Okay, here are the yarn "cheesecake" shots*

(*for the non-knitters: some knitters refer to photographs of the yarn they've bought/have in stash as "yarn p0rn." I dislike that term, so I consider an older, perhaps slightly more tame, modality...instead of being akin to a picture of a totally naked (and usually anatomically impossibly endowed) person in a pose that leaves nothing to the imagination, I prefer to think of my yarn photographs more like the famous WWII picture of Betty Grable - smiling, more suggestive than hard-core, and with basically a sense of humor and good cheer.

Supposedly one of the old pin-up girls, while having her photo taken, made the remark of "Let's remind these boys of what they're fighting for!" So I kind of like that mental image, instead.)

Remember how I said I wanted to get some of the Silky Wool for Honeycomb, but maybe in a blue or bottle green instead of the brown the original was in?

Found it:



They did have the same yarn in a sort of cobalt blue (and also a lighter blue), but once I saw the green, I knew that was the one I wanted. I really like the color - it's very rich and luminous. (The photograph doesn't totally do it justice).

One of the new lines that they had at the shop was Berroco Ultra Alpaca in the fine (fingering) weight.



This is an absolutely gorgeous chestnut brown, with overtones of green and gold. It's going to become the Gnarled Oakwoods shawl. (Well, once I finish the Bird's Nest shawl - which I am working on - and the Providing Angst to Crowned Heads of Europe. I need to clear out some of the lace projects before I take on a new one).

This yarn was one I chose because I loved the colors in it so much. (You perhaps notice a pattern in the colors I am choosing?)



It's Araucania Aysen, which is very much like the Malabrigo worsted in its feel (it is VERY soft). It's one of those felted-type singles yarns and the colors are so wonderful. I'm going to use it for the Crofter's Cowl (Sorry, that's only a link on Ravelry, so if you're not a member you probably won't be able to see it...). It's a fairly simple lace pattern knit up into a cowl. That I hope won't be too tight to go over my head...but we shall see.

And then, finally:



Some Jo Sharp wool (it's a dk though the pattern I'm going to use calls for sportweight, I think I can gauge down). This is for a colorwork stranded hat called The Running Horse Hat (you can see a picture of the designer's hat here). Now, I know - I'm no fan of stranded work. And I'm not really a fan of horses (I think I've said before I'm honestly a little afraid of them, in the horseflesh, at least). But I love this hat - it looks so autumnal and so "country" that I want to make one.

Oh, and the bag that I was able to carry it all home in?



The yarn is residing there for now. I think probably the cowl will be the first thing I start, because I keep picking up the Aysen yarn and feeling of it. And it's starting to get colder here...so it's time to start thinking about fall and winter things.