October Sky

I can't believe that I haven't posted since August! Ravelry.com has been getting regular updates. What have I been doing? Ummm, 2 Twisted Stitches Knitting Guild of CNY meetings. Monday night gatherings of the Syracuse Knitorious Chicks with Sticks at Wegmans in Liverpool.


I went to the Alpaca Festival at the state fairgrounds in Syracuse on Saturday. Alpacas are incredibly cute. I watched a few of the competitions. The judges explained how they determined the placement of the winners. Microns of thickness of the coat, how close to type the alpaca was, etc. It was all a little beyond me. I also did some shopping. Very nice yarn. I ended up buying some balls of fingering weight alpaca for two pairs of socks. The natural color is already starting to be knit up.

I've also been working on a Brea Bag from Berroco.com http://www.berroco.com/exclusives/brea/brea.html with some wool I bought at the guild's first swap and sale at the September meeting.

Yarn Inventory

I have decided to inventory my yarn stash. The process began last night. I have so far documented my wool, sock yarn, and cottons. I am using a simple spreadsheet. Here is what I have so far: http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pyJnzSCzuSivPkn9lqiiRBw

My favorite yarns so far are the Opal Sock Yarn, the Alpaca Lite Sock yarn, and the Farmhouse Yarns (Grapes on the Vine - I love that color name!). Here is the link to the color card for Farmhouse Yarns http://www.farmhouseyarns.com/roxannescolorcard.html
The color of the Opal Sock yarn is 1079 as seen here: http://www.ptyarn.com/elements.html
The alpaca yarn is from a kit for some Nancy Bush designed socks which I bought at alpacapolooza several years ago when it was held in Syracuse at the NYS Fairgrounds. It looks like this event is usually held in October so I may have to check it out when it rolls around again this year. There was one room where the yarn and products were sold. Of course, I could just buy from one of the local farmers as well. Here is a link to the list for Central New York http://www.empirealpacaassociation.com/MemberFarms/