Sock Yarn: Trekking, Lorna's Laces, Koigui PPM
I’m sure it’s an ominous start to the photos that the very first one happens to be sock yarn.
But, I love yarn. I love socks. And I love sock yarn doubly so. And, I really just wanted to share my yarn.
I had been saving gift certificates to the yarn store since Christmas, so when I got an email telling me that they were having a sale, I practically begged [redacted] to take me out there. I was so excited; I thought that maybe the Cascade 220 would be on sale. Or maybe the Rowan yarn. Alas, no, I wasn’t that lucky. And since I didn’t have any extra money to spend, I decided on sock yarn because I am more likely to finish a pair of socks than any kind of larger item.
I decided on the blue-ish Trekking XXL because I had never tried it, and because I really liked the colors. It was the only XXL color I liked, really. The others looked to be the fake-fair isle, and I don’t really go in for that. Also, I am thrilled that one ball will make an entire pair of socks, and am so glad that it is superwash. I dislike having to remember what socks can and can’t be machine washed.
In the middle is Lorna’s Laces Shepherd Sock, which I have wanted to try forever. It is also superwash (genius!), and I had to dig around to find two of the color I wanted—Mixed Berries. I am so in love with this yarn that it is still sitting on my desk, waiting to be made into socks. I am looking for a good pattern, but I’m not sure what that will be.
The brown skein all alone is Koigu to finish the socks I started last year but had to abandon when I ran out of yarn an inch before the toe shaping. The brown goes really well, and I ripped back what I had to to heal, so that the heal and the toe would be the same color. I should be finished with the sock by the end of the week, and if I remember, I might post a photo. I really love the way the sock has turned out.
In all I spent just over $50 at Filati, only getting these four skeins. And that’s why I don’t get to buy yarn all that often.
So, there you have it. My first knitting content in over a month… It isn’t that I haven’t been knitting. It’s that the lack of a camera makes it hard to write about knitting. And besides, I’ve had some other things to talk about.
—”7 Miniutes in Heven (Atavan Halen)” From Under the Cork Tree: Fall Out Boy
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