I've said it before and I'll say it again: I love KnitPicks. Their yarns are great, their accessories work well and are well-priced, and their customer service is absolutely amazing. Like, I received a set of their interchangeable needles, uh, 5 or 6 years ago as a Christmas gift, and when one of the cables broke a few months ago THEY SENT ME TWO NEW ONES FOR FREE. I didn't even have to pay shipping. You can't beat that.

So anyway, KP recently released a new superwash version of their popular Wool of the Andes worsted yarn. I like WotA okay, and it comes in a great variety of colors, but I'm scared of yarns that can felt... so superwash WotA is right up my alley. They haven't made all the colors available in superwash yet but there are some decent options.

KP sent out an email this morning offering a free ball of WotA superwash! Just add a ball of the color of your choice to your cart and enter TRYSUPERWASH (all caps, very important) at checkout. Just pay shipping.

I'm just said that they sent this coupon out the day after my last order shipped. :(

So pretty! ... Now what?

So a couple weeks ago I posted about a KnitPicks promotion for a free ball of the Brava acrylic yarn.  Well I totally bought one. It got here a while ago but I was so busy getting Cosmo ready to ship that I didn't even open the box until this morning.  And ooooOOOoooohhh...

A week of 80 degree, super sunny weather and today it's too 

overcast for good pictures. Thanks, Portland.

I got the worsted weight Brava in Peacock, and it's a little bit more teal than the photo above shows.  I'm loving this color... but I have no idea what to make with it.

I'd originally planned to make the adorable Star Crossed Slouchy Beret from Ravelry, but upon reading the pattern realized that it wasn't, in fact, written for worsted weight yarn. Oops.  It's written for Aran weight, which is somewhere between worsted and bulky and is, for some reason, insanely hard to find.  A thicker worsted would probably be passable for the pattern but Brava is pretty much a middle-of-the-road, straight worsted weight.

Plus I think my head is a funny shape and that this beret might make me look like a muppet.

So it's back to browsing Ravelry for hours on end to find just the right pattern. Oh the horror. Someone save me from this torment.

Free yarn!

As you can probably tell from my project post, I'm kind of a big fan of KnitPicks. They just sent out an email saying that until June 18, you can get a free ball of their Brava acrylic, which comes in worsted, sport, and bulky weights.  I've never used Brava before, but it's free, so why not? Just add a ball to your cart and then use code TRYBRAVA3 at checkout to get it free.