current crushes

i'm always crushing on yarn, that's no surprise. lol. but knit city is coming up, and I have grand plans to buy sweater quantities worth of yarn. what I want to figure out though is what yardage i'll need depending on the weight of yarn. there are lots of sweaters I want to knit up, but I don't want to choose exactly the sweater and then find the yarn for it... i'd rather do it the other way around if that makes sense? so I think i'll have a bit of research to do.. hopefully google has the answer though. ha. because I'm sure i'd rather be knitting than googling.
in the meantime, there are a few sweaters that have caught my eye. first up though, I'd have to check out my queue... but that's insanely long anyways... and searching at what's "hot right now" is probably just as effective.

but here's one sweater that i'm crushing...

photo from ravelry

I know you all know it. it's nanook. by Heidi Kirrmaier. there is something about this cardi that I love... probably everything. haha. I just love the idea of throwing it on and letting it fall where it may... and of course, it will be perfect.

photo from ravelry

redy by annestrick has been on my radar ever since it came out. maybe it's the colour but I would live in this during the holidays. I promise you. although i'm pretty sure this would be another tiny needles tiny yarn knit for me.

photo from ravelry

and then there is pomme de pin by amy christoffers. oh my goodness, I love everything about this look. it's got that casual flair to it, but with the lace.... weeee!!! and the colour? so fall, so cozy... so me!

so there you have it. there are plenty more, but these are the ones first and foremost on my mind today.. I clearly need an abundance of moola so that I can knit up everything I want to.. oh yah, it would help if I didn't need sleep, or have any other responsibilities whatsoever. including eating and going to the bathroom.

haha. but I do have responsibilities... I just volunteered for an event at my son's school.. it's just a couple of hours, and it will be fun handing out the hotdog lunch after the terry fox run.  :) and of course, the other knitting i'm working on is getting done too.. remember the secret gift knitting? i'm over halfway through the first one! wahoo!

at any rate. fall feels close by.. and i'm longing for the woolen sweaters to wrap up in for our walks to school in the morning. soon there will be toques and mitts added to the list of things to knit.. and it makes my heart happy...

what are you crushing on lately? xo