Life's a Beach, and then you Knit!

Happy Squish in the mail today:



This is my second month of the Pick Up Sticks sock club. Niiiiice. A wavy, lacy cabley pattern called Beach and a custom colour of Seacoast's "Panda" merino-bamboo blend called Seaside. I'm still workin' out getting something done with last month's installment, Trellis in the Spring Garden yarn, but this one looks quite jump-innable. I'm very happy to find I like the feel of the yarn, too. Hearing the world "bamboo" associated with textiles doesn't make most folks think of something silky-soft to cuddle up to, but this really is. Since sustainable/renewable resources are important to me, bamboo yarn is something I really WANTED to like, so very nice to find I do!

But first, must finish this:



Looks like a strange, green striped yarn jelly fish right now (Blue seems to think so, by her glare) but I hope it's going to be a hat. The Yarn Harlot, who has been traversing the US rallying knitters to good fun and good causes, finally has a Canadian book-talk date in Toronto on Friday and I'd like to go (waiting for colleagues to step up and help with the pager). A cause she has taken on for this book tour is to gather and donate hats to the needy and homeless of the communities she visits. Knitters are invited - never required - to contribute a handknit hat, which are then distributed through grassroots street aid groups. Toronto's donations are going out through StreetKnit.

So, if I get enough time (like maybe not blogging so much!) to finish this, I hope it turns into a warm if ugly winter hat for someone.

Off to laundry, and of course, knit!