knitty obsession

mini-sweater progress
Originally uploaded by bluepupae.

for black friday, i made a mini yarn crawl up the 405 as there were two different yarn shops, wild fiber & a mano yarn, that were having sales. at the former, i picked up some twinkle chunky for a vest and made an impulse purchase of soft merino by pear tree australia yarn. also picked up some superwash cascade 220 for a shrug, some trekking sock and alpaca lace yarn from a mano. shannita was so nice to give me an extra 5% off for bringing my own bag. i guess it pays to do one's part for the environment.

the mini-sweater grows. i separated the sleeves and joined the body. in retrospect, the substituted seed stitching for the garter stitching is not really visible in this dark thick & thin manos wool yarn which has somewhat felted.