and a new set of size six Clovers. Damn, but that adds up fast!
So far I’ve made two hats (one came out smaller than the other, despite casting on six extra stitches for it and following the row directions verbatim-wtf?), and half of a 15-in sq. blanket, all from the Cashsoft. I’d post pictures, but my batteries ran out as I was photographing them, so it’ll have to wait. I suspect I’ll be needing more Cashsoft to finish the blankets and to make a larger replacement hat. Figures, it being the most expensive of the three yarns.