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Tagslazy loopin’
If magic loop looks like this (the piece wouldn’t sit still, so it looks a little weird):
look what came!!
Finally! 2 weeks and 1 day after the order was shipped, royal mail came through with a small package replete with 5 balls of Rowan Cotton Glace in “Bud.” It is such a supremely vegetative shade of green, and I’m thrilled. Not too “baby,” not too raucous.
button, button, who’s got a button
Is that a quote from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory? I think it every time I think of buttons. When they’re getting the full meal chewing gum made? Hm…
Anyway, in thinking about the Beatrix Potter buttons, I found a site with many options. I’ve decided to go with:
i made a baby sweater decision
I decided to pick one of the simple, understated sweaters from Quick Baby Knits by Debbie Bliss and go with it. I also decided that Rowan Cotton Glace, which I used for two other baby sweaters, was going to be the perfect yarn—a little bit of shine, delicate stitches, and (typically) hypoallergenic cotton. I looked at yarnmarket.com, but skeins are $7.15 each there, and I felt that if I tried, I could find it cheaper.
And thus I ventured onto eBay, and made my very first eBay purchase ever. The pricing was cheaper ($5.50/skein) and shipping comparable; what pushed me into hitting “buy now” was the color. Just a quick glance told me that I liked “Bud” the best.