This is the yarn I bought at the Taos Wool Festival. It’s from Lonesome Stone and is called Shades of Plum. It’s 100% wool and has 200 yards per skein. I love it! The color, the texture and the smell. Oh the smell! It is heavenly. I keep picking up the yarn to sniff it. It smells so earthy! Can knitters get high off sniffing yarn? Because every time I smell this yarn I am just filled with happiness. I wish they could make yarn incense. The color is more accurate in this photo:

I just cast on for a Freedom Skirt last night. I think I have enough yarn to make it reach my knees. If I run out I’ll buy some lighter shade purple yarn to do the lacework. I plan to embroider it with flowers and line it with some light purple fabric.

Prana posed with the yarn and my swatch. He was intrigued by the smell too.

He fell asleep soon after and I snuck up and took this picture.

Ahh, look at that face. My little boy is so adorable.

I also bought an Interweave Knits pattern book. Leafing through the pages I realized I was “oooohing” and “ahhhhhing” so much I needed to buy it. Pics of that and of the Wool Fest in the next post.