last in, first out

I succumbed - boy did I succumb - to the Woolcott annual post-Christmas sale. Twice. Needles almost never go on sale, probably because the profit margin is lower than that for yarn. After the self-stabbing incident, the need for fine gauge Addis was revealed. I snatched up 24" needles in sizes 0, 1, 2, and 3. Also purchased were five groups of yarn: three for gifts, one that was planned (see impalement post), and one that was not. The second time I popped into Woolcott, PeachPit was with me. She made various suggestions until finally I agreed to Baby Alpaca Grande. For her birthday, I really did whip up a little vest:

specs

• 215 grams Baby Alpaca Grande (Plymouth)
• US10, 3.3 stitches and 4.7 rows per inch
• vest recipe from Ann Budd, 4 year size
• mods
  • neck 5 inches
  • shoulders 2.5 inches
  • deeper edging
  • cabling

Note to self: provisional crocheted cast-on cannot be pulled out at the knit-purl junctures. It must be picked out.

As soft, lovely, and quick as this yarn was, I am never going to knit with it again. The allergies were brutal. Does anyone want the remainder?

• 85 grams Baby Alpaca Grande (Plymouth)
• color 2569, lot 72543

Preference given to people to whom I already owe packages (Paula, Dave, Julie, Mona, Dorothy) or people I regularly see in the flesh.

Now that you mention it ...

I Hate Toast, as always, I love your mad wordplay! Also, naked commenting - fantastic! Maybe I should make it a condition of commenting: "Dear Readers, please remove your clothes if you wish to comment. Handknits excepted." ("Don't look, Ethel! But it was too late; she'd already been mooned.")

Claudia, thanks for the major compliment. I think of myself as someone who has trouble with driving things to a conclusion; it's the perfectionism, I think.

Dorothy, zee yarn, she is yours. By all means, try a vest for Girly! With bulky yarn, it goes quickly, but puts more pressure on the finishing techniques.

Comments

[Dorothy]

It's very cute! I like the cabled v-neck.

I should try a vest for Girly. I'll give the yarn a good home for you. No allergies here so far! Whew.

[Claudia]

Watta Mom! I have to say that you are one of the most prolific FO knitters I know. You not only start things, but finish them. I am always so impressed.

[IHateToast]

succumb-er! now i wonder if that's where we got sucker. not that a lollypop looks gullible. hm. i could look it up, but i think a shower is more important now that others are awake.

okay, there! i confessed by accident. i'm commenting IN THE BUFF!