OOOOHHH - SHINY!!

The rants and raves of Spring have started ... my knitting is flying hither and yon; I'm flitting from project to project, starting, stopping, saving, stashing ... in obeisance to the recession, I'm only picking up a skein or two at a time, trying to work on little projects that catch my eye.  I guess it's the "magpie" effect:  see something shiny and pretty, pick it up - bring it to your nest, leave it there and see what hatches from it.

Today was no exception - a really neat offer from one of my LYSes forced me out of my comfy kitchen to brave the fierce wind gusts and head downtown to pick up at skein of Debbie Bliss Pure Silk to make their pattern of the month.

I was so taken with the concept of knitted jewelry (great idea for the summer?), I came back uptown to my supremely local yarn shop and got seduced by a skein of Alchemy Silk Purse, 

just in case I felt like silver instead of gold.

Now, to cast on the first 210 stitches!