First up, two books. "Spin, Span, Spun: Fact and Folklore for Spinners and Weavers" by Bette Hochberg was the first one. A great little book (well, more like a pamphlet) full of little trivia bits about spinning and weaving--mostly spinning, though. Perfect for coming home still somewhat whacked out from surgery and pain meds. The second was, "Cheaper than Therapy: Joy, Healing & Life Lessons in Fiber" edited by Annie Modesitt. This one....I dunno. I've got all the "Knit Lit" books and love 'em to death. I was sort of hoping for the same sort of feeling, but it just wasn't there. Maybe I should have been tipped off by Annie Modesitt editing it; I have, "Cofessions of a Knitting Heretic" and I didn't care for it, either. Not to piss off all of her fans (and she has many), there's just something about her style that doesn't do anything for me. And I really, really doubt she's going to lose much sleep over that. ;)
Then there was this:
Webs, you got me again. This was part of their $15 cone sale. Each of these puppies is 2.2 lbs. (yes, metric folks, a whole kilo) of Shetland yarn. It's described as 2/8, so I was figuring on about a fingering weight. Instead, it's more like a laceweight which is ever-so-good as far as I'm concerned. If it figures as a 2/8, there should be around 4,000 meters per cone here. That ought to knit a shawl or twelve! The colors didn't show up very well, but the one on the left is Lovat blue and the one on the right is grey-blue. Now...to start digging through "A Gathering of Lace", every Elizabeth Zimmerman book I own and any other books I have with lace patterns.....
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