Same Habits, Different Excuse

So, my birthday is coming up in two weeks. This means that every time I buy something, I've been using the justification, "It's my birthday present to me." I don't think I'm spending any more or less than usual. It's just the excuse that has changed.

After seeing all of Andi's wonderful self striping sock yarns, I decided to treat myself to my very first self striping yarn. It's the Fall Leaves colorway on the Charles base by Canon Hand Dyes. 

I've made quite a bit of progress on my Grace cardigan since I last talked about it. I'm about an inch from starting the hem. It's going pretty fast for a fingering weight cardigan. But since most of the knitting has been going on the evening, I hadn't really seen the true color of it until I took this picture. Even though I loved the yarn in skein form, I'm on the fence on how I feel about it knitted up. It's not that I don't like the color, I'm just worried it won't look good on me. I suppose the only way to find out is to finish it.

And now for a little book sneak peek.

As for the knitwear photo series, I have gone back and added some information on focal lengths on the lens post. And after getting some good feedback, I will be talking about f stops, shutter speeds, and ISO settings on the next photo post. The lighting post will come after that.