Sensory Overload
You'd think, living in beautiful Los Angeles, I would be used to vivid colors, sunshine and gorgeous scenery. After our three-day visit to San Francisco, my visual senses are on overload! What a dazzling, vibrant City! If you check out my extra-long slide show on yesterday's post, you'll see what I mean.
Even though I visted two divine yarn shops, Artfibers and ImagiKnit, I only purchased a few skeins of yarn. I added to my Malabrigo collection at ImagiKnit; the colorway is called "Melilla". It reminds me of parrots. At Artfibers, I purchased some Valparaiso in a beautiful Baby Alpaca - Merino Wool blend, DK weight, shades of olive. I've already started knitting my sleeveless shell, designed by the wonderful Knitwear program at Artfibers. I'm using a basketweave stitch pattern to alleviate stockinette boredom. This will only add to my assortment of works in progress!
Labels: yarny stuff
3 Comments:
I love the yarns and colors! They are delicious! Can't wait to meet them in person.
Hey Ellen, Was also up in SF this weekend. Seeing your pictures, I'm surprised we didn't bumb into eachother! Got some great yarn for a skirt at ArtFibers. Went over to Lacis in Berkeley as well. Also found a great fabric store there, as well as a bead store.
Didn't get to the De Young this time since I was there Thanksgiving. So I missed the fashion exhibit, but at the time they had and incredible teapot and African Bead exhibit.
Luscious color on the Malabrigo, and the shell in the Valparaiso colorway is going to be fab! You can wear it with a lot of your sweaters, too--it will be a perfect layering piece!
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