Why yes you can!
I spent a good chunk of today organizing my yarn and UFOs, but I also spent a good chunk of time calling various yarn stores trying to find Crystal Palace Yarns’ Bunny Hop in either Soft Aqua or Teal Lake.
At first I was calling fine establishments in Seattle that I either haven’t been to, or want to go to again, mostly as an excuse to visit this week. But of course neither Fiber Gallery nor Weaving Works had what I was looking for, so I had to go to other sources.
I lucked out on my next call, because I found what I was looking for at Pacific Fabrics & Crafts. Well, I called the Bellevue location and the Northgate location and both of them only carried one of the two colors I was after: Soft Aqua.
Soon afterwards Josh arrived home and we were off! (zoom)
Once we’d arrived I was fairly sure that the aqua color was going to be the way to go. I had a bit of a chat about it with Josh, and we decided that with all the heat during the summer it would just be better that way. The yarn came to a total of about $50, which my mom says she’ll help cover, which will be nice.
As far as needles go, I did have to buy a new set of those. 29″ size 8 circulars. I’d forgotten to print out the pattern and bring it with me (which would have been the smart thing to do), so I went and looked at the gauge for the right needle size. I knew that all of the circs that I already owned were more for making felted items, thus having too large of a needle size.
In the end the pattern actually said I needed size 9 circs, but I’m not going to worry about it, because I already have a nice set of size 9 Addi Turbo circulars sitting in my UFO box… with an UFO on them. Heh. Seems silly to buy two of the same needle, and at the very least it will just be more encouragement to finish what I’ve already started, should it turn out that I just have to use the size 9s.
The yarn does feel really nice though. It isn’t quite as soft as I would have thought it would be, but the reviews online say it will bloom a bit post-wash. And the color is really nice.
Oh! And I found the most awesome thing while I was there. The Holiday 2006 VOGUEknitting issue! I saw a FO posted in a LiveJournal community the other day that was a woven scarf pattern taken from that magazine, and I totally fell in love. Whilst explaining how the construction worked for the scarf to the many admirers, the knitter had unwittingly given me just enough information that I might have been able to re-create it myself, but actually finding this issue myself and being able to buy it will be much easier. I’m quite happy with myself that I thought to ask if they had any back issues. It turns out that after a certain date, the stores selling it are required to rip off the cover and send them back to the company if they don’t sell them all, something I’m quite glad they didn’t do.
I am definitely making this scarf right after I finish my linen stitch scarf, baby blanket, and lace scarf respectively. Maybe I’ll even get the linen stitch scarf done tonight! /sarcasm