Yarn Arrival

The yarn that I mentioned last week arrived safely, two big skeins of it. Lovely tonal reds.

I did a little swatching (with the bit I had left of the original skein), to see if US 8 or 9 needles would be better than the larger ones I used in the other projects. I'm going to see if anyone at my knitting group Monday night has an opinion.

Isn't it pretty?

I did wind the first one. The skeins are so large that, although I started to wind it on the ball winder, mine isn't large enough for this much yarn, so I finished it by hand.

It took forever. I also turns out that instead of 8 ounces, it's over 9!

And so is the other one. My goodness. Kind of a big difference.

Off to the races!