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Will someone please remind me that even though WEBS has some fantastic closeouts/sale items right now, I do not need to spend $50 on yarn this week? Even though the Plymouth Encore* I want to make an Alisha Spawn baby blanket is on sale for $3.79 a ball? And I found a substitution for Maggie (double stranded Rowan Kidsilk Haze=expensive)! A single strand of a worsted weight kid mohair blend at $4.29 a ball (and single stranded=only 1/2 as much yarn needed!). But $50 bucks is $50 bucks. I really shouldn't make myself choose between yarn and food on the table.
In other knitting news, I started my hot pink lacy curtains this weekend. Lace knitting is sure a pain in the hindquarters! The tiny fragile yarn on relatively giant needles really doesn't lend itself to looking away from the needles for even an instant. I could get a serious crick in my neck! So I am working a couple rows of the lace pattern and then breaking with some little Mason-Dixon kitchen cotton side projects. The burp cloth pattern doubled(ish) makes a very nice kitchen towel!
*I could make this with some TLC/Red Heart/something from Joann's cheapie-do, but the Encore is so soft! And even after multiple trips though the washer it holds stitch definition and color and doesn't get all pilly! Babies are rough on stuff. I'd like it to last at least a few months!
