my yarn runeth over

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Originally uploaded by bluepupae.

woe is me. i was doing so well. i almost went two months without buying yarn (must be some kind of record since pre-yarn days considering my record). my goal was to abstain from yarn purchases until summer. what did me in was being in the proximity of some fine yarn, which is a sure sign i'm an addict.

i signed up for a finishing class to help me get over the ugh feeling i have when i think about having to seam my knitting. of course, i couldn't stay away from all the lovely sweater patterns out there. i've done minor seaming, mainly kitchener grafting on socks, but with some projects in the past, i felt in the dark and fudging along. patterns usually don't give detailed instructions on seaming, so i wanted to find out from someone with experience how it's done. it was a good class, but inevitably ended up walking away with some skeins of shibuiknits sock yarn newly arrived at a mano.