I made an emergency yarn road trip Monday to get yarn for the Kyoto top.  I drove to a yarn store in Raleigh that is really great.  Here is a picture of my yarn:

I'm going to use the blue as the top, the pink as the sash and the green as the detail on the sash.  I may even put a little of the green at the end of the sleeves.  We'll see.

Blueberry, raspberry and kiwi!  Like a delicious tart!

I've already casted on and have about an inch and a half of the sash done.  This is my first big knitting project.  I've only done scarves and hats in the past. I'm so excited!

I've joined up with a knitalong to help support me through it. 

 

I am moving on the 31st so my posts may be a little irregular for a short time.  This knitting is what is keeping me sane during the whole process!

I'm still waiting for my yarn to come in.  It's driving me crazy.  I've knitted a yarn ball just to keep my hands busy while I wait. 

We've been boxing up and moving more things this week.  I hate boxing up my books.  Hopefully I'll have them all together in bookshelves in one room within a year.

I'm up for jury duty on the 30th.  We're moving out on the 31st.  Perfect timing huh?!  I just hope my yarn is here by then so I can knit while I wait.  That will be a great use of the time.

If I can get to a good yarn shop this week I may go ahead and buy supplies for the Kyoto top I saw at knitty.com.  We'll see.

I've just been learning about the whole weblog thing in the past four days so I'm totally new to this.  I hope all will bear with me as I try it out.  Lately I've been on a knitting binge.  I'm impatiently waiting for the yarn I ordered to make a Ravenclaw scarf (book colors).  For those not in the know, Ravenclaw is one of the houses at Hogwarts school in the Harry Potter books.  Ever since I saw the sites about Harry Potter knitting I've been obsessed.

I want to join in many knit-alongs.

I've also started cruising all kinds of knitting sites and now have many other projects I want to do.  Mostly some really cool tops for myself.  It seems I tend to make my crochet projects gifts, but choose knitting projects that I want for me.

Anyway, I'll be working on this site for a little while so please bear with me!