Enter Cash Iroha.
Sure Malabrigo is pretty enough, but is it on final markdown sale at The Skein Attraction, in Teaneck, NJ, ? Does it have the perfect combination of silk, cashmere, wool and nylon? And most importantly, is it Japanese and therefore just cooler by definition? The above mentioned qualities when considered together made me realize that I'd be an utter fool not buy the 24 skeins I bought on Black Friday for a mere $7/skein.
I am a yarn floozy. A serial monogamist. Oliver Sacks should study my condition. Luckily my constant dithering doesn't prevent me from actually knitting! Because in the end, that's what it's all about. Here you see yer basic Ann Norling mittens, begun on the fly and completed after only several hours of knitting. I must strongly assert to all of you the power of the mitten. It will do you right every time.
The Cash Iroha specs
Yarn: Cash Iroha, colors 106 and 108
Pattern: Basic Mittens on 4 Needles, Ann Norling
Needles: Addi Turbo, size 6
Mods: Knit without a cuff
The 14 skeins of Cash Iroha pictured below are destined for a popular project that Babs and I have been wanting to do for almost two years. Cash Iroha is the yarn that the pattern was written for, and it is almost as legendary as the Clapotis. Can you guess what it is?
24 skeins?! At $7 a kein, I can totally see the reasoning... what a great find!!
ReplyDeleteAnd those mittens are great- I love stripes! And with the recent snow, I have even more reason to get mitten-making...
Happy knitting-
ali
I...I...I'm still trying to wrap my head around 24 skeins in one shopping trip...
ReplyDeleteHmmm, Hourglass Sweater?
The lovely Hourglass Sweater of course! Maybe you'll inspire me to dust mine off and finish it! Twenty four skeins!?! Wow! But how could you resist at $7 a skein?
ReplyDeleteLove those mittens - the colors are so fun!
Kirsten took my guess, but surely not all 24 skeins are intended for ONE Hourglass?! :-)
ReplyDeleteThe color is beautiful and I love the choco-mint mittens too (all hail Ann Norling)!
Okay - I just finished re-reading -- forgive my poor math skillz! :-)
ReplyDeleteI too was ready to say Hourglass Sweater but others beat me to it...
ReplyDeleteSee that kind of serial monogamy is good though -- MY favorite yarn is always the one I'm planning to knit with NEXT.
ReplyDeleteI love the colors of those mittens. Like Mint Chocolate Chip! (Or Mint Bonbon, if you happen to be in Minnesota. Which you don't, and neither do I. But I used to and I just think it's so damned cute...)
Yep, I'm a yarn floozy too. What ever new discovery I've made, it's the best, the best I've ever had or ever will have. Until the next one. What csn you do ;-)?
ReplyDeletei am so jealous of your noro score!! plus, i've wanted to buy some for the hourglass but have been on a yarn budget. (i want it in that dark jewel-like navy blue.) *sigh*
ReplyDeleteI love the mittens. I can see why the Noro turned your head. Lovely shade of blue. I considered running off with the Malabrigo as well, but the Berroco Ultra Alpaca had me at 'hello.'
ReplyDelete24? I can only imagine the joy you must've gotten from walking out of the yarn store with that many skeins of yarn.
ReplyDeleteAnd those mittens -- all I could think of when I looked at them was Mint Chocolate Chip.
Yarn floozy has a nice ring to it and it's got to be better than a 'I buy mitts at the discount store' floozy.
ReplyDeleteI am not familiar with the hourglass sweater. Off to Ravelry to research...
ooohhh cute mittens. hmmm I wonder what the project will be. :)
ReplyDeleteOf course its gotta be Hourglass. In that blue? Divine!
ReplyDelete7 bucks a skein? You scored BIG time. Resistance is futile.
Love the chocomint mitts.
love the mittens! I right with you on a serious love of brown. Pair it with pink, blue, green... doesn't matter, it's all bea-u-tiful!
