Knitting fever.

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A few loosely connected things I wanted to say:

*The other day I went out with my mother to some craft stores by my college(Jo-Ann's, Michael's, AC Moore), and I found gorgeous new yarns! Lion Brand yarn has new colors in their Homespun line, including some lovely blends in pink, blue, and green. I picked up a few skeins of this one, but unfortunately that picture doesn't do it justice. It's a wonderfully loud pink that has red and orange strands worked into it!

*This yarn is going towards a pattern in the new fall Vogue Knitting magazine, which I strongly recommend for anyone looking for new patterns. The one I'm using is a hooded long sleeveless sweater with wooden toggles, and it's going to be awesome! Quick to knit too, I'm nearly done with the back.

*While I was working on it today I was watching Techlive on TechTV (secret guilty passion) and they had a short blurb on a girl who was making duct tape accessories to sell. Instantly I thought of you girls and boys. :)

*Also, and this is more for a personal curiosity question for all you out there: how many of you knit? And if you do, have you found that knitting has become popular in your area? I keep hearing that it's found a resurgence lately especially among celebrities (after all, Darryl Hannah is on that VK cover), but I find it difficult here in Connecticut to find many other people with knitting tastes; and there aren't many places or large knitting sections in craft stores usually. So I was wondering if it might be different in other locales?

Hope nobody minded my rambling, and have a nice Friday everyone...
-meg