The Lara yarn came in the mail Thursday, and its wonderful! yea! Its shiny, and reddish, but with orange undertones. In some light, it even looks coral. *perfect*

So today, the weather people said it was going to rain. But it really turned out to be quite nice! Who are these weather people?? The newly-started Orangina and I went to the park.

There is one thing about the Endless Summer Lara yarn. Its really splitty. There are about six strands that make up the yarn, and they're not held together all that well. I have to pay lots of attention to make sure it doesn't split. This is a big difference from the Rowan 4-ply cotton, which didn't split at all. ah well, it is pretty and no major splitting so far (*knock on wood*).

I am using size 3 bamboo circs, the same ones that were used on Lucky. Gauge is pretty much there. It should block out to the necessary 18 inches. My gauge swatch was a bit smaller than it should be, so I am trying to knit loosely. Its about 16 inches across, but easily stretches out to 18. And based on the dramatic pre- and post- lace blocking pictures I've seen around, it should do just fine.