Infatuation.

Despite the fact that I don't have the time to work on the projects that I have already started, and that I have enough yarn to keep me busy for an indeterminate amount of time, I have become infatuated with a new pattern.

Earlier this week, I was cruising the blogosphere (something that I wish I had more time to do), and I came across Dani's completed Dream in Color shrug. I was posessed by an urgent need to have this shrug right now. I found Knitter's Palette, a shop online that carries the yarn, and ordered the pattern and the yarn in the "Deep Seaflower" colorway. I didn't realize until later that the Tulip Baby Sweater, possibly the cutest baby sweater pattern ever and now incredibly popular thanks to the Yarn Harlot, is knit with the same yarn called for in the shrug pattern, making the yarn slightly difficult to come by (Deep Seaflower, though gorgeous, was not my first choice). The yarn arrived a couple of days later (Knitter's Palette rocks the super-fast shipping), this morning I made yarn cake, and I am all ready to go:



I am looking forward to getting started, but my attention is being pulled away with another new toy that arrived this week. Here's one of my first successful shots with the new baby:



Thanks for all of your nice comments about our vacation photos! We took two cameras with us and came home with 4000-5000 shots. Below are just a few of my favorites.


The city of York as viewed from the top of the tower of Yorkminster


Lambs playing in a pasture next to Derwentwater in Keswick


Castlerigg stone circle


St. Ives


The inside of Canterbury Cathedral, looking up at the tower