WEEK 38 & Photo Heavy

WARNING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  EXTREMELY PHOTO HEAVY!!!!!!!!!!  Which means there isn't as much to read.

Since the DFW Fiber Fest was cancelled, we were asked to please visit the vendors online and make purchases as if we were at the Fest.  No problem!  I sat down and studied each vendor so I could make the purchases that would make me all warm and fuzzy inside.  Here is what I have received so far.  (there are still two packages coming in on Monday)

From Leading Men Fiber I purchased Spring Thaw Diva yarn as well as the Boneset pattern to make this into.  My first ever speckled yarn.  While it is superwash wool, I am hoping it is soft enough not to cause me issues when I wear it.

From Forbidden Fiber is a lovely skein of sock yarn for the hubby in the colorway ButterBeer.  Yup, a Harry Potter themed wool for my honey.

From Black Wolf Fiber is a skein of 100% Alpaca sport weight in the colorway Peacock.  This will also be for me and probably a nice neck shawl.

From Fiber Lady is Mouscal Painted 70% bamboo/30% cotton in the colorway Twighlight.  Another shawl for me?  Probably.  I do wear them quite a bit here.

From Lazy Cat yarn Roadside Attraction is the colorway.  This was a special dye just for the Fiber Fest.  And look what else she sent with it.

A sweet kitty stitch marker and a card stock lazy cat that I will use as a bookmark.  How thoughtful of her.

From Black Cat Fibers is another sock yarn for the hubs in colorway Conchology.

From Brazen Stitchery comes this super soft Superwash Merino wool in colorway Harmony.  This will be the first time I will every do contrasting heels and toes.  Fingers crossed I don't mess it up too bad.

From Suburban Stitches I got this lovely Suri Silk in the colorway Ronschach.  This is also for me.  It is a lace weight.

The halo on this silk is absolutely yummy and so very soft to the touch.

This is from Sharpin Designs.  A magnetic Portuguese knitting pin.  The magnet on this is much more powerful than the ones I have made.  Looking forward to using it.

The way some of these skeins came packaged impressed me so much I took photos of that too.

Each order came with a hand written thank you note also.  Great business practice.

On a very sad note.  My LYS is closing.  I just heard about it yesterday morning and decided to break my self isolation and go and pay them a visit.  Everything in the store was 40% off.  How could I go wrong?  I found some treasures there too.

100% Lambswool sock yarn.  These are already set up to make socks and they will match without having to search for the right place to start on the skein.  I had seen this in a couple of the online places I ordered from.  What a wonderful idea.

Some more lace weight yarn.  This is all in an acrylic blend but has the look of mohair.

See the halo?  Can you see the bit of shiny thread in it?  I am excited to work with this yarn.  I bought two skeins of each color.  Yes, more shawls.

And the last photo is of Tie Dye sock yarn in wool, as well as some cable tools.  I am hoping the tools will be easier to work with than the metal ones I use now.  The metal ones slip out of my yarn very easily.  Hopefully the plastic will have a little more gripping power.

My yarn shopping is over for a while.  Like I said at the beginning I have two more orders coming in.  One is a project bag and the other is a pima cotton yarn.  I will post them on next weeks update.

Oh, did I say that was the last photo?  Silly me..............I have a partial FO!

Sock #1 is done.  I did not wait around but started sock #2 right away.

This should be completed by the middle of the week, if all goes according to plan.  This is all I worked on this week.  All other WIP's are sitting in the WIP basket taking a little nap.
Last night we did something I swore I would not do.  We went to our BFFs home for dinner.  While we were outside most of the time, I still was uncomfortable being out and about.  These friends think the virus warnings are being blown all out of proportion.  They even make fun of folks who are self isolating. Afterwards, I told hubby I just was not comfortable going out like this anymore until things started to calm down a bit.  Let them laugh at me!  The cases here in our county alone have more than doubled over a 24 hour period.  I have no desire to cause our healthcare system to become so overloaded with cases that they need to choose who gets treatment and who dies. 

Even when I have needed to run to the grocery store in the past week, I do not take a cart but take my shopping bags and put the groceries in them and carry those to the check out line.  I use hand sanitizer as soon as I leave the store and wash my hands as soon as I come in the house.  I never thought I would become this much of a germ-a-phobe. 

I hope and pray you are all staying well and are managing to self isolate as much as possible.  Thank goodness for fiber!

For all you in the UK & Ireland, I would like to wish you a lovely Mothering Sunday.  Enjoy it!

For those of you who love history, here is a link to a brief explanation to the origin of Mothering Sunday.  

Until Next Time.......................Happy Crafting!!!!!!