June 2, 2008
The Simply Socks Yarn Company is holding a contest. They want to know what your favorite sock yarn is and why. Here are some of my favorites. The deadline is June
- Blue Moon Fiber Arts Socks that Rock Lightweight (Bouncy yarn, pleasurable to knit with, gorgeous colorways and locally dyed).
- Colinette Jitterbug (Bouncy yarn. Very full feeling. Pleasurable to knit with.)
- I can’t believe I didn’t tell them Koigu. What the heck was I thinking? It’s KOIGU.
- And I forgot about Shibui. (Also locally dyed and a lot like Koigu and Louet).
- Lorna’s Laces (Gorgeous dyes, hard wearing)
- Louet (great stand bye)
- Scout’s Swag. Yummy colors. Some day I will finish a pair of socks with this.
Anyway, knock yourself out!
May 28, 2008
I am painfully aware that I never posted my pictures from seeing Stephanie Pearl McPhee speak at the Oregon World Forestry Center on Earth Day. So here is a link to the set. Most of the pictures are from the Inexplicable Knitting Behavior scavenger hunt. I am not delinquent, I was preventing a colorway spoiler. (To which I say, I am a big liar.)
This colorway is called Knitters Without Borders.
It’s pretty. Yum. Mine!
I had to make it back to work the next day, so I had to leave without having spoken with her Harlotness in person, but its nice when your friends can get your book (Things I Learned from Knitting…whether I wanted to or not) signed for you. I know I had a really good time and I got my cool pin for free. I heard Duffy sing A Traveling Sock. Not only is she brave, but she has a great voice too. I’m sure you’ve already seen the video on You Tube, but here it is just in case you missed it.
Filed under 2008, knitting, sock yarn, stash files
Tags: 2008, blue_moon, knitters_without_borders, knitting, sock_yarn, stash_files, stephanie_pearl_mcphee, yarn_harlot
Last week I finished three projects in a row, but totally failed to post about the third. They are my 2nd pair of Pomatomus socks and they are lovely.
