I kidnapped my little brother and took him yarnshopping

Yep, that's what I did this morning. I had plans to meet a friend in downtown Coeur d'Alene. But when those plans fell through, I stopped by my family's house, knocked on my little brother's bedroom door and announced my intentions to kidnap him. He didn't object. He went right along. We were about a block and a half away from our destination when he actually asked me where we were going - The yarn store, of course :)
He said that he was gonna just sit in the car and play with his new shiny smartphone, but after much pleading (ok maybe just a little), I convinced him I really needed his eye for colors. So, my little brother accompanied my hour long jaunt at Harmony Yarn Studio.
I was going to buy yarn for a sweater, but decided that was A LOT of yarn to buy and that a shrug might be a better idea (less yarn and gives me good practice for all the shaping involved in knitting a sweater). After tedious unsuccessful searching for a shrug pattern on Ravelry on my own little nifty smartphone, the super nice store clerk let me search for one on the store computer. I settled on this Bolero. Pretty fabulous. So I bought the little pile of yarn I would need for it using a gift certificate and a little pile of cash. Got the yarn home this evening, took a picture of it, and decided on another pattern for it: Simple Raglan Cardi (Lion Brand pattern). Of course, the fact that it is not wound yet (I need to borrow my mom's ball winder for that) will keep me from starting this pattern until a little more progress has been made on my fingerless mitts I'm currently work on :)

yarn details: Plymouth Select Worsted Merino Superwash in "Rust"

I also subjected my little brother to this lovely song several times. 

Cause, well, it's amazing ~

I did it! I bought pretty yarn :)

ok, I caved. I bought more yarn. It's very pretty yarn :) Yes, I'm going to start knitting with it right away and no, I do not have a pattern
I bought 2 25g balls of Schulana Mosco in kiwi and I plan to knit a little keepsake sachet bag for an adorable bride-to-be who I work with. I'm planning to start with the magic cast-on method for the bottom and maybe a little lace pattern for up the side of it.





Other than that, I decided to take some quick snapshots of my works in progress:

This is my Fit to be Tied cowl from Cowl Girls: The Neck's Big Thing to Knit. I am knitting it with temptation by Alpaca with a Twist - 80% alpaca, 20% silk. I love the luxurious feel of this yarn and can't wait till I finish this pattern! Unfortunately, I'm not too thrilled about this stitch, it's called the beaded rib and is just a little awkward to knit. I shall get it done one of these days!

This is my Scrunchable Scarf. I am using leftover malibrigo yarn that my friend pawned off on me ... :) ... the stitch is actually very similar to the beaded rib, but I like it more. It's not quite as awkward. So, it will be interesting to see which one gets done first!

It's Thursday & I have a few things to say..

* It's almost Friday .. Payday Friday (yarn shopping perhaps?? but I already have lots of pretty yarn ... *sigh*)
* It's almost the weekend which means spending knitting time with my dearest mommy ... Who has lots more pretty yarn than I do ... *sigh*
* I actually do have to go to the yarn store tonight ... For legit reasons ... I'm 150% sure I don't have enough yarn for a certain project that is taking forever to finish ... Praying that they have the same dye lot!! and I resist the urge to buy more pretty yarn ... *sigh*
* Tonight I will be shelling out half the cash needed to go on a Spring fling adventure to White Fish, MT with a local knitting group where we will buy pretty yarn ... *sigh*
* I am equally torn between starting my Imagination cowl (which is on my list) and using some lusciously yellow malibrigo that has been in my yarn bag since my friend just GAVE it to me .. Uh a few weeks ago .. to knit a hat ... it's really pretty yarn
* I'm wondering .. Do people out there buy yarn/knit to match their clothes? Or do they buy clothes to match their knitting? Just curious..