Siren Calls and Works in Progress

I am a complete sucker for nice yarn. Of course, that's practically synonymous with saying, "I'm a knitter," but it's still completely true. Currently I've been looking for a yarn to go with my next project: Liz Abinante's Travelling Woman. My adventures with Aeolian have made me ache for more shawls, even as I continue with the River Falls Cardigan.

Look at it and its seductive powers. It's taunting me.

The yarn that I am yearning for, despite its price, is KnitPicks' 100% merino wool Preciosa Tonal in Captain. Referred to by multiple Ravelry denizens as "super soft and squishy." Also, $12 for a 243 yard skein.

I was planning on making Travelling Woman with fingering weight, as it's finer, but this yarn is calling to me. "Buy me," it says, "I'll wait for you to finish the shawl. Under the hemlock tree, where we first met."

Then I blink and wonder why it's talking about trees, until its enchanting powers lure me back under its spell. The fact that KnitPicks' stock is low is not helping at all -- I fear that if I don't buy it now, it will be gone and I will forever regret my terrible decisions and my financial stinginess.

This is all a bit premature, actually. I am still in the throes of my torrid affair with the River Falls Cardigan. After navigating the treachery that was mistakes in its Chart B, I have finished with the lace portion.

This is going much faster than I expected. I think I actually will be done before I leave for college, which was originally just an optimistic joke.

I think I can finish the back within the next two days and next week I'll have plenty of time to work on the two front halves. While trying to ignore the siren call of Preciosa, of course.