Phew! I made my way over to my friend Maria's tonight to mooch off her internet and ice cream. Where to begin first? I guess we should start with Suss Design purchases (which everyone already posted about) that I'm still feeling that tingly-good-sale-feeling. I totally made out like a bandit and bought way too much. But who can pass up a good sale? Besides, my stash was getting a little small. Gleek and I made our way there on Friday night before heading to the Point.
This is the Suss Shimmer, a really soft Alpaca and acrylic blend. I bet there's a shawl in here somewhere!
This is the Classic Elite Lush Angora Wool. I've got that pink in mind for a sweater, maybe a cardigan? I've been looking at bristow and sitcom chic on knitty. I'd gladly welcome any other ideas...
This is some Katia ribbon- I've got a tank top in mind that will go perfectly.
And some Lamb's Pride bulky to keep the stash well fed- you can't go wrong at $4.50 a skein!
More?! Of course there's more! I finished off the sale with some Suss Angora in taupe. 
That night, after the sale, I really had a hard time sleeping. I was so excited to start a new project. I cast on Saturday morning for the Trellis Scarf from IK I mentioned earlier. The k7tog IS a little tricky. One really has to hold on to the yarn because it's knitted though the same 7 sts several times. However, each time the repeat happens, once you got the first group knitted, it's not so back the next couple times. 
Ready for more pictures? Here's a close up on the 7 into 5 cluster.
I'm not really crazy about the yo in the middle of the diamond, but I guess it's part of the pattern, and I'm not feeling mathy enough to modify the pattern.
And the flipflops galore! Before heading to Suss, Gleek and I hit up the sample sale at Mella Shoes. Amen for moving sales! I've given a couple of pairs away, (I'm not the flipflop queen like Gleek) but thankfully I don't have too many friends that wear a size 9! 
Sheesh,ok, this is enough pictures for now. I have another sweater going at the moment, but I think this post is coming to a close. Maybe later this week I'll fill you in on the sweater drama- there's lots in development, (aside from the knitting--how juicy!) but that's going to take awhile to explain....
wow, the trellis scarf is coming along great! and nice haul from suss. so jealous i didn't made it down there in time.
Posted by: Sandra | July 18, 2006 at 09:13 PM
Hmm, an angora shawl...
Posted by: Veronique | July 18, 2006 at 09:50 PM
such great stuff! too bad i'm not a size 9, those flip flops are too cute (and i didn't even know that i liked flip flops all that much!) you and gleek might make a flipflopper out of me yet!
Posted by: Michelle | July 18, 2006 at 11:05 PM
Holy cow - that's quite the haul!! Love the flip flops - now I'm wishing I'd hit up that Mella sample sale! My flip flops have all seen better days!
Posted by: lisa | July 18, 2006 at 11:16 PM
Beautiful trellis scarf--and your haul is one of the best I've seen, now I really regret not going.
Posted by: Jessica | July 19, 2006 at 01:02 PM
holy flip flops! and beauuutiful yarn. what tank pattern will you use for the ribbon yarn? and k7tog? eek!
Posted by: carrie m | July 21, 2006 at 09:15 PM
oooh, awesome stash enhancements! And how yummy is an angora scarf going to be? An idea about the YOs in the middle of the diamonds: work the stitch above the YO through the back loop to twist it - it will make a neater looking hole because the stitch above won't be, um, spreading its legs like that. Handy tip I picked up from Kate Gilbert when I made my Baltic Sea Stole (I take full blame for the analogy, though - Kate wasn't crass!).
Posted by: Sarah | July 23, 2006 at 09:08 PM