basimah knits… and spins… and maybe complains about things a little…

so yesterday i had the priviledge to meet up with a new friend named MJ that i met over at the knittyboards.  we went to a yarn store (now called "the good yarn store") and molested some yarns and bored her boyfriend and my mom half to death.  i brought my camera along, but i completely forgot to get a picture of us, so that’ll have to wait until next time she’s in town.  i did,  however get a picture of the stuff i got at the yarn store and the gift she gave me…

clockwise from the top, there’s bluefaced leicester, dark (brown) bluefaced leicester, mystery pretty colors pencil roving, brown sparkley angelina, pink sparkley angelina, the giant ball of mystery blue wool that MJ gave me (along with chocolates that forgot to get in the picture), and the skein of brown/pink "strawberry muffins" sock yarn that was custom made just for me by Jas of Handpaints by Artsygal.

also new this week, some custom made just for me pink/brown stitch markers from Ana (Entrelac over at etsy.com)

she makes the best non-dangly stitch markers ever.

so here’s a pic of the christmas gift scarf i made for my friend (and gave to her today because i’m a ginormous lame-o and lost the scarf in my room for a while, but it wasn’t really lost it was "in a safe place"). 

i spun it myself with merino/tencel i got from a local fiber lady, and the pattern is knitty’s edgar and it’s super easy and i think it showcased the handspun yarn nicely.  my friend loved it and insisted on wearing it even though it was 60 some degrees outside (gotta love her).