Let's Wrap Up the Weekend With Some Yarn Pr0n. . .

I received my shipment yesterday from Carodan Farms' Day after Thanksgiving sale:






The above are all Interlacements Toasty Toes in Colorway 402, Taiga.
I just noticed that each purchase is supposed to come with a free sock pattern, but I don't think I got it. Hmmm. . .



I also got some Opal Rainforest in the Fish colorway, and some Opal Crocodile in a black and white colorway.




I'm almost done with my mom's Odessa hat, and I'm going to have a boatload of yarn leftover. Maybe I'll try my hand (ha! get it?) at knitting gloves; I got some shorter dpns just for that purpose.

Here's the progress as of this morning:


I'm into the decrease rounds now, so I may be done by the end of the night. I'll need a new project for my SnB tomorrow.

Here's some pr0n of the yarn I'm making Odessa in:



I love yarn cakes:



At this point I need to ask if my niece Kara is reading this, that she move away from this screen NOW. I don't think she has been following my blog, but she knows of its existence, and hopefully in her job change she lost the url to it.

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Here are my second takes on Odessa and Fetching:





Everything in Odessa is as the pattern calls for. I used Rowan Cashsoft DK. I know the Fetching pattern didn't call for DK but they worked out fine in it (a little big on me, truthfully, but I think Kara's hands are a bit bigger than mine.

I went to A.C. Moore today for their Moonlight Madness sale, and bought about $30 worth of soapmaking supplies. I've gotten the itch. I hope to include little soaps with some of my gifts this year. I'll post pics after I make them, even if they come out shitty.