Taking the San Diego Spring with me
JimmyBeans Wool seems to have a special understanding with the powers that be at Lorna’s Laces, and for the last few months, Lorna’s Laces creates a special colourway for JimmyBeans alone. I’ve never knit with Lorna’s Laces before but I’ve admired their colours from afar. When I saw the April 2008 colours, I decided this was going to be my first Lorna’s Laces project with Clapotis. Yes, I actually had a project in mind when I bought the yarn, which doesn’t happen often. I only bought 2 skeins, since I’m on a yarn budget, and hopefully it should be enough for a nice Spring Clapotis. These April colours remind me a bit of Matisse and of Spring here in San Diego. And if things go as planned, my last Spring here. So I’m knitting a warm Clapotis to heat up my cold days in Seattle.
I took a picture of the Clapotis but the colours in the picture are not the true colours of the skeins.
The blues are not so green, and the green is a lot lighter… I hate to say it but in the picture it looks pretty ugly!
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I rushed down from Ensenada this Thrusday- braved a new path to the border since for some strange reason, the police had closed off the normal route- and then gulped down a cup of tea (of course), so I could make it to the first Ravelry event in San Diego… the Bobmas Eve celebration. It was being held at my local yarn shop, The Grove at Juniper and 30th (yes, the address is also it’s name). It had to be very hot in San Diego, so Natasha couldn’t wear her cute hoodie or 3/4 sleeve jacket- and I couldn’t wear my pride and joy, The CHP. Still, I took it with me… it might get nippy in the evening!
I’m very glad I went. I got to meet lots of other knitters from all ages and interests. We chatted, enjoyed yummy cupcakes provided by one of the knitters, and of course, coveted all sorts of yarns and projects. The perfect closing to the evening was the yarn swap. We had been asked to bring a ball of yarn and swap for another one- all were supposed to be wrapped up with only the yarn contents in a tag. Some of the wrappings were so beautiful it really spoke of the time people took to choose the right yarn and to make it look as desirable as possible. I picked the one that looked like an adorable Christmas pillow. Inside was a yarn that I’ve never seen or heard of before - Marr Haven - made in Michigan. mule spun… the most wonderful mix of tweedy grey and a bit of brown- It looks rugged but feels soft. i can’t wait to knit something with this lovely gift!
Throughout the evening I kept trying to work on the spring clapotis or start on an entrelac scarf, but I finally just put them both aside and helped a new friend to crochet.
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