And, here is the proof! I don’t know what brand any of this is, as I tried to google Eross and it doesn’t seem to exist. Eros exists, but don’t know if they are connected. It appears they both are Italian Yarns. Eros means love. Eross…means imposter?
However, what really made me laugh, and the reason I am posting about this (besides the obvious…that there is yarn there…) is the label of the yarn.
Powerful Yarns
Yes, it says that right under the label. That really cracks me up!
http://creazativity.typepad.com/blog/2005/08/eulogy_for_cott.html#comment-8913536
This was hillarious, even read it to my husband…as if to say, “see honey, there are other weird people out there besides me.”
It came today! I took a picture with a can, so I could show you the size of the hanks. They have quite an odor too. The hanks seem kind of tight and I wonder if I need to make them into looser ones.
There is also kind of an odor to them…really chemically smelling. I don’t know why I had to smell them.
The colors are great! Some are real bright, some dark, and some light….an interesting lot, for sure! I need color in my bedroom as my furniture is unfinished pine. I am really thinking about making something to go across the top of my wide dresser. Working with this will give me a good idea on if this could be made into a garment, although I think a garment would be heavy and not as soft. Although I read if you add kid merino to it, it will make the garment softer and I am sure this is true.
I have a lot of things on my needles/hooks right now, so I can’t dive into this yarn just yet. I am hoping in about a week or so to be able to work with it.
ps…I bought it off of ebay…
There is so much wrong with this… I think the only thing I like about that is one of the necklaces.
Too big? I knitted this soaker for my friend Patti (sh!! it’s a surprise!) It is the first soaker I have ever knitted. I am not finished with it, still need to make a tie, do the leg holes, and weave everything in. I used Iceland wool yarn and this pattern, which I have read many people like. However, after measuring in various spots it appears my guage goes from 5 stitches per inch to 4/5 stitches per inch and the soaker seems really huge. Should I frog it? I guess I will alert Patti to my blog to get her expert opinion.
So, you want free yarn? Justcinful posted it on her blog and so shall I. I signed up, heck, why not? ps…I wish this would give me more readers or atleast more comments. My blog is feeling lonely….creek…
http://www.bernat.com/getdown/
OH…and my last yarn purchase for a long….long….time (yeah, right!) I won some Sari Silk yarn off of ebay….10 balls…gasp! I cannot wait to get it. I will take a picture when it comes (promise!)
I ordered from knit picks….sh…sh…sh…I never found out what the problem was, but it is good to be persistant.
Oh…and can someone help me? I don’t have one of those cool needle id set thingy. I bought the Susan Bates Sock Set DPN’s. The problem is, I don’t know what color is which. I can figure out the biggest…but I guess I am size impaired. What is bigger? Red or blue? I am guessing red is bigger.
Also, I am having a plant identification problem. I will be posting some pictures soon. In the pictures. I need to know…. Weed or Bush??….. and then the next one will be Tree or Bush??… and then Dead or Alive….and finally a picture showing my Gardenia Bush, the one bush I actually know what it is and love the flowers.
Weed or Plant??? It is about 6 plus feet tall.
Above Picture: Tree or Bush???? It has grown above the fence and the branches are about 12 feet tall. I am afraid to look for a trunk.
Dead Or Alive??? I was just thinking it is a seasonal dry looking thing…not sure though.
Gardenia – too hot to bloom
So, I have been home for 4 weeks. Today was my first day out. I wasn’t going to go out, but a man from freecycle offered my husband a circular saw and I had to drive to Modesto, tonight to get it. Of course, being in Modesto I had to pick up some yarn. I bought some lovely Iceland Wool from Crystal Palace Yarns. I was pleasantly surprised…will my husband be?
I went to JoAnn’s, and nope, still no CE…I mentioned to the lady working at the counter that 4 weeks ago I came into the store and it was fully stocked, not even on sale. I have surgery and 4 weeks later it is all gone…something is wrong with that. She said it was really amazing how fast that yarn sold. I bought some buttons to finish a pullover and a birthday present.
Oh…and I forgot to mention gas. 4 weeks ago, pre surgery gas was about $2.33 per gallon for the cheap stuff, today I paid $2.66. Ugh! How on earth can gas rise $.33 in 4 weeks? Good thing I rarely drive and if I do, isn’t that far.
So, today I was going to order some items from KnitPicks.com. I was going to order some Andes Wool, some sock yarn, and some merino. However, I am a new customer and so I have to register. For the life of me I cannot register, not in Firefox or in IE. I click on the Send button and it does some “java button click” thing and then takes me to a page that says “true.”
I emailed them this morning and no response.
Lame, lame, lame….so, is this a sign that I shouldn’t be buying yarn? Should I be saving my money and paying bills? I am too lazy to call and make an order as that would mean I had to actually talk to someone on the phone and after years of working in the insurance industry and being on the phone constantly, I prefer not to call people (unless you are family or friends.)
I need to get out of the house and am tempted to go to the LYS. I haven’t been there in awhile and would like to get the girls out of the house…oops, I think they are closed….that is okay as I should be driving anyways and that would require me to carry Madeleine, which I can’t do…so, just random thoughts then.
I have never used this yarn. I see at Joann’s it is $3.99 a skein. If you go to yarnbythebag.com you can get it for $14.95 for 10 balls of $1.50 (rounded) per skein…plus shipping. Should I buy it? I was thinking with 10 balls it would make something cute…blanket, sweater…it is an acrylic ribbon type yarn. If you have used this, please post, I am interested.
Okay, just realized shipping is $8, which is kind of a lot. It will still only make the yarn, $2.29 but not quite the savings as the original amount I posted. However, I bet if you lived in CANADA, it would be cheaper as this is a Canadian company.
Thanks Bron for the info on the Fresco!