ReplyDeleteI've never knit with Cash Iroha before, and based on your love, I can't decide if I should run out and buy some right away or avoid it at all costs - 24 skeins in one trip is just my style of splurge, but could be very dangerous ;-)
Any woman that says yarn floozy and Oliver Sacks in a post automatically gets my vote! (I love OS!) Gorgeous mittens, girl!
ReplyDeleteNoro is and always will be my Main man, sure, I flirt with others, it's harmeless fun. But at the end of the day, it's Noro all the way....I have no idea what your planning to do but I thinks it's gonna be brillent per-usual.
ReplyDeleteI enjoy a good love story! Glad you found the yarn of your (current) dreams.
ReplyDeleteNothing bad about loving the one you're with!!!! ;)
ReplyDeleteGee could it be the Hourglass? I've so wanted to knit that in the required yarn but could never find it for a reasonable price... $7 a skein? That's unreal. And awesome. Love the mittens, btw!
ReplyDeleteThat yarn store link was a tease, wasn't it? I immediately clicked over to grab some of my own--which I know you will forgive, because, hey, it's a yarn sale!--only to discover that there is no online shop. Foiled.
ReplyDeleteI love your post title! I'm still chuckling at the mental image. I'm just wondering what the odds would be--and which one would pick up a folding chair first.
Oooh, lovely color for the Hourglass. Cute mittens too!
ReplyDeleteOoh, is it hourglass? I *love* those mittens, and the yarn!
ReplyDeleteLove the new yarn - Cash Iroha and the color. Can it be spring already?
ReplyDeleteMust be Hourglass. I loves me some Cash Iroha. $7- per skein is a great bargain.
ReplyDeleteYou cheated on Malabrigo?! I'm shocked.
ReplyDeleteBut I have to admit (shamefully) that I purchased 10 balls of GGH Soft Kid at $7.50 a ball. It's not cheating, it's diversifying.
Oh, my! 24 skeins! What a gorgeous color you've picked for what I can only assume will be an hourglass sweater.
ReplyDeleteI have a bag of Noro Cash Iroha in a very similar (if not the same shade) of blue to make the Hourglass Pullover. It has been in my stas for the last 2 years. I forgot I had it until I read this post. How pathetic is that?!!
ReplyDeleteI've knit a jumper with Cash Iroha and wors it to death! I love your colours and the mittens.
ReplyDeleteNora
WORE it to death! [Typo!]
ReplyDeleteBeautiful mittens, beautiful yarn... yum yum! That's such a beautiful pile of blue goodness. Have fun!
ReplyDeleteNice score, that is a lovely yarn isn't it?
ReplyDeleteI've never fondled this.... I need to check it out. But $7 a skein, you totally scored!
ReplyDeletethat color is deeelightful.
ReplyDeleteLove the color combo on your mittens....I don't think of you as a yarn floozy, more of a yarn OCD sufferer. You love each skein with as much enthusiasm as the last. I'm sure malabrigo will find it's way back to you. It's a really well loved yarn by many.
ReplyDeleteI love your new mittens. Beautiful. Beautiful. I don't know what pattern you're referring to, but judging by the pile of yarn there, I'm guessing it's a sweater pattern? That baby blue is lovely.
ReplyDeleteI love those mitts! Great colors.
ReplyDeletehmmm... maybe the hourglass sweater? What a great buy at $7ea!
Those mittens are so fantastically yummy!! They remind me of chocolate chip mint ice cream, which happens to be my favorite flavor :)
ReplyDeleteI'm *so* relieved to know that I'm not the only one who buys huge amounts of closeout yarns with knowing what on earth they'll knit out of it! Your stash looks *gorgeous*! It would have been a crime to pass it up ;)
knittymuggins
Wow! Awesome find! And even better mittens! :) No clue on the secret knit... but can't wait to find out!
ReplyDeleteWow! That must be destined for an Hourglass. I like knitting with Cash Iroha, but I find that the skeins vary a lot, even within the same lot. It's not even the color so much as the texture.
ReplyDeleteyour mittens look like delicious bits of mint chocolate chip ice cream!
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