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Yesterday I took Ruth into town – she’d turned down the chance to go swimming, but agreed to get on a bus with me. So we spent an H&M voucher and bought her new socks, then we went to Robert Sayle (our John Lewis) and bought 1 ball of red Cygnet 100% merino new wool Superwash, and 1 ball of green and made

– one tomato beanie to add to the collection for that Yarn Harlot explains so much more eloquently than I could. Since this is a wool hat, I’ll be sending it off the second address she gave in Massachusetts. (My grasp of American geography is not as strong as it could be, but I’m guessing that Massachusetts mothers are more likely to appreciate woollen hats than Californian ones.) The pattern is (more or less) this one (DK rather than Aran, so more stitches). I was a little concerned about the fit, but it’s too small for Ruth:

and too big for her doll Tilly:

so I reckon it should fit a newborn fairly well.

All very virtuous, and I refused to feel guilty that I wasn’t knitting Annie’s shrug yesterday evening. (It’s growing, it’s growing… )

After all, I have finished the other Annie’s birthday socks:

(Alpaca-merino blend, bought from the Natural Dye Studio – she recommended this exact eBay shop to me just the other day – little realising that the cushion behind her head was hiding her socks made in their very yarn!)

so does that mean that it’s OK that I succumbed to the sale bin in Robert Sayle? I did manage to leave the Debbie Bliss Alpaca Silk (the texture was to die for, but the colour really wasn’t), but somehow I found myself giving a home to 10 25g balls of Rowan Yorkshire Tweed:

for just £13.50. After all, I’m determined to make myself wear warm browns more (they suit me, but I still end up buying greys and blues and lilacs, which really don’t.) And this should be plenty to make what I would call a tank top, but I think would be called a vest in the US.

four comments:

Those pics of Ruth are unfeasibly cute!

pax et bonum

John () (link) - 07 July '06 - 17:12

Do you think I can sneak up there to buy yarn and somehow mail it to Toronto without the hub catching on? Love that Yorkshire Tweed, at half price!

Mary de B () (link) - 07 July '06 - 19:17

That Rowan Tweed is gorgeous, but then again, I love browns.

Cute socks & hat! Probably the Massachusette’s weather is better for a wool hat, but California has all climates because of the mountain range & the desert, so it would depend on where you were in California. (There! More than you ever cared about California climate.)

Carrie K () (link) - 07 July '06 - 21:06

Ooh yummy yarn and superb price too! I think the hat is gorgeous and will be appreciated wherever it ends up!

Daisy () (link) - 07 July '06 - 23:48

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