Power outages.

The culprit? A very large, very old oak tree decided to come down right across our lines. Quite sure all the storms and super windy conditions had everything to do with it.

Come Away With Me - MCN Fingering

Beaujolais - Merino Fingering Superwash

Desperado - MCN Sport Weight

Character - MCN Fingering

Between outages, I was able to squeeze a few skeins into the dye pot. There will be a Shop update tonight at 8:00 p.m. EST.

A February swatch……. Aslan Trends Invernal yarn. More details to come.

Seems so long ago….. that I started dyeing. Can it really be that it’s only been a smidge over a year since I started experimenting? And, it was a year ago yesterday that I opened my shop and sold my very first skeins of yarn. What a thrill it’s been! I have each and every one of you to thank…. and you know how I love a contest. So, to thank you and show my appreciation let’s have a contest. How’s that sound?

I’d love to know how your life has changed in the past year. Did you get a new job? Become a new knitter? Start school? Get married? Really, anything and everything. Leave me a comment - tell me what small or very significant thing is different in your life than it was a year ago.  I’ll close comments on Friday at 12:00 EST - at that time I will enter the comments in the random number generator and choose a winner. Plucky goods, of course.

Cowl - the particulars.

Up next: Things I’ve learned while being a work-at-home wife/mom.

Do you spy a spindle? Why yes you do! Stay tuned…..

Has it really been a week? I certainly didn’t intend for all that time to pass without popping in to say “Hey there. How’s things?”  Well, a big week it has been. Let’s re-cap:

1. I quit (several weeks ago) my day job and had my last day at the Firm this past week.
2. Plucky Girl passed her drivers test and drove, all by her lonesome, to her cousins house and her job at the coffee shop. Oy. FYI - she’s doing a great job. But.Still. Oy. 
3. Been obsessivley perusing Ravlery and decided that I must knit this. And, will have time now (see item number 1), imagine that!!!
4. Of course, it goes without saying that I have been dyeing. And dreaming up the next installment of Plucky Classics. And pattern ideas (I’m just an idea person, I leave the big pattern writing to the professionals). Speaking of professionals…..Have you seen Confection, Kirsten’s latest pattern (boy can she churn out some real beauties!)? I have one other skein of Pout available along with some other skeins of the MCN sport - what lovely cowls they will make!

Pout - MCN Sport

Look what else has made its way to the shop……these and lot’s more. Enjoy!  

Caspian - Merino Single Ply

Summer of Love - Merino Bulky

Roman Holiday - Merino Superwash Fingering

Kensington - BFL Superwash (my original BFL base, back in stock…yay!)

Now, off to sweep up the dust bunnies Great Danes that have accumulated. Blogging isn’t the only thing that has suffered this past week.

I don’t know what to say except that I am overwhelmed with gratitude with the sweet, kind and understanding responses that I’ve received regarding the yarn base issue. Is it any wonder why I think you guys are so lovely? Again, I can’t thank you enough. Now I think I need to come up with some sort of fun cowl pattern for the sportweight version - what do you think?

On another note - Spring has totally and completely sprung around these parts (I know, it’s a little late, but this is the MidWest) and Mr. Plucky is hard at work on the patio garden. Don’t you just love a guy who works in the garden?

And, I realize this may come as a total shock, but I still knit! Really, I do.  It’s not all yarn dyeing, yarn base angst, teen drivers and their Volvos and gardening. I am this closeto finishing…. well, can you guess? Hmmm. I’ll keep you waiting. Maybe I can finish it up tonight and share tomorrow. Then, back to the No Purl Monkey. Wouldn’t do to have that start talking to me again.

Still with me? Ok. One last thing - as requested, I dyed up a bunch of Summer of Love (in the MCN Sport Weight that I thought was fingering weight, but I digress) and it is now the shop. Which means that as soon as the fingering MCN arrives I will dye that up and let everyone that was interested know. In the meantime…. these lovelies are up for grabs.

These and lots of other lovelies have been added to the shop.

Hippie Chic - 100% Merino Superwash

Roman Holiday (Thank you Julie!) - 80/10/10 MCN Sport Weight

what is dry, skeined and photographed today? Bit of an early update. I love this time of year - the yarn dries so quickly. These lovelies and more are now in the shop. Free shipping this week on all U.S. orders $50 and over and all International orders $80 and over. Enjoy!

Josephine - 80/10/10 Merino Cashmere Nylon

Anne - 80/10/10 MCN

Barton’s Cottage - 80/10/10 MCN

Jackie - 80/10/10 MCN

80/10/10 MCN, Merino Superwash, Merino Single Ply…. all sounds so, I don’t know, sterile. What do you say we have a little yarn base naming party? Sound fun? You know there some prize yarn in it for you, right?

Let’s name Plucky’s bases yarns! I’ll take entries until 11:59 EST, Wednesday, April 23.

The bases are:

• 80/10/10 Merino Cashmere Nylon
• 100% Merino Superwash (fingering, sport and worsted)
• 100% Merino single ply (lace, fingering and worsted)
• 50/50 silk merino lace
• 100% Blue Faced Leiceseter

Can’t wait to see what you guys come up with!

Now, off to skein the Plucky Classics yarn…. ships out later this week! Speaking of Plucky Classics - did you get your button yet?

 or how about this one?

Look! To the right there…. see it? I’ve got a new shop! And, it’s been updated with some great news yarns. There merino worsted superwash, BFL fingering and more.

Feel free to look around, and please bear with me as I work out some kinks.

Tomorrow - the winner of the Scavenger Hunt contest. You guys really crack me up! I can wait to show Elmer T. all your comments.