because I can!
Or that's what I like to tell myself, because I can, I did! Well I figured ya know I finished the whole back of that baby cardi and after 4 months of no knitting and no yarn puchases it would be alright if I enhcanced my stash a bit, with a focus on baby knits of course.
I got a cute Lantern Moon bag in a pretty greenish color that actually matches my purse so I can stick my knits in my purse and not have it get tangled with my keys.
Starting from the left; I got what I thought was italian yarn and maybe it is but apparently Plymouth sells it, the label tricked me! Filati Bertagna - Torrione which is a 100% cotton ribbon yarn. The colors caught my eye and it's fiber content made me think of baby knits. I got 2 balls to experiment with and I thought it would make a cute baby hat. I really like the tank in that link, except for the "artsy holes". It's I think in the same color yarn I purchased. I believe it's a new spring yarn and it's really soft! I'm not a ribbon yarn fan but I really liked it.
The large amount of pretty pale teal is more "Oh My!" (Plymouth) so I can make another hooded cardi.
Last but not least is "Tofutsies" yarn made from superwash merino, soysilk and get this, chitin (something to do with crab shells). Wacky! It's very soft and comes in neat colors. I was thinking the EZ baby suprise jacket might work in this yarn, if not some sort of baby sweater would be cute, and if there is enough yarn maybe a matching hat and tiny socks.
Comments
Amanda says;
I made some baby socks with this yarn for my friend who is about to have a little girl and they came out really pretty- considering they were my first socks. (The chitin mix in the fiber is supposed to make it naturally antibacterial or something.) She really liked them.
jenifleur says;
You're gonna need to knit that tofutsies sweater on size 0 or 1, that's just crazy! I'm knitting the bayerische socks with it. Someone wrote in on my blog and told me the chitin processing basically breaks down to being some kind of sugar protein that has very little effect on the yarn. Once I got past the first few rows of it being splitty, I do like the yarn. I might use that Oh My for my neice's little coat from Little Treasures.
I have the same Lantern Moon bag. I thought you weren't supposed to buy any more knitting stuff. You told me to remind you.