New Projects! AND New Yarn!

Oh I'm so excited! I rode over to my hair appt. today. The weather is just wonderful and there were so many bikes out on the rode. Everyone riding with huge smiles and waving casually. Its days like this that I just love to be out on the road.

Got my hair done. Lovely color, no cut. I'm letting it grow out (Carolyn just laughed and said, "You'll be back for the hair cut!" She knows me so well.) My hair is really getting scary. Every time its time for coloring I see more and more gray. Carolyn tells me that I'm about 75% gray on top and about 50% in the back until you get half way down my head and then there is no gray at all. I'm debating going "a la natural". What do you think?
Anyway... On my way home I went by Hobby Lobby to see if they had any wonderful yarn. OH MY GOSH! They have gone green there also. There were yarns with the Bamboo mix and everything in between. I decided on a beautiful 100% cotton by Bernat. The color is a natural or off white. These little blankets are going to be just precious. I already know how I'm going to wrap them for the display to the new mom. (Though I'm going to need some help after they are shipped. More about that in another post)

When am I going to learn that I can't go in a yarn store without getting more than I went in for. Another lady and I were just having way to much fun. She complained, I complained....back and forth we went about never leaving with just what we came for. So in my search for a comfortable, lush yarn for these new blankets I happened across another wonderful cotton yarn with free patterns on the side for a string bag. Like you use to go shopping, instead of using paper or plastic. I just about had a fit right there in the store. I've been wanting to get some of these bags, but all the stores want $8 - $10 a piece of these. So I found the yarn for $1.69 a skein and the pattern calls for 3 skeins. So I get the fun of making them and for a little less money.

Lastly this is the sweater I have started for myself about 3 days ago. I'm actually going to make 2 of them just in different colors. The other yarn is on order right now and I expect it towards the middle to end of October. A beautiful dark brown.