Little Treats!

I joined a new gym a couple of weeks ago and I've been doing really well at finding the time to go along and workout. Actually it's pretty easy right now because I signed up for a personal trainer so I have set appointments to go to :-) I worked out with the PT yesterday and today was my 'homework' day and I had to go in and do 45 minutes cardio on the treadmill, keeping my heart rate up to a certain level. Why am I telling you all this ? Well the nice thing about the gym is that it's about a 3 minute drive from my LYS ;-) and you guessed it, that's right where I headed after I'd finished my workout!

I thought I deserved a little treat after 2 weeks of constant keep-fit, well that, and the fact it's my 45th birthday tomorrow!!! I wanted to buy some yummy skeins (read "not acrylic") to make some small gifts with. In the photo above you can see another skein of Noro 'Cash Iroha' (front right), color no. is 22, but I wish it would give the yarn a name. I think it's so much nicer if they add a name to the color.

To the left of that is Berroco Foliage. This is 53% wool and 47% acrylic! But it was in the 50% basket so for $3.50 I would expect a little acrylic, and it's pretty soft so I was thinking it would make a nice neck warmer/cowl.

Behind the Berroco is a skein of Classic Elite 'Lush' (50%wool/50%angora). This feels lovely and again I have in mind a nice neck warmer, just not sure what pattern I'll chose yet. And the last skein to the right of the Lush is Rio De La Plata, hand spun-kettle dyed 100% wool. . . and this was in the 50% basket too :-) It's got some nice creams and green colors in it with a very soft eggplant color and dark grey (at least that's how I'd describe it.

So now I'm off to search Ravelry (and browse my knitting books) for some one skein projects. Have a great Friday!