Yippee! My stash is growing! [This from someone who a few months ago couldn't quite understand why anyone would buy more yarn before finishing the current project.]
Christmas gift from DD3: Mountain Colors Bearfoot in Flathead Cherry. I'm resisting selecting a pattern. I'm afraid if I do I'll start those socks before finishing the current OTN (Trekking XXL "Kiefer.") Hmmm...I guess I wouldn't get in too much trouble if I had 2 different pair in progress. Help! I'm talking myself into it....
BTW, Thanks DD3~!!
Showing posts with label Sock Yarn. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sock Yarn. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 27, 2006
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
Grafted Toe
I'm back from my trip to the yarn shop. The owner showed me an easier way to finish the toe than using the Kitchener stitch. I came home with one sock completed. I missed a couple stitches, but went back & caught them in. Finished product looks acceptable. This afternoon I'm going to practice on its partner.
I'm thinking that this will be easier when I get my new bifocals in a few days. Ya think??
Other small successes for the day:
1. Finished my Christmas shopping [2 stops]
2. Picked up an item at the Local Big Box for Mother & took it to her - she had a visitor, so I didn't stay.
3. Stopped at the Health Food market [rarely stop there - it's about a 20 min. drive away & not on the way to anywhere I usually go...but, it was on my way to Mother's from the Yarn Shop] I enjoy going in there. It smells so..."Early '70s" :-) All I bought was 3 lbs. of wheat berries. I'm going to fill muslin bags...to heat in the MW and use as a heating pad.
4. Bought another ball of sock yarn = Oops, now I have 3 balls all for future socks for myself! This one is not a "pretty yarn." GG would have a fit over the color. But, being the practical sort, this will go well with several of my work slacks/jackets. It is Trekking XXL #90 "Kiefer." So now I have a quandry. Which one to begin: The #14 Brown - Steinback Sockenwolle; the Austermann #10 Melba; or this new Trekking XXL #90.
Decisions, decisions. That will have to wait, though. I'm going to stick a turkey in the oven and make some soap. Cor, I sound all domestic. Knitting socks, cooking, and making soap. Not my usual schedule! But. I'm ON VACATION for the next 12 days AND I have all of my Christmas shopping [and knitting] finished! Just gotta do the soap.
I'm thinking that this will be easier when I get my new bifocals in a few days. Ya think??
Other small successes for the day:
1. Finished my Christmas shopping [2 stops]
2. Picked up an item at the Local Big Box for Mother & took it to her - she had a visitor, so I didn't stay.
3. Stopped at the Health Food market [rarely stop there - it's about a 20 min. drive away & not on the way to anywhere I usually go...but, it was on my way to Mother's from the Yarn Shop] I enjoy going in there. It smells so..."Early '70s" :-) All I bought was 3 lbs. of wheat berries. I'm going to fill muslin bags...to heat in the MW and use as a heating pad.
4. Bought another ball of sock yarn = Oops, now I have 3 balls all for future socks for myself! This one is not a "pretty yarn." GG would have a fit over the color. But, being the practical sort, this will go well with several of my work slacks/jackets. It is Trekking XXL #90 "Kiefer." So now I have a quandry. Which one to begin: The #14 Brown - Steinback Sockenwolle; the Austermann #10 Melba; or this new Trekking XXL #90.
Decisions, decisions. That will have to wait, though. I'm going to stick a turkey in the oven and make some soap. Cor, I sound all domestic. Knitting socks, cooking, and making soap. Not my usual schedule! But. I'm ON VACATION for the next 12 days AND I have all of my Christmas shopping [and knitting] finished! Just gotta do the soap.
Friday, December 15, 2006
Buying sock yarn
Bought the OPAL Petticoat [for Mother's socks] at a yarn shop in the State Capital in October. It was only 3 blocks off the freeway, so only a slight detour on my trip to the conference.
I went back to the State Capital again last week and I tried a different shop. This one was only 1 block off the freeway! I bought a [100 gm] ball of Austermann Step...just because I like the colors [#10 ] I think it is shades of ecrus, tans, and raspberries. However according to that website: "10: melba" is actually "Burgundy,Peach,Multi-Color." Whatever. Can't wait to knit this up! I have a raspberry colored jacket, tan slacks & an ecru satin top to wear with the soon-to-be socks. I'll start them on the 25th.
For the second pair [for myself] with "real sock yarn," I bought Steinbach Wolle: Sockenwolle [50 gm balls] #14 Brown at a yarns & beads shop about 65 miles from home. Stopped there on my way home on a vacation day trip to see DD3 [at college.]
There IS a yarn shop in the next town over, about 20 min. drive, but I haven't been there yet. I'll check it out when I start on the sockenwolle.
I went back to the State Capital again last week and I tried a different shop. This one was only 1 block off the freeway! I bought a [100 gm] ball of Austermann Step...just because I like the colors [#10 ] I think it is shades of ecrus, tans, and raspberries. However according to that website: "10: melba" is actually "Burgundy,Peach,Multi-Color." Whatever. Can't wait to knit this up! I have a raspberry colored jacket, tan slacks & an ecru satin top to wear with the soon-to-be socks. I'll start them on the 25th.
For the second pair [for myself] with "real sock yarn," I bought Steinbach Wolle: Sockenwolle [50 gm balls] #14 Brown at a yarns & beads shop about 65 miles from home. Stopped there on my way home on a vacation day trip to see DD3 [at college.]
There IS a yarn shop in the next town over, about 20 min. drive, but I haven't been there yet. I'll check it out when I start on the sockenwolle.
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