Our trip to one of the LYS'

Yesterday Rebecca and I went to one of the LYS's in the NYC area. We spent over an hour browsing and touching all the lustrous yarns. I ended up purchasing several items. A set of #9 and #8 knitting needles. A #7 crochet hook. One Cascade Yarns 100% Peruvian highland wool in color #9888. It is a rich gray, almost a black. Three Feza 100% bamboo's in a very interesting mix. A crochet gifts pattern book.
Rebecca and I are learning to knit. I am mulling over continental or English knit. Today I am leaning toward continental.

Hey everyone... Let me tell you summer has finally arrived here in Brooklyn, NY. I was browsing through Interweave Crochet magazine and decided this would be the perfect time to experiament with lace weight thread.
I ordered the Nazli Gelin/book one Garden Collection. It has exquisite patterns. I am now working on the gorgeous "Rosemary" pictured above. The pattern calls for a US B-1(2.25mm) crochet hook. I am using the Nazli Gelin 2009 collection of thread in the 700-07 color. (The same as the picture above.)
This thread is very tiny and delicate and I'm moving at a snail pace. lol. But so far I'm not running into any problem with my lefty hooks. I will keep you updated.

Rebecca's afghan

I have a lot of lefty crochet and knitting news to tell you about. I will post a little something each weekday. And have so many projects lined up to do!!!

I crocheted my daughter Rebecca an afghan using Noro's 2009 summer collection Chirimen. I alternated using #4, #6, #8. I used #8 exclusively for the border.

WOW. This project was so fun!!!! I kept telling Rebecca I'm almost finished. Lol

The pattern we chose was Horizon Throw from the May 2009 issue of Crochet Magazine page 65. This pattern is not a problem for a lefty at all. The dimensional post stitches were fun and made a gentle flowing texture.

I am so excited Ellen Gormley the designer of the pattern sent me a message on Ravelry to let me know how much she liked my rendition of her pattern!!

T'ika fine cotton yarn

This is the yarn I chose for my first project. It works up beautifully into a soft and silky-smooth fabric. This luxuriously soft cotton from Peru is part of the Mirasol Project and a Fair trade yarn.

I really like the soft texture of this fine yarn and the beautiful colors.

100% Pima Cotton spun in Peru
50g Length: 83m