Home delivery!

I was working from home today and hubby was home sick... imagine our surprise when the doorbell rang at 8am. Usually we're both out of the house by then but this morning it felt very early.

Turns out it was the Con Ed lady to read the meter!!!  

But then, imagine our further surprise when the doorbell rang again at 8.30am.

My husband turned to me and said "yarn delivery?"

How did he know?!

How beautiful is this yarn?  Absolutely gorgeous, that's how!!!  It's kind of silly, but I always like it when all my yarn in a purchase looks good together, even if they're for separate projects.  I've been carrying this yarn around with me all day and petting it, it is so soft and pretty.  I haven't knit with it yet but so far I have to say, I am not disappointed.  In fact, I am getting more and more addicted, as anyone who has me on their friend's activity on Ravelry may have noticed when I favorited about six hundred thousand Sundara sock yarns from other people's stashes...

Of course the question that has been on my mind is, what am I going to knit with this lovely yarn to do it justice?

I adore the bright yellow-orange (citrus zinger) - it was my first choice of what I wanted from this update, but I was drawn to the other yellows too.  However, it's not the greatest color for me (or really for most people) in terms of clothing, apart from socks of course, but I'm not much of a sock knitter.  I think I could become one but it's not why I bought this yarn.  It's something I've noticed though, that I fall in love with a much wider range of colors than I would actually wear, especially sock yarns, but I guess that's precisely why there are a lot more colors for sock yarns than other yarns.

Anyway, I'm not sure if this is sacrilegious but... I'm thinking stuffed toys!  Don't you think they would really brighten up a nursery?  I can't quite decide which one yet... maybe Sheldon (ravelry, pattern), Elefante (ravelry, pattern), Elijah (ravelry, pattern), Little Giraffe (ravelry, pattern) or Sock Giraffe (ravelry, pattern).  Maybe with some green highlights from the lemon lime, even though I hadn't really planned on using them together.  By the way yes, the lemon lime is actually more green than it looks on the Sundara website, which I am happy about, and actually, I have kind of fallen Shetland Shorty (ravelry, pattern) for the lemon lime, although I'm not sure if I have enough (or any?) outfits that would go with it... nor do I typically wear shrugs.  It's such a pretty pattern though, and I think I have just enough yarn for it.  Otherwise, I wish I had 2 skeins so I could make a tank.  This cowl would be great too.

I've also become kind of obsessed with baby hoodies.  I love hoodies in general although they are a little awkward under a coat (and NYC doesn't have a long enough spring or fall for there to much time for sweaters without coats).  Look at these cute baby hoodies though: Cardigan for Merry (ravelry, pattern, flickr), Debbie Bliss Duffle Coat (ravelry, flickr).

So much knitting, so little time!

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I vote for little giraffe! How cute is that?! Those yarns look really great. How about a shawl? (You might have to buy more yarn...!)