The Great Yarn Saga

Let's see, it was at least a month ago that I posted my plans for my next knitting project. I had meticulously researched everything. Finally I had chosen the sweater,the yarn, and purchased the required needles. Therefore, I figured I was good to go as soon as the yarn arrived. So I waited ...

and waited ...

and waited ...

Um, where was my yarn? It turns out that the online yarn store I had ordered from did not have the yarn in stock (this was not indicated on the site when I bought it. That would have been helpful!) but it had been ordered from the warehouse. It was expected "later in the month" and since I ordered the yarn on July 10th, I waited patiently for my yarn to come for a good three weeks. August 1st came around and ... nothing.

So, I e-mailed the online store and they hadn't received their shipment yet so I started to call around to see who might have it. I called a plethora of places and they either didn't carry it, it was out of stock, they didn't have enough, or they didn't have the yarn from the same dye lot. What a pain! Finally I called a little yarn store I had been into when I was in Lincoln City and to my delight they carried the type of yarn I needed. I said that I wanted eight balls of Rowan Felted Tweed in #170 Seafarer and ... they had exactly eight balls left! And from the same dye lot!

It was more expensive to buy through them but after nearly a month of waiting I didn't care. I paid for them to ship it to me Priority Mail on Thursday and it arrived on Saturday. Imagine my frustration when I couldn't get the mail box open! I nearly broke my hand trying to pry it open but nothing was going to get between me and my tweed! And it is so worth it. It is gorgeous with the flecks of periwinkle and cognac. I'm in love. Well, as much as one can be with sheep's wool and alpaca.

Beautiful! Gorgeous! Glad you are here! I have already delved into this sweater with much enthusiasm. I can't stop thinking about the end result, I just hope it lives up to my expectations.