It only took me, uh, two weeks to get that right cuff taken care of. I hope to finish the left cuff before the kiddo’s out of diapers altogether.

What else have I been up to? After apparently missing Fiber Twist again this year, Eve and I made it out to Webs for Ysolda Teague’s trunk show. Eve was very excited about the walls of yarn:

She was also really into Ysolda’s talk. Or at least, trying to go through everyone’s knitting bag during Ysolda’s talk. Also, she was so excited to be there she pooped right in the middle of it, so that photo above is the only one I ended up taking. Ah, well. I will tell you that I had sort of a religious knit-appreciation experience looking at the seamless set-in shoulders on the red Vivian sample. Damn, that girl can knit! So inspiring!

Last weekend the family trooped down to Rhinebeck for the NY State Sheep & Wool Festival, which is a lot closer to home than I remembered. I think the last time we went we drove down from the cabin upstate; this year we drove from home and it was only two hours, the middle of which we punctuated with a scenic cut through Stockbridge and Great Barrington on our way to the Taconic parkway from the Mass Pike.

I did a lot of yarn shopping but ended up not purchasing anything because I left my wallet in the car. I am such a dumbass. That aside, it was awesome to meet some of the Ravelry crew in person! Eve’s festival highlight was meeting Bob:

(photo via Ravelry Jess–she took the best one!)

For real, I’m pretty sure Bobsolda was the most exciting thing Eve’s ever seen. She loves doggies, she loves wool, and OMG A HUGE DOGGIE MADE OF WOOL?!! OBVIOUSLY THE MOST EXCITING THING EVER. My only regret is being unable to book Bobsolda for Eve’s 1st birthday party tomorrow. There is no way I can ever hope to top Giant Bob of Squishy Wool Love.

Speaking of Eve’s birthday, she’s turning one year old today! Her cupcake-and-pizza party is tomorrow; in the meantime we’ll be celebrating with a round of bloodwork and vaccinations at the pediatrician’s office later today. (Poor kid!) I’m hoping to make it up to her with her favorite purple ice cream. Sadly, I will have no Bob.

Sorry, folks, I don’t have any special super-seekrit WEBS discount codes here. The reason why? There aren’t any right now.

Steve Elkins, one of the owners of WEBS, posted on Ravelry a couple of days ago explaining the situation with WEBS promo codes. I’m reposting it here for people who aren’t on Ravelry:

Both the new baby and the bunny came out fabulously, and my cousin recently posted some photos of them together:

They look happy together, don’t you think?

On the knitting front, there’s not much else to report. I’m a halfway through the first sleeve of my Confection baby shrug, and the Endless Baby Blanket is nearing 50% completion, having gone through two full balls of Paton’s classic wool merino.

I did end up buying three skeins of the super cheap Cascade Eco+ closeout at Webs. I ended up ordering it online and paying for shipping, however, so it didn’t feel like such a crazy deal. (I live an hour away from the warehouse/store in Northampton, so I always go in person. But I wanted to skip the journey out to western Massachusetts with the baby, so I ordered in this time.)

The muted lilac color looks great in person, and the wool is nice and soft. I’m looking forward to working with it someday, if I ever finish either of my two current projects. The baby is time consuming and I don’t actually get to knit all that much. She’s damn cute, though:

Exhibit A:
Noro Silk Garden Sock — I’ve been interested in this yarn for a while, but I’ve been balking at the $19.85 price tag. Lucky(?) for me, online retailer Annie Amelia has eight different colorways on sale for $13.50 a skein, just over 30% off.

Exhibit B:
Cascade Eco Plus — discontinued colors are at webs for $8.29 per whopping half-pound skein. That’s 45% off the already good price of $15 retail, people. I’m not terribly enthused about Tropical Sea or Prom Queen, but Lilac looks awfully enticing.

In other news, I finished cataloging my yarn stash and entering things into Ravelry last night and I was somewhat horrified to discover I own 38 balls of Noro. (It’s not SO bad, really. There are three bags, and a handful of oddball skeins.)

IT’S OKAY, NO, REALLY, I CAN QUIT WHENEVER I WANT.

WEBS is having a killer 35th anniversary sale during the months of April and May. Tons and tons of really great yarn at 30% off retail. I got a flyer in the mail about the sale last week. I’m also on the email list, but I haven’t seen any email notifications about this yet. It’s also not on the website yet either, but I’m thinking maybe they’re waiting for the sale to start on April 1st.

According to the flyer they sent me, there will be five yarns on sale for both April and May. In addition to those five yarns, they have forty-five (45!) yarns on sale through the month of April, with instructions to check yarn.com May 1st for an all-new crop of sale yarns.

These are the five yarns on sale through April and May:

Berroco Peruvia
Regular: $8.00 Sale: $5.59

Cascade 220
Regular: $7.00 Sale: $4.89

Cascade 220 Superwash
Regular: $9.80 Sale: $6.89

Plymouth Encore
Regular: $5.29 Sale: $3.75

Reynolds Lopi
Regular: $6.50 Sale: $4.59

I’m not listing all 45 yarns on sale through April, but there’s tons of great stuff by Berroco, Cascade, Classic Elite, Plymouth, and Reynolds, along with their house brand Valley Yarns.

I am happily planning to stock up on a few favorites. Cascade 220 is a great stash standby yarn, and Mr. StringFactory and I both carry a torch for Ecological Wool.  (It’s marked down to $10.49 a skein in April!)

Update: The info for the WEBS 35th anniversary sale is up on their site now! Happy April!