My mystery yarn arrived on Wednesday night but I haven’t had time to wind it into balls yet. It’s hand dyed yarn from Fleece Artist. Suri Blue in fingerling weight. The colours range from whites to pale browns and some light greys. It feels incredibly soft and squashy. I’ve got 3.00mm Addi Turbo Lace needles to knit it up with (you can just see them ticking out in the left side of the picture). I’m contemplating skipping the whole swatching business for this project as I don’t want to wait for new needles to arrive even if these ones are too big.

This is my wedding bouquet. I’m certain that our photographer has some lovely pictures of it so I’ll save detail shots until then. It is made of felt, beads, wire, floral tape, lace, silk and yarn. I spent most of Friday working on it and I was really pleased with the way it turned out. Robhad a matching boutonniere of a small white flower and a couple of the tiny blue flowers with two leaves. The lace was my something old - it was left over from my grandmothers wedding dress. I was a little worried that my bouquet wouldn’t survive the toss (I knew I could put it back together but I didn’t want anyone to get hurt on the wires trying to catch it) but it performed its job well and was caught by my cousin Rochelle.

I have signed up for the Mystery Stole 3 Knit Along which I learned about from the Three Bags Full Shop News . The idea is that everyone who wants to participate signs up (sign up closes July 6th) and every week a clue, in the form of a lace chart, is posted. No one but the designer (and her mother) actually know what the finished project will look like but her other designs are beautiful so I, along with 3000 other knitters, am putting my faith in her and knitting blind.
 
For me this is going to be an extra mystery since I decided to order my yarn over the phone and have only a vague idea of what colour it is and what it’s made of. I’m also ordering some Addi Lace needles (I didn’t have anything the right size and length). I’ve been wanting to try these since I saw them talked about on blogs a few months ago but didn’t really have a project.
 
I expect to get rather behind in July (our wedding taking precedence over any crafting projects not involved in it) but intend to catch up in August. Lots of people have already knitted up all or part of the first clue (released yesterday) and it looks beautiful. It will be a lot of fun to knit something with a bunch of other people (I’ve never done a knit along before).