March 13, 2006 Massive amounts of yarn

I took hubby to the lys this weekend so that he could pick out the yarn for his sweater. He decided on two nice colors of the Cascade 220- a burgundy (#2401) and a heathery tan (#2440). The burgundy will be for the main body of the sweater, with the Andre design in the tan. Should be nice. A good surprise was finding out that the shop has a swift and ball winder available for use- we spent about 20 minutes winding all 7 balls, this will be a huge timesaver! The ladies at the shop enjoyed seeing him using the ball winder. Here's a photo of the sweater pattern I plan to use- from Cleckheaton No.929. My only changes will be the design change, make the collar without ties (just a split v-neck) and to put in raglan sleeves instead of the drop shoulders. I leave for China on Monday and hope to get a bunch done on the trip.