
So off I went to the local box store
(AC Moore) and quickly found the right yarn (Well actually it Bernat,
but..) and while looking for some drab colors of sock yarn (I am
easing my S-I-L into hand knit socks.. once he is addicted, I know
brighter colors will be fine, but for now, grey, or navy, or forest
greens are preferred) I found one I liked—but they only had 2
skeins (Kroy, color way eclipse—a self striping yarn of greys,
blues, and white) but... they also had this--Meadow Colors.
I have completed 2 pairs of sock
this year! That is, in 2014. If you go back 12 months, the number
increases to 3. 2013 wasn't much better, but 2012—a dozen! And
some years before that, more than a dozen in a 12 month period.
So I am not knitting socks like a
fiend, but I am still buying sock yarn as if I were.
My DD and S-I-L live in a small (2
bedroom) apartment, and DD has laid down strict orders for the
holidays. 1 (per child, or 2 in total) toy as gifts, per household.
So Grandfather (and wife) and Grandma (and husband) , and the other
Grandpa, (and wife) and I, each can only give 1 toy (or 1 set of
toys). This is still a lot of toys, (4 toys for each girl—not
counting what ever their parents buy!).
We are not limited to only 1 gift. I
can make hats, or mittens, or Christmas stockings, or buy earrings,
(the girls have pierced ears) or clothing or put money in their
savings account. The limit is just on toys.
Hats are definitely on the list, and
maybe Christmas stockings, too, and earrings, and of course, a set of
toys!
2 comments:
I am so ready for this pattern.
That Candy Corn hat is so fun!
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