I haven’t posted to my blog in awhile because I have no pictures to post along with comments on projects to show you what I am talking about. That, combined with the fact I have had one failed and two “frog” stitching episodes, is why it’s been so long since my last post. The roll of film will be finished up tonight and dropped off for processing tomorrow, I get the pics put on a cd at the same time, so I should have pics to post within the next week and a half. So, with pics soon to come, I thought I had better post.

I was at the LYS on tuesday for a day of “s-n-b” with the ladies. I had 9 balls of my favorite sock yarn I wanted to get, then I put it back. I got it out again, and again I put it back. I did this atleast a half a dozen times. Then three ladies came in to do some yarn shopping, you can sorta see this one coming can’t you? Well one of the ladies got 7 balls of the cotton sock yarn! I quickly grabbed the remaining two, without putting them back this time, to take home. It’s a rather colorful yarn- had pink, orange, blue, green, yellow, and tiny bits of purple- but I wanted to make a colorful pair of socks for my eldest son who’s a fine arts major. Now I know he isn’t likely to wear such colorful socks out and about. But he would wear them over the hollidays around me, and maybe when all of his other socks were dirty at home. He wears a size 12.5 shoe, so I calculated and started knitting a rather large sock. I was nearly half done when I realized that the ball of yarn was just over half gone! OOps! I tried, in my feeble temp. brain death sort of way, finding more of it online and couldn’t. So I frog-stitched the entire thing. Later, a kind friend on the bestest knitting group list ( www.yahoogroups.knittingchicks.com ) emailed me with where online I could get more (and for about half of what I had paided for at LYS!). So, as soon as I can, I will order enough to make ds, dil, and dgd each a matching pair of socks. For now this pair, which is nearly done and has eyelash yarn in the cuffs, will go to a Christmas Stocking Swap partner.

(After all of this I noticed something today. The sock pattern that I have already has the appropriate sizing for such a large sock. I would have had enough yarn afterall if I had used that sizing and a size larger dbl pt needle set! Oh well, I know for next time.)

While at the LYS, I also got two balls of another cotton yarn to make some socks with. I will again put eyelash yarn into the cuffs of the sock. I personally have found that this more than doubles the warmth of the ankles, plus it makes the socks a bit of a novalty. (It also ensures that my youngest ds and my dh will NEVER want to barrow the pair of socks!) The yarn is what I would call a sea foam mist color. The eyelash yarn I am planning on using with it is varegated with blues and greens in it.

Like I said, I will post the pics as soon as I can. If at all possible, I’ll slip them in where the item is discussed. But no promises on that last bit.

I will try to post more frequently from now on. Take care and God bless!