I resisted the temptation to try out my new “crochet lite” yesterday. (You know, I’ve always winced at deliberate misspellings of words in advertising and product names, but this takes it a step further. You’ll find ‘lite’ in online dictionaries with the definition of being low in fat or calories. It’s is a deliberate misspelling of ‘light’ that’s used commonly enough that it’s generally understood. Now we have a deliberate use of ‘lite’ for the other meaning of ‘light’. Which is either clever or extra-wanky, depending on your viewpoint.)

The beau obligingly finished off my new dpns by polishing them up with fine-grade sandpaper, and I got stuck into Lime & Violet. By bedtime I had knit both sleeves to the end of one ball of yarn.

I’ve tried it on and it fits perfectly so far. Now there’s just two forearms to go, and reducing the neck band, and I’m seriously thinking of curling up in my armchair with some podcasts and knitting until it’s done.

I slept in a little this morning. After I had finally got up, had a shower and breakfast, and came upstairs to turn on my computer I found this:

“Open the blinds, already, will you? It hasn’t been sunny in over a week.”

That bag beside him is full of destash yarn I bought from the lovely Char, and picked up at the garage-sale-alt-s’n’b-meet yesterday morning at the lovely Kelli’s house. Some of it is for weaving and some of it matched some yarn I bought at the ACS Mill Shop earlier this year but didn’t have enough for the project I’d pegged for it. So they’re both permissable under my Knit From Your Stash rules.

What isn’t is the ten skeins of undyed The Knittery Chubby Sock yarn I ordered on Friday, after a notice went up on Ravelry that Daphne will be closing down her business, which is very sad news. But I’m going to squirrel the skeins away so I have my own supply of my favourite sock yarn to dip into in the future. It’s not as good as having Daphne’s wonderful colourways at my fingertips, but at least this way I can dye them the colour I want when I come to knit a pair. Or try to, anyway. So the yarn is more like a yarn term deposit rather than available funds.

And besides, the yarn diet doesn’t start until January 1st.