The last weekend in February was NETA SPA, KNIT and  SPIN gathering in Freeport. I am a little late posting about it so you all know from other bloggers that it was wonderful, relaxing and social at the same time. Is there a better way to spend a chilly wintery weekend than meeting  new knitters and spinners, chatting  for hours at the lobby, catching up with friends while browsing around the vendors` booths (Hi Terri), eating out the whole weekend, swimming in the pool or getting a massage? Of course, there was beautiful yarn everywhere and some came home with me. I tried to steer away from lace weigh this year as I have not knitted anything out of my last year SPA haul. This year was all about sock yarn and thank to the very generous Hubby who spent his birthday surrounded by knitters and yarn, cashmere.


Dye Dreams Twinkle Toes in Celery; at the Dye Dream booth; The Woolen Rabbit Opulence in Black Velvet;
The Woolen Rabbit Sock yarn in NE Red; The Merlin Tree, Springtide Cashmere in Black;
Twinkle Toes in Caribbean, Hubby getting the know-how behind building a spinning wheel; Springtide Cashmere in Blueberry;
At the Springtide Farm Booth.



It did not take me long to cast on with the incredibly soft cashmere yarn and a few days later I had new pairs of fingerless mittens, Delicato by Anne Hanson. I bought the pattern the same day at SPA from the Woolen Rabbit. This project was a small victory of mind over matter. The required yardage of Delicato mitts is 150 while I only had 125 . I casted on anyway, hoping that going down a needle size will get me enough yarn. Not only that but I was able to make one more repeat of the lace pattern, which made up for the smaller row gauge so they are just as long as in the pattern and also fit nicely close and snug over my hands.

Pattern: Delicato by Anne Hanson
Yarn: Springtide Cashmere, 3ply in Blueberry, one skein
Needles: Size 0