Yesterday such a lovely package was waiting for me on the kitchen table, the package from Emily in Chicago!

I'd won her charity socks pattern promotion :) such a wonderful surprise at the time. Seasing the opportunity she asked me if there was anything else that i wanted to get to add to the package to make it worth while (I do all of my yarn shopping via the US and the internet now - gotta love technology!).

Being that Em works at Lorna's Laces i jumped at the chance to get som LL's Edgewater yarn. Here is what arrived for me yesterday... just in time for the Easter long weekend!



Actually the Cables & Aran book is mine but everything else was in the package. I've ordered the Lace & Eyelets book from Amazon, which if it hasnt turned up today will probably arrive sometime next week after Easter.

The Edgewater yarn is the same colourway that Emily used for her Cardigan and I fell in love with it when i saw how it came out! I got it in Lion & Lamb the Silk and Merino blend, it is exeptionally lovely very smooth but squishy at the same time. I would never have been able to afford this yarn at its retail price, there's just over $60 worth of silk here! Some peopel have made sweaters out of this stuff... YIKES!

To be honest i havent quite decided what turn the Edgewater into.... its so nice that i want it close to my skin, so i was thinking some handwarmers... maybe the mermaid ones if i have enough yardage, or a pair of fetching with a neckwarmer to match, but then i wonder how well the silk would hold up around a high wear area like the hands. Some more thought might have to go into this :)

Also part of the yarny goodness is this Green Growth yarn, that was part of the experimental dye phase before the line was officially released by Lorna's.

As you can see its slightly varigated and carries a few shades of a Sage Green colour. From memory I think its 100% merino wool... its very soft and smooshy. I think this would make a really nice Koolhass :) with plenty left over for a matching neckwarmer or a pair of fetching :)

To top of a really great week my Cosmic Dawn Haindmaiden Sea Silk yarn arrived the day before:



oooh its also so nice! Its laceweight so its quite thin but the seacell fibre just gives it that something extra, and the silk means that its shiny and smooth as well. The colours are just vivacious! The bright Red, the Royal blue and the deep green just POP, with the muted purple and blacky/grey in between, i cant wait to see how its going to knit up. This has been earmarked as a Montego Bay Scarf (I was inspired by Team Knits version [ravelry link] in this yarn in the Orgin colourway)

But right now its more important to get onto the ISE6 scarf knitting, like I said yesterday I plan to go into Spotlight tonight after work - its late night shopping tonight before the public holiday tomorrow. I know exactly what i want to get, lets hope that they actually have it. Otherwise its gonna be a trip into the city... which wont be fun this close to easter!

As I wont be deleriously bored at work I wont be posting until after the Easter holidays, so have a good one people and stay safe on the roads.