Positively Sinfull. But how could I
resist? Look at these lovely skeins—The Opel tiger stripe yarn is
missing a label—but I am sure about it --there was one with a
label—it was more expensive. I was perfectly willing to forgo a
label for an even better bargain.
This lovely haul--(all that I bought)
set me back $20—A wonderful collection of exciting yarns for $5 for a
pair of socks. Cheaper than Kroy, or Red Heart, even with the best of sales.
While the color ways are old—Do fun self striping yarns like tiger
ever get old? I don't think so!
I still didn't get the solid color ways
of Kroy that I want. I am going to be very frugal for the next few
weeks to justify spending even more money on yet MORE sock yarn.
I belong to a Ravelry group called solid socks—Even though, I so
rarely do solid socks. Still I end up looking at all the completed projects and pattern
ideas, and think—Oh, I like that! or—Wow, why didn't I think of
doing a pattern like that?
Self striping sock yarns are definitely
fun—And I really enjoy knitting socks with them. But solid
socks—which at first seem simpler, and less interesting, are a
wonderful base for fancy stitch work.
I might at some point grow tired of
knitting socks. But I doubt it. They serve my need for process
knitting—and have the bonus of being production knitting as well.
These yarns were bought Saturday
evening—and what an evening it was.
Last week when I went to the Garage
Sale—I was in and out (door to door) in under 2 hours—and I stopped off
at another store to pick up some hardware for a home repair project
in addition to the yarn sale.
Saturday? It was an outing. Nancy
hoofed (OK, she took the bus) to my house. We drove a few blocks to
pick up Debbie, and the 3 of us went off together.
All of us are tight budgets—and we
all carefully considered our purchases. (We all spent about $20)--Still I found what I wanted in 10 minutes or so.
Nancy—a relatively new knitter
stocked up on needles and notions (and a bit of yarn, too) She took a bit longer, but still came to a decision pretty quick. Debbie was
like a kid in a candy store—she wanted EVERYTHING and flitted
about, looking at this, looking at that, pondering this, pondering
that—until she finally settled on 4 skeins of sock yarn—after an
HOUR of looking at everything.
Then—the adventure continued. Nancy
has lived in Queens for years—and drives—but she's never owned a
car in NY. So, since we were all ready in the car, I took her on a
tour of one of the prettiest parts of Queen's—Shore Drive in
Douglaston—It is breathtakingly pretty—anytime—but there is a
special magic to it at night –when all the light reflect on the
water.
Debbie—still in her childlike glee
wanted to indulge—and we stopped in White Castle (the one on
Northern Blvd at Bell Blvd.) I never much ate at White Castle—I
don't have memories of fun times--(or of belly aches). I had 1 (yes,
just 1) double burger--Plus, Debbie and I shared an order of sweet potato
fries, and fried clams. (And a number of belly bombers were sunk--but not by me). We giggled like school girls. And we
entertained (and were entertained by) the teens (and the drunk)
hanging out there.
What with the side trip to Douglaston,
and the stop at White Castle—it was near midnight by the time I got
home! I was exhausted! Not a good start to daylight savings time.
Then, yesterday, (Sunday knitting at
the Rego Park Panera's) we entertained Jessica with a recount of all
the adventures. She had a prior commitment on Saturday and missed
out. So to make her feel better (and to make ME feel better) I gave
her some of my stash yarn—2 lovely skeins of Tahki/Stacy Charles
wool in a mostly brown blend.
It's not quite equity (4 skeins of
yarn came into my house, and only 2 went out)but it's better than the
alternative (4 balls of yarn came in and NONE went out!)
Jessica is also a new(ish) knitter—but
she is a natural. She's knitting a scarf (brown) —one of her own design and
has just learned to do a simple lace (and is thrilled with it!) We
talked about another outing—and every one but me is excited about
Stitch & Pitch—(This year on June 3rd/Citifield-Mets
stadium). I am not much of sport fan, and less of Met's fan (It's the Yankee's for me!) and even the company of lots of other knitters can't make baseball exciting.
Debbie (all of us, really) had great fun
dividing some of 100 g skeins of sock yarn into 2 cakes (using my
ball winder) for knitting 2 socks at time. There is something
mesmerizing about winding up yarn, isn't there? It's no wonder I
turn to making hanks or skeins of yarn into cakes when ever I lose my knitting
mojo.
A bit of progress was made on both the
scarf (a inch more perhaps) and the secret socks (another 2 inches of
leg)—but that just brings the leg up to 4 inches (of 7) so there
still is a ways to go. It's a good design—especially for a
beginner, but a bit ho hum for my taste.
The yarn is pretty—but subtle, the
pattern mostly stocking knit. Easy to knit—nothing
challenging--but slightly boring at the same time. I like a
challenge—It's actually hard for me to keep it simple.
I have a doctors appointment tomorrow
(and may or may not get a post made)--If thing run slow I'll get a
lot of knitting done—if they run on schedule, I'll have time to post (but won't
have made too much progress. The appointment is nothing much—just a
base line mammogram. And I don't expect anything but a normal
report. I regularly do self exams—and there isn't much history of
breast problems in the family.
