But ... right behind it came another - one with an insect name ...
Saturday, May 7, 2011
socks are addictive
Knitters of socks know this truth - ours is an addictive hobby! To knit socks means to take a vacation from sweaters and shawls and scarves and the like - a calculated risk because we KNOW new patterns will emerge while we are hunched over our impossibly tiny dpn's, but we DON'T. CARE. We MUST finish these little gems that will cover our feet in mournfully GORGEOUS fiber. Herein lies the problem. Indie dyers. They are producing sock weight yarns that are TO DIE FOR. Whether they are offering cashmere or milk or soy or merino blends, it hardly matters. Our ears perk up when they list their latest wonders, and we must have some. We will devour and savour these fibers - postponing the car payment, the rent. Insanity abounds. In a fit of compassion, I turn off the computer. The sock clubs will not wither without me... the socks camps will not fold for want of my admission cheque.
But how can you give something so beautiful the Silent Treatment?
This one came with a tiny potpourri AND a packet of Eucalan for its bath!!!! And some of its proceeds will go to Japanese Relief. So it's all good. Right?
But ... right behind it came another - one with an insect name ...
But ... right behind it came another - one with an insect name ...
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Hi Jody, what a delightful post! I have just begun to discover the big wide world of sock yarn and the beautiful variety of color and textures. I have some incredibly wonderful pale peach, cashmere yarn I purchased on a vacation to Florida last year. I have just enough for a pair of socks and have been saving it to use when I feel more comfortable with my technique. I go over to my yarn basket and pick up at least once every day! :) Delisa
Hello Jody! It's me again, you asked on my blog about the giant rabbit picture? I came across the picture from a friend who sent it to me along with an article. It is supposedly a picture of a Giant Belgium rabbit, that has been specially bred. Now the articles swears it is real, but I could not tell you for sure if it might not be a hoax. But there is something down deep inside of me that wants to believe that giant bunnies exist somewhere out there! :) Delisa
I do not have the sock disease. I've never really connected with the sock people but oh, oh, oh, that sock yarn! So, I use it for hats - there is an advantage as I only have one head so I don't have to make the same hat twice! I had 2 hats with me for stitches south - the sober hat and the drunk hat. I could manage one glass of wine for the sober hat but had to swtich quickly to the drunk hat for anything more. Both are done now and I couldn't resist 'hertta' from Ravelry in pashmina. Whatever that is.
Watch yourself, Lopa, you may live to regret that opening line. I know where you live (sort of) and I know where you knit! HA!
So it is contagious then. I will put up the barricades.
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