I’m taking a road trip later this week with my in-laws (Hi, in-laws!). And that means one thing:
Dramamine? Car games? Eating at McDonald’s?
No! It means an excuse to go yarn shopping and start some new projects. After all, my sweater project is getting too big, and I’m out of purple yarn…
I stopped at a lovely yarn shop over on the other side of Lake Washington, Serial Knitters in Kirkland. I’ve only visited there once before, years ago, and I don’t know why it’s taken me so long to get over there again. It has a fantastic selection of local and national brands in some of the most gorgeous colorways I’ve ever seen.
Two skeins came home with me: 
The lovely, subtle gray-blue is Madeleinetosh Tosh DK in Cloud Dweller, and the over-the top rainbow of exuberance is Knitted Wit Victory DK in Fairy Garden. They’re both squishy, but firm, and I can tell that they’ll knit up into great hard-wearing accessories.
(And, I can’t help but smile when I look at the Victory DK colors… so gorgeous!)
I’m thinking, since I’ve only got one skein of each, I should use them to make little accessories. The Victory DK is slightly thinner, so I’m thinking mitts or gloves. And, I don’t care for variegated yarn knit into simple stockinette (weird, I know), so they’ll have to have some sort of texture. I’m thinking these gloves might be just the ticket (and they’re an excuse to use some of my buttons).
Ringwood Gloves by Rebecca Blair![ringwoodbiggreen_medium[1]](https://ontheneedlesdotcom.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/ringwoodbiggreen_medium1.jpg)
Wouldn’t they be just the funkiest, most cheerful winter accessories?! I’m excited already.
The cloudy blue Tosh DK is just as beautiful as the hyperactive Victory DK, but in a more grown-up, classy way. I’m thinking the subtle color changes would work really well with cables. Something with a lot of cables. Maybe a hat. Maybe this one:
Antler Hat by tincanknits![iain-5-1024x682_medium2[1]](https://ontheneedlesdotcom.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/iain-5-1024x682_medium21.jpg)
Unfortunately, my yarn is a smidge smaller than the yarn called for in the pattern, but I think if I go up a size, I should be able to knit up a lovely hat as I while away the miles.
What do you think? How should I use my lovely new yarn?
On the Needles 
I have yarn-lust over your gorgeous skeins! 🙂 Your proposed patterns look great. You could also consider combining the yarn to make a larger project (eg a scarf or shawl) – it looks as if the two sets of colours harmonise, but you will obviously be able to tell more easily looking at them in the flesh, as it were. 🙂
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