Gotta love beautiful yarn!

Yarn. It's not only working material. It's a joy to look at, a joy to pet, and oh so cushy to cuddle into, once your knitting is finished. Of course, I also own that one odd duck of yucky yarn... it happens to all of us. Or more than one, of course more than one! ;) If you are following my tuts, you are already acquainted with ACK-rylic.

But this yarn is different - it's of the stuff that makes you dream about cushy softness, joyful knitting - and lets be honest. I totally squeed when the package arrived and I cuddled the 6 skeins in my hands.

It's a high quality base from Atelier Zitron (a german yarnie), custom dyed by the fabulous Faerbulous, who I found on dawanda. Check out her store!

Since this color is extremely hard to capture in pictures, it wasn't so easy for me to tell exactly what I wished. But she knew exactly what I meant and I'm so happy with those skeins!

Also, surprise! Stitch markers are a pleasant surprise. They are cute! I actually like using the little plastic rings, so I've never bothered to buy or make some - but those are cute and I'll try them the next time I need markers! I suppose that's Faerbulous' way of saying "thank you for doing business with me"

I'm planning to design a lightweight sweater with this yarn. I love worsted weight sweaters - but I often have a problem wearing them. I'm not a person who gets cold easily. And always when it's getting cold, I'm having the same old problem - too cold with just a shirt, but too hot with a sweater. Sigh... I figure a thin sweater will be the perfect solution!

And since I need to challenge myself, I'm going to work with a zipper for the first time. I'm kinda afraid and exited about this at the same time! But I know it will totally be worth it in the end. Stay tuned!