I’ve been working on the Stephanie tee. It’s my first time knitting both the pattern and with Berroco Weekend, a cotton and acrylic blend. I haven’t seen the splitting issue that I read about (after I pulled the trigger on the order, but at that sale price I paid I don’t think it would have stopped me), but the yarn itself is a bit dense for the weight. A bit like knitting with a pretty colored twine, but not so rough on the hands. It may have something to do with the somewhat compressed gauge I’m knitting it at. The color saturation is great, but my fingers do end up a little blue-green after a while spent knitting. Stephanie is one of those addicting patterns to knit on, so I do end up a bit multi-colored by the end.
Contemplating my trip to Maine next week I picked up a proper suitcase for once. I saw the sea of dark green-gray-black bags and went for the red and white polka-dotted one. There will be no question as to whose bag it is on the luggage carousel, and if there ever was a bag twin on there I may have made a friend for life. Speaking of Maine, my local yarn store has started carrying JaggerSpun yarns, which I didn’t realize until now are made in Maine. One of my favorite yarns of theirs is Maine Line, and considering how I first got it at a yarn store in Maine I don’t know how it took me this long to make the connection. I’ll have to wait until my yarn budget recovers after vacation to take a trip my local store, though. Sigh, responsibility…