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I don’t know about you, but I am addicted to the little thrill I get when I see a box on my doorstep or a package in my mailbox.

So this week I got a wonderful little mailbox thrill:  Pearl.

Meet Lorna’s Laces Pearl (silk and bamboo), in the “Christmas at Downton” colorway.

I’ve never knit with this line from Lorna’s Laces before, although I have used both Shepherd Sock and Shepherd Worsted and love them both.  At $42.50 a skein from The Loopy Ewe, it’s wallet damage.

But I love Downton Abbey.  Even if I didn’t already love the TV show, I would have loved this colorway.  It doesn’t look Christmas-y at all!  Beautiful , shiny,  subdued, yet rich…. sumptuous.  I thought “What the hell, it’s a special colorway for a special project (all for me!), I’m going to treat myself!”

Lorna’s Laces partners with Jimmy Beans Wool to create monthly colorways.  Normally, these are one-offs, and once they sell out, they’re gone for good.  Occasionally, however, a color is so popular that they add it permanently to their collection.  ”Christmas at Downton” was a runaway success.  A good thing too, because due to a HUGE oversight on my part, I did not order it when it first came out, and was sorely disappointed when I could not order more.

So in a heady rush of pleasure, I ordered $85 of yarn.  I have no idea what I’ll make!  But it’s going to be beautiful.