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I’m on such a roll starting new projects that I have not one, but TWO to report today. Yeah, dig it. First of all, after the post office lost my package from Knit Picks a few weeks ago, they kindly replaced it (Knit Picks, not the post office, silly) and I just got the yarn I needed to keep knitting Eunny’s Deep V Argyle Vest.

I had a little of this yarn before, and had started it weeks ago, but have since frogged it and started over - just ’cause. The colors are more muted in real life, and they are close in value so the argyle pattern isn’t going to be dramatic, I don’t think.

And I started the Irish Crochet Evening Dress. I know what some of you are thinking - I got the Color Your Own yarn from Knit Picks (a.k.a. spaghetti) and I’m not even dyeing it. But I WANTED the cream/natural color. So there. Look how pretty it is! I think it will look great for this dress. I’m sure I’ll dye at some point but hopefully not in the immediate future (ahem).

Oh, and check it out, ’cause this little bit will be frogged soon - the gauge will make it WAY too small. That’s what’s fun about vintage patterns - there is little to no gauge information, the yarns they call for are no longer made, and sometimes the needle sizes are even different. So you just got to figure it all out from a little blurry black-and-white picture. I’m loving it.

I’m still working on C. Black Roses. I think I have enough done so that when my mom comes to visit tomorrow from California (yay) she can “try it on” to make sure it won’t be too small. The sweater still looks boring right now, so here’s a pic of the yarn that came in the kit. Pretty!