FO: Celandine

(Everyone who isn't interested in knitting: go away. This one is all about yarn.)

I finished Celandine!


Indigo Moon Natural Muga Silk, in Chocolate. US 3 needles (medallions on US000).
It turned out beautifully. I trusted in the designer's assurances that the silk would release and the top would become longer and flowy-er with blocking, and it actually worked. It's a little bit more sheer than I anticipated, but wearing a tank underneath is not a big deal, and I loves it. I literally wore it all weekend.

Now, I have a little bit of a problem. I took stock of my last few projects (that I've finished) — here's a list: Véronique from French Girl Knits (a light cardigan), the Two-Toned Shrug from Fitted Knits, and Celandine. I am obviously on a sweater-ish kick.

So here's the problem.


This is my haul from the Knitters Frolic in early May. (I'd meant to blog about that, but then I didn't. This is me sneaking it in under the wire.) You can see the muga silk still in its skein to the left, and then that big pink-grey fluffball is 1000 yards(!) of laceweight from Fleece Artist. It was a good time; a good haul. I stayed within budget and everything. But can you see the problem?

It's all sock yarn. Really good, great, even stupendous sock yarn, true, but still. Yarn. For socks. Not sweaters. And I don't really wanna knit socks right now.

So I did that thing that I'm not supposed to do. I went to the yarn store.


810 yards of Louet Euroflax sportweight. I'm an addict; don't judge me.