... and Busse yarns from Nördlingen (where I have family) is one of my favourites.

The last Busse yarns I got were these lovely brown wool-silk blends - made in the BDR (so they have to have been made pre-1990!). I usually wouldn't knit with silk, but I might make an exeption here.

Any ideas what I could make with it?

Did you remember I set myself knitting goals in January 2012? Well, me neither..! I have to admit, I completely forgot all about these sometime during the first half year of 2012. But nonetheless I did make some progress though, just look:

So the plans were as follows:
Knit...

1. a poncho for my husband

I did this! Photos to follow.

Yesterday I met a friend of mine in Bochum to check out the Handmade fair / exhibition which was not held for the first time in Bochum, a neighboring city to my current home town. These Handmade fairs seem to be some kind of francise, at least they take place in several German cities yearly.

Phew! I'm almost through documenting all the yarns my friend gave me a week or so ago when she decided she's not going to knit anymore! Look at my previous posts to see it all. In this post I'll show the alpaca and angora yarns, plus the loot I am going to give my Mum.

First let me show you the five 20 gram balls of wine red alpaca yarn. It's not very soft actually but feels more like mohair. Not sure what I will be making with this yarn yet.

You've seen the most of the stash my friend gave me already, but there are still yarns to show.

This post will be all about cotton! The first two balls are bright pink 100% unmercerized cotton - it says Almonde on the ball band. Very good feeling yarn, I think knitting this will be a joy.

Next there are 5x50 grams of mercerized fingering weight cotton in white, called Marika Gazelle. I wonder if that will be enough for a summer top? In the same picture two balls of Happy Hobby Tonga, a slightly thicker yarn which will propably end up as a string bag.

I mean, her whole stash! She said a decluttering bug bit her and got all her stash together and asked me if I'd like to have it. Well, I can't say no to yarn!

So a few days ago she brings me this huge bag full of yarn! I mean, it was like Christmas! I immediately emptied it on the floor and went through everything. It was mostly yarn from the 1990's, a lot of cotton and cotton blends but also some acrylics, viscose and wool. I took the time to photograph the yarn I'm going to keep -let's see what was there.

I'm just back from a week's vacation in Finland, my native, or home country. I loved seeing my family again and seeing the Finnish spring after many years of visiting only in the winter or summer. I really wish I could have stayed longer, but as it's not possible, I'm trying to ease my sorrow with Finnish yarns.

Last night I got a call from a friend of mine, a knitting instructor and a friend of a yarn shop owner, who happened to have free tickets to the H+H Cologne, a huge, international trade fair, ans asked me if I would like to come along tomorrow (that is, today, Saturday). I was thrilled and of course agreed.

So this morning we took the train to the Cologne fair and entered the fair with little expectations.

I took part in another swap this month, the European swap on Ravelry. The moderator kind of forgot the swap, so it was organized by another member of the group. I thought that it could end bad - but it didn't. It ended great! My swap partner Fairytalefelter aka Dawn has received her package and here's what she sent me.

As you know, I love goals, plans and lists. I posted my 101 in 1001 volume 2 list in January, and this here is going to be my list of Knitting Goals for 2012.