I received a really cool package this week. It’s origin was most unsual.
It just so happened that when I ordered some yarn I failed to notice that it would arrive from Inner Mongolia. I think I was so overcome by the prices and the shipping rates (only $4.95!), my eyes just glazed over all other information on the site.
I think that getting a package from China was just as thrilling as getting the yarn itself. After all, China is the country of my ancestors! Even the stamps are nifty.
As thrilled I was with the box itself, what lay inside overloaded my senses. The first offering I have for you is the Cashmere/Silk in color #923. The color in the photo is fairly accurate and I’m so in love with it.
It seems to be more of a cobweb weight then a traditional laceweight. So I think that I might use it for the Sampler Stole from A Gathering Of Lace. I don’t have anything this fine in my stash. It’s so soft and the sheen is unbelievable.
Next up, is the 100% Cashmere in color #622. This yarn is slightly thicker then the Cashmere/Silk blend, but I can most definitely live with that. Especially since it’s so soft. I don’t think I’ve ever felt a yarn this soft. This might be destined to be the Summer In Kansas or I might do another Peacock Feathers shawl.
All this has me itching to cast on with this new and delectable yarn, but I have something else waiting in the wings ready and raring to go.
I’ve decided not to start anything new until I finish the MS3. I wonder if swatches count as a project. Hrm. What do you think? ;-)
Have a great weekend and thanks for reading!
August 18th, 2007 at 2:19 pm
Wow, how COOL!!!
The yarn looks entirely too yummy! I love planning new projects, too.
August 18th, 2007 at 2:35 pm
Nice yarn but I have three words for you…
Forest. Path. Stole! :)
August 18th, 2007 at 3:25 pm
oooh the new yarns are lovely! Can’t wait to see what they all become. =)
August 18th, 2007 at 4:07 pm
what beautiful yarns – and from china! i thought of you when i first saw the bee fields shawl – did you buy the kit? can’t wait to see how it progresses!
August 18th, 2007 at 4:13 pm
Yummy yarn! And affordable too? No wonder you had to have it. I am trying to refrain from buying more yarn so now when I see things like your lovely laceweights I go stare at my stash for awhile and see if I have something similar. Still, very very tempting! I can’t wait to see a few swatches. Almosts as good as knitting them myself :-)
August 18th, 2007 at 5:05 pm
Gorgeous yarns, and Mongolia — how cool!
August 18th, 2007 at 9:09 pm
What a great find! Thanks for the link … bookmarked it already!
August 19th, 2007 at 1:45 am
Gorgeous yarns – thanks for the link!
August 19th, 2007 at 2:50 am
Whew! I am fanning myself to keep from fainting. How did you ever come upon this, Opal? The yarn is just luscious. Bee Fields is in my queue, as well. Heck, everything is in my queue. I admire your fortitude in not casting on right away. Can we at least see the swatches?
August 19th, 2007 at 3:36 am
Oh my (fanning self)! Cashmere and silk? You’ll be dressed like royalty in this splendid stuff :)
I will be very interested to see what you do with the cobweb; I’ve only seen anything that fine once – and I was afraid to touch it. It seemed so fragile :)
The stamp’s pretty cool too!
August 19th, 2007 at 3:56 am
Precious and exotic. What a darling tease you are, with your cashmere and silk!
And no. Swatches most definitely do not count as they fall under “research” and not new projects :o)
August 19th, 2007 at 5:08 am
Okay, as soon as I get some spare money, I’m ordering yarn from that site. Aside from the general coolness of receiving packages from far away, I also want some of that delicious-looking yarn, and the prices seem more than reasonable!
Sometimes I think it’s a good thing I don’t have a credit card, else I’d go over the limit on yarn and be spending the next decade paying it all back!
August 19th, 2007 at 5:46 am
Nope. Swatches are definitely NOT projects. They are research and development. ;-)
Sounds like you will be a busy knitter soon!
August 19th, 2007 at 6:06 am
Oooh, pretty! Thanks for sharing the source, too. It looks like a good site to know about.
And I agree, swatches are not projects. That’s just silly!
August 19th, 2007 at 8:30 am
Beautiful. How fun to contemplate and listen to what it wants to be.
August 19th, 2007 at 9:39 am
Holy moly that’s a lot of cashmere! Can’t wait to see what you knit up with it? Now you got me lusting for cashmere (although no lace for me:)
August 19th, 2007 at 6:46 pm
Swatches are total freebies…go for it.
August 20th, 2007 at 2:50 am
My goodness- I would be so excited – I get excited at my normal shipments from California – can you imagine if it was from China?
So cashmere- wowsers!!
Okay – get swatching! I am waiting patiently to see what you do with it —NOT!
August 20th, 2007 at 4:28 am
Oh! How we do love yarn in the mail! It all looks great.
Now, when you say swatch, do you mean 5″ x 5″ swatch or stole size swatch? Just asking….
August 20th, 2007 at 7:50 pm
Yummm, love the socks, and the yarns! I think I may have to order some of that cashmere lace…
And that book you keep getting all these pretty patterns from…:D
August 20th, 2007 at 8:19 pm
That last olive green yarn is such a delicious color! I’m loving it!! When you mentioned ‘sensual delights’ received in the mail, I thought you’d gone and ordered something else entirely…but silk n’ cashmere from inner Mongolia is way cool, and sensual enough.
August 21st, 2007 at 4:22 am
I was thinking about ordering yarn from Yubina but I didn’t know of anyone who had used them before…now I do…danger…. I am trying a “no yarn that is not souvenir yarn” kick right now. This is too tempting though….
August 21st, 2007 at 6:08 am
Swatches most certainly do not count as projects! Unless you get really, really carried away… :)
August 21st, 2007 at 7:34 am
IMHO, swatches do not count as a new project. I really enjoyed reading this blog, I think you should send it in for that last page of Interweave Knits where someone writes a knitting story. I felt like I was on a yarn journey from China, very entertaining.
August 21st, 2007 at 3:14 pm
I’m still swoooooooooooning! Oh. My.Goodness. And I cavalierly said “No more yarn for me for a while!” I get paid Friday. Uh-oh!
August 22nd, 2007 at 9:03 am
I am so happy the yarn turned out not to be garbage. And I can’t wait to see what you do with it! Too bad I am so far from home now and can’t fondle my own Yubina.