I have a problem.

I am officially addicted to yarn.

I needed to switch a project to circ's from DPNs and so I went to Craft Essentials, since they have a wider variety of lower-priced knitting needles. I went in determined to only get the circs.

I walked out with two pairs of circs and three skeins of Red Heart Casual Cot'n yarn in Black Grape. It was 30% off! Cotton blend! And an awesome colorway of purple, black, and a tiny bit of pink! And the last three at that! I could not resist.

So, after confessing that I bought more yarn, Nathan told me to just get good needles from K&P. I can manage to avoid buying yarn there, since the prices are beyond our budget for any large project. Somehow, my brain thinks differently about the yarn there. I can't justify buying the "good stuff" without a particular project in mind, or, more importantly, without it being "on sale". The only yarn I've bought from K&P was on sale. Why is it that those words can justify so many varieties of purchases? *sigh*

Anyway, I'll need to figure out a project for those three skeins. It will be beautious, whatever it is. And from now on, I am banning myself from buying any more yarn until I finish some projects or destash (I am SO going to be at K&Ps Stash Swap in April - though I doubt I'm gonna end up getting rid of anything people will actually want, heh).

Projects

So, I am still all over the place with my projects...as is the story of my life at the moment. I am fine with this, though, for the most part. I would like to finish something in the next month, but we'll see if that happens.

I'm primarily working on a tank top (worked in the round), of my own design, but essentially altered from this free pattern from Joan McGowan-Michaels at White Lies Designs (Bonne Marie Burns from Chicknits.com has a good article about using short-rows for garment shaping on Knitty.com that uses this pattern as a guide). The primary difference is that I'm going to make wide, straight straps, rather than the standard shell, scoop-neck tank design she uses. They'll be wide enough to hide bra-straps, but I want the back to be just above the bra so I can show off my tattoo when I'm wearing it (the poor tat rarely gets any love since most of my clothes cover it). Plus it makes it nice for summer. I'm using the shortrows so I can have shaping around the bust AND show that I do actually have a waist underneath all the boobage.

I have a general sketch of how I want it to look, but I have weird lines across it for the measurements, so once I re-draw it I'll take a pic and post it.