I finished the first sleeve and started the second one. But I am experiencing new obstacles in my knitting.

They chew the yarn, too.

I managed to get to finish the first set of increases before my feet went to sleep from the kitty weight (Abigail joined her for a nap). I was forced to get up and stagger in here to blog.

The yarn fairy came and brought my yarn order to Great Gran’s house and hers to mine (Thank you post office and UPS, outstanding work! Don’t you just love small towns?). We met yesterday morning to make the trade. Great Gran’s was more fluffy stuff for booties and some Lion Brand Color Waves to make this poncho. I ordered some of Bernat’s DenimStyle to sub for Debbie Bliss Cotton Denim Aran which is quite nice but monstrously expensive. I’ll be making the “Family Tunic” in Weekend Knitting for around $20 instead of the reccommended $75. Quite a deal.

I picked “indigo” – I think it will look nice with khakis.

DenimStyle is really light and (dare I say?) lofty. I made a swatch in another color (I picked some up on sale for an as-yet-unmade scarf): it knit up sweetly and appears to be pretty sturdy.

The other half of the yarn fairy was supposed to be some Kool Wool for that red vest in Knit It! magazine. You know the one. Apparently, everybody knows the one. Red Kool Wool was sold out at two on-line shops before I found Yarn Supply. They’ve got free shipping on orders over $50 (that’s where the DenimStyle came in). I was still too late and now it’s backordered. They didn’t say ’til when so I’ll just be surprised.