knitting in the dark

My family is made up of knitters. My mother knits. Here she is working on something brown in her car:

And this is my mother’s mother knitting a sweater for my grandfather this past summer:

And my mother’s sister knits too, but I live on the opposite side of the country from all of them, so I don’t have a picture of her working on anything… though I know both she and my mother are each working on a Koigu Linen Stitch Scarf (ravelry link) as they received yarn for them for Christmas. So it should come as no surprise that I receive awesome fiber gifts anytime gift-giving occasions roll around, especially since I am a list-maker and hint profusely. For Christmas my aunt subscribed me to Interweave Knits Magazine for the year! And I received a Knit Kit from my grandmother, which I had to return because I like my system for carrying notions and can’t stand the idea of another piece of plastic in my tiny apartment. Actually, I exchanged it and ended up with a lovely navy blue skein of Cascade Heritage Sock yarn (and a ball of Cascade 220 Superwash for my mother to knit caps for the troops):

My grandmother also handed me two balls of cotton she intended to make dishcloths with and then decided against (the other is some Lion Brand Nature’s Choice Organic Cotton):

I’ve never knit with dishcloth cotton before, but I am excited to give it a try!

My mother gave me two bundles of fluff (that’s my boyfriend’s term for fiber since I can’t help but correct him when he calls it all “wool” no matter the content) that I picked out for myself at Rhinebeck this year - one braid from Into the Whirled called “inferno”:

and an 8oz. bag of Ashland Bay 70/30 Merino/Silk blend in “red”:

She also purchased me the lovely Twist Collective pattern for Kirigami and four balls each of grey and black Tahki Yarns Dove required to make it in my size:

And BQ purchased me a beautiful braid of BFL/Silk from The Thylacine’s etsy shop (she does some stunning work on non-white wools):

(To be fair, he also bankrolled all my fluff purchasing at Rhinebeck this year as an early Christmas gift, so maybe I will post those tomorrow!)

All of these gifts were especially exciting as I am not purchasing yarn or fiber this year (and already have not for two months) until Rhinebeck rolls around in October - it seems that I am well stocked though!

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