Dawn Brocco's Life and Design Blog

Yet more designer goodness came in today's mail! Feast or famine around here.


I mentioned the other day about wanting to try out some of Garnstudio's (Norwegian) yarns. So, I ordered 1 each of the 4 yarns I'd be most likely to use and one of the Trend plastic ckns. I haven't swatched any yet - other things to do. Great prices on yarns and ndls.

The bright blue Paris cotton is a multi-ply unmercerized yarn - so it's soft in the skein, and I've read it knits up to make soft garments. The blue color I could not resist. It is my second fav color, as it brings out my blue eyes!

The Eskimo is a single ply wool roving yarn, very soft, looks to be the thickness for a Lopi/Bulky Lamb's Pride substitute.

The Alaska is a bouncy 3-ply wool. It should make great cables.

And finally, the 2-ply Angora-Tweed. This was a daring move on my part, as I'm usually terribly allergic to angora in yarns. But we can outgrow allergies, so I thought I'd test myself and the yarn!

Where to get them - NordicMart.

The ndls are light. The cord wasn't kinked as some others are. The tip is tapered to a blunt end - at least in the size 10.5. They don't have ckns that go down beneath size 9. They have straights that do, but I never need/use/buy straights. A ckn can do it all.

The only other package I really need to come in is the Estriol I bought the other day. I'm gonna try it along with the progesterone and the herbs and extra vitamins I'm taking, as it's not that cold out, not too cold in here, but I'm bundled up for a trip to the Arctic.

I tend to take a Lopi afghan, that I made for a mag years ago, and wrap it around my legs on top of the fleece pjs I wear, to try and keep warm. I'm thinking I need to find millends of thick wool blanket yardage and make a wool robe, or just get a down-filled robe. Unless the Estriol finally takes care of these incessant daily chills.

You know, I used to love coffee. Been drinking it since I was 15 or 16. With the Peri-M, I had to stop - had bad reactions to the caffeine.

So, yesterday I tried a cup of instant decaf, and 3 sips later, tossed the cup and poured a glass of my fav juice these days - V-8 Fusion. Blech. I don't like the taste of coffee anymore. Amazing.

Labels: Garnstudio yarns, NordicMart