Recently I stopped in on my Local Yarn Shop  and bought these scrumptious sapphire gems of Louet Euroflax Wet-Spun Linen yarn.  There were three x 270 yard skeins of  fine sport weight yarn that screamed ‘take me home with you!’ all in unison, and so I did.   Actually, had I not had a colossal store credit from a very generous gift, I would never have splurged on these, it was just one of those rare situations.

The honest truth is, I’ve been hankering to try the Euroflax yarn forever,  and to try a simple lace stole too, so why not make this my starting point?   Knowing full well that I am soon to be knitting up something for Spring Sweaters for my nieces, it will have to be something I can put down for a good long rest and just pick up whenever . . .   a ‘take along in my knit-walking bag’ sort of thing, for the months ahead in spring and summer. In fact, I can’t imagine anything nicer to knit in hot weather than deep blue cool tones of linen, in the color of cold mountain lakes, or new jeans.

That’s right, I don’t expect to finish anytime soon, but I can hardly wait to begin those yarn-overs,  just wading through row after row of crisp linen. Just something about linen which tickles a spot for me, and I feel though it was a bit of a stash-quest,  it will be ready when I decide to cast on.