I did something bad...

So, as the title of this post indicates, I did something bad...

No, not just the bread bowl of cheesy crab dip that the boy and I devoured tonight. In addition, I kinda sorta did this...

Yarngasm.

I received a gift card to Kinpicks from Pete's mom for my birthday, and kiiiiiiiiind of went crazy.

Let me explain...

My knitting group, the Boulder Knitting Collective, has decided to do a KAL. Having never participated in one, I've decided to join in. So with part of the gift card, I ordered some yarn to make the Pole.

And then yarn for another sweater.

And a scarf for Pete.

And the dog.

And maybe some sock yarn too.

DON'T JUDGE ME!!!

I got this glorious box the day before the "Cast-on" party, and discovered that much to my dismay, I had accidentally ordered the DK yarn when the pattern called for worsted. So I dug through my stash, and found some tweedy Cascade that I thought might work.

At the cast on party, I began knitting with the tweed, figuring I'd stop at our LYS on the way home and pick up a few more skeins of it. I mean, it's Cascade 220! And it's Shuttles! Their selection of Cascade is rivaled by few. Sadly, however, they only had one skein that even slightly resembled what I was looking for. So, alas - I was FORCED to purchase more yarn!

My life is so hard.

So, too, it appears, is the life of this poor Pole.

This is already it's third iteration, and I didn't start working on it until yesterday. From left to right, we have the Knitpicks Swish DK, the Cascade 220 tweed, and the new color of Cascade I was FORCED to purchase. Here's hoping this one sticks.

P.S. Hoping to jump back into regular blogging! FO update soon, for anyone who cares :)