New Books and a WIP Confession

  I forgot to include the two books I picked up at Rhinebeck in my earlier post! These were on my mental shopping list and I am enjoying them immensely. Unexpected Cables is by Heather Zoppetti and impresses me more as I stop just flipping through the pages and really take a look at her designs. I’ve long been a fan of her work, and even shared a review of Everyday Lace, and I am happy I had the chance to tell her in person! The week before Rhinebeck I saw online that the new SpillyJane Knits Mittens book would be available and I couldn’t stop thinking about it. Mittens are not a project I make or use actually, I’m more of a fingerless mitts kind of gal, but I do admire her design work. Of course you can turn mittens into fingerless mitts quite easily, so I do expect this book will be a good resource.

 
And now, confession time. My last group of WIPs are still getting attention, but you wouldn’t know it to look at them. I started a new project last night… not in any of the new lovely yarn from Rhinebeck… I am knitting from stash. Deep stash.. in acrylic. Sigh. Acrylic often gets a bad wrap, and the particular acrylic I’m using, even more so. But you know what? This is totally a project perfect to use it on, and maybe make a dent in my stash of undocumented acrylic. I am holding three strands together and am working up the preschool sized Mermaid Blanket. It’s the sort of project that is scratching the itch of being somewhat mindless, I can pick it up and put it down – though, I started last night and keep wanting to pick it up today! There is a high probability that I could finish this today or tomorrow. Enough people keep sending me the links for these blankets and if it works out well on the small size (I think it will) I could see a few Christmas gifts being taken care of! Acrylic for kid stuff is often the way to go: affordable, tough, will last through pretty much everything, and easy to wash.