Take the money and run...

...straight to the LYS!

I did win the baby pool at work on Tuesday!  Yesterday, with my winnings stuffed in my pocket and a gift certificate from Christmas, I stopped at the LYS to see if I could add to my Dale Baby Ull color selection -- what I've got is decidedly baby-ish -- I was specifically looking for a deeper red, a deeper green, a nice gold and/or tan -ish and/or brown.  I found a light gray and a deeper red, but the brown looked like poop and there was neither a nice gold (or even yellow) nor a good, deep green.  Meanwhile, I fondled some Jaeger Matchmaker Merino 4-ply, pondering a little mix-and-match action, and I could not let go.  I brought home the three skeins at far right -- a nice, deep green as well as a lovely sage-gray, and an even nicer red.

Now, I've been paging through Latvian Mittens quite a bit lately, considering patterns and colors -- what I've got versus what I might need.  I am always drawn toward the two-color designs and, while no less Latvian than their more colorful counterparts, I do want to knit a pair with more than two colors.  Plate 11f barely qualifies as three-color, but I haven't been able to get it out of my head and now I think the Jaeger combo has pretty much sealed the deal and that's what they want to be.  I'm going to peruse and ponder for a few more days, all but declaring my intentions, "matchmaking" with 11f and the Jaeger.  At least for the first pair...

I can't imagine what this shop owner thinks, first I'm buying sock yarn to satisfy a bet lost on a football game with Kathy, and now spending money won in a baby pool.  Next thing you know, I'll be getting a game of craps going behind the shop, fleecing the elegant, upper-crust clientele of yarn money so I can get my wool fix.  Heheheh, get it?  Fleecing...for wool?  I'm sorry, here's the part where I'm making myself laugh.  Snort.  I'm absolutely, positively joking, of course; it's a very friendly shop, one of my favorites, and I love the owner, but it is swankier than most.  I'm just doing my part for the low-life knitters.

"Money won is twice as sweet as money earned" -- from The Color of Money

Comments

[margene]

Woohoo! You are one lucky pooler. Next time I'll ask you for advice. You know the right places to shop, too!

[Cara]

Did someone say Craps game? I'm IN!

[Elizabeth]

Ahem ,all the new purchases are lovely but don't you think you should just get going on those mittens? It's not getting any warmer out there!

[Karen]

Remind me never to bet against you...

[kmkat]

Ahem. Do you ever go to the casino? If so, I want to go along and stand next to you. For luck. Congrats!

[nova]

I am itching to do some mittens, it seems like the knit of the season! I am sure whichever colors from your newly added to stash you go with will be great!

[Beth]

Now I'm going to have to check out plate 11f! I just ordered the Selbustrikk book from Nordic Fiber Arts. Looks like there's lots to drool over there. :)

[Carole]

Perhaps it's time to place bets on the Super Bowl.

[Maureen]

What a gorgeous haul...it will make beautiful mittens. I got a big chuckle out of the craps comments :)

[Carol]

Only for the fact that you are so lucky am I glad we live in different states! Odds are I have a better chance of winning random craps games.

[Oiyi]

Lucky you! Your yarn haul looks excellent.

[Birdsong]

A great pun and a great haul!

[Kathy]

There are worse things to bet on :-) Indy or the Bears?

[kathy b]

So funny you are! I tend to spend winnings/mad money/birthday money on yarns too. This in not a cheap interest we have!

Bears country here. Hmmmmmm. Underdog winnings would be sweet eh?