Hi ho, hi ho, it's off to Webs we go!

I don't think there is a dwarf named Tardy.  That would otherwise be me, and this post.  You know where we went, and you know who was there. 

I lay claim to the Doc moniker.  Beyond that, well, I'll let the others be who they will:  Julia, Kellee, Cheryl, Pumpkinmama, Beth, and, of course, Cate.  (Had to include Cate to make the seventh dwarf.)

Does this woman look drugged to you?  Fiber seemed to have that effect on this group.  We each had a shopping basket.  Webs is missing an important marketing point:  we each shopped until the basket was full, and then stopped.  (Julia brought her own Large Canvas Bag, and was not encumbered by rigid geometry.)  If you were Webs, wouldn't you build a bigger basket?

I brought some handspun bobbins so I could match cones of silk and wool to the colors.  (Ply it on itself, and there isn't enough yarn for anything other than a swatch or a scarflet.  Plyed with silk or Zephyr?  Lots of possibilities open.)  It was no accident that I wandered into the warehouse and got snagged by Noro Cash Iroha.  I stumbled past some K1C2 angora on closeout.  The screaming Etherknitter color screamed loud enough for me to pay attention.

The angora is obvious.  The cone to the right is Zephyr in dahlia, to match some Foxhill Farm cormo/alpaca.  And the bottom cone is emerald silk, to ply with Lisa Souza's BFL.  There may have been a stray sock yarn skein in the mix, too.  I can't get a true picture of the Noro.  It's deep dark shiny silky soft teal blue green sumptuous fiber. 

I've been intrigued by knitters talking about patterns to which one must pay attention.  It's a universal description that everyone understands in just those two words.  I see pitfalls,  frogging, and sighing when I look into the future of such a pattern.  That fails to scare most of us away, as an imagined rocky road seems quite navigable JUST BEFORE you start the journey.  The phrase is from the latter 1700s, and is defined here in some careful detail, to which you may pay little attention.

I'm more behind on blogging than I am on knitting and spinning.  It's the time of year that I break in a new resident, and the veritable life gets sucked out of me each day.  I'll be done a week from tomorrow. 

Comments

[Carole]

I've missed your posts but I understand how life can get in the way sometimes. You guys must have had a ball at Webs. Wish I could have joined you!

[PumpkinMama]

I cannot wait to see your plying results with the yarns you chose. Love the photo of the little blue angora ball on the (hosta?) leaf.

[Katy]

What--you didn't grab a shopping cart from the warehouse??? ;)
Looks like a fun day!

[Beth S.]

Plying your handspun with Zephyr is freakin' brilliant. Way to get the most yardage out of your efforts! And I can hardly believe how lucky you were to get such an excellent color match. It's going to be so very lovely. :-)

[Cindy D]

Nice choice on the cone yarn to ply with the BFL! Looks like a great combo.Sorry I missed the sale....

[Marcia]

I have managed to snag the WEBS' shopping cart on occasion....lots of yarn can fit in that sucker! But, they will hold your loot and let you go back for more...just saying.

[Dianna]

I have to laugh - besides being jealous of your Webs venture, I am absolutely NOT jealous of having to break in a new resident! LOL Makes me glad I work in a non-teaching hospital, even if I have to supervise four rooms at a time!

[julia fc]

I think Kellee's expression speaks for us all.

[Manise]

Wish I could have been there. Looks like you all had a blast! Nice haul. Sounds like you all needed a shopping cart :-)

[melanie]

I hope your resident looks like the resident anesthesiologists I had at the Brigham! Breaking them in would be a pleasure! ;)

[Chris]

So am I missing out on a must have experience? I've never been to Webs. You ladies (dwarfs??) certainly had fun!

[margene]

You have so much potential waiting your needles and wheel. Thank goodness you'll be finsihed with the 'break in' soon. I thought that might be the reason you were AWOL.

[elisa]

oh...the silk...it's so pretty it hurts.

[Cheryl]

The way that the addition of silk transforms wool is amazing. The sun! The shine!

Maybe I'll run out to my trunk and fondle my cone.

(you can thank me later for the search hits you'll get from that one)

[Judy]

I think I need some Zephyr. and more MORE silk. No, I am quite sure I don't need it, I do, I don't, I love it! What fun.

[mamacate]

The seventh dwarf. Now there's a new identity for me. Sneezy? Grumpy? How about WOOLY?

Don't say it's taken...

[Kathy]

I cannot wait to see that silk plied with the handspun -- going to be gorgeous. I am trying to resist the call of the Webs siren :-)

[Cordelia]

I adore that green silk; elisa has it just right.
Looking forward to seeing how things ply up. You know; when the resident is broken in. ;-)

[claudia]

The ditching of the leech-like resident is in sight!

[lisa Co. Springs]

I'm so glad you're back (I've missed you!), and what an adeventure. I think I may have to plan a vacation to Boston, and make WEBS part of the deal :)

Let me know how the plying goes, I was thinking of someting similar. It's a bit hard to get enough handspun for a decent project, but if you could ply it with something else----ah the potential!

[Lucia]

You're just lucky you went while I was on vacation. Otherwise nothing would have stopped me from tagging along. The Large Bag strategy is brilliant, as are all your purchases.

[Rachel H]

Very cool idea to ply the handspun with commercial yarn to extend the use. I can't wait to see how that turns out.

Something interesting was finally delivered to my house yesterday, by the way. Something small and lovely with three legs and this wheel that spins round and round...

[Lorette]

Lovely emerald silk! And Webs; yet another reason for a trip to Boston.

[Chris]

Maybe it's best if Webs never realizes that...

[Lynn]

Hey, you're back! I'd had enough of Japanese beetles. And, as others have noted, Webs does have shopping carts, especially in the warehouse, although I try my damnedest to restrain myself to one handheld basket each time I go.

Hmm, and plying my handspun with commercial yarn - what a concept! But I might need to go back to Webs soon then....

[Cassie]

You know, I *still* haven't been to Webs yet. I'm starting to think (especially seeing the look on Kellee's face) that maybe I should abstain.