yarn.
*first, just a quick note for those who were interested in buying some stitch markers, send me an email at goodtobegirlATgmailDOTcom and let me know what you were interested in (how many, what style) and i'll get back to you. i think at some point i'll have to do a little store with my notecards and stitch markers, but for now, i'll just take emails from anyone interested.
i am trying very hard to be concious of my budget. it is a struggle some days. last year was a very strange year for me and i didn't pay too much attention to my $$ for awhile there. now with a mortgage i do. which means very little yarn splurges. thank goodness for my nice stash. it makes me feel a lot better when i get the urge to buy. however, last week, my continuing sock mania got the better of me.
first, i saw leslie's trekking socks over at her blog, whimsy. within 30 minutes i was down at my lys (ahh the danger of having a yarn shop a block away) buying this
and then, oh so conveniently, the shop had just received another order of fleece artist.
tell me that something is a fairly "rare" yarn and i can't resist. the colorway is not very me (but i do love it), with all the socks i have planned i need a variety of colorways. i really intend to be knitting socks almost exclusively (or until i get burnt out) for awhile.
now last week i complained about missing out on the vesper sock yarn. aha! yesterday i managed to snag a skein of the strange little mama inspired colorway. now these colors are definately me!
fyi - the yarn can be foundhere. that is if you are quick enough to snag some. add it to your bloglines, this is the best way to keep updated.
and i should admit that i also purchased some lorna's laces last week.
with the slow pace of my current socks, i should be able to use up all this yarn in a couple years. :) but seriously, last night when starting the heel, i took off the second sock, so now i am back to one at a time and liking it much better. i could pay close attention to grey's last night (omg, best episode yet. i love it!) while knitting away.
and blogger is being a bit strange. i lost a post about the seahawks. darn their loss. my throat hurts today from screaming so much at the officials!
i am trying very hard to be concious of my budget. it is a struggle some days. last year was a very strange year for me and i didn't pay too much attention to my $$ for awhile there. now with a mortgage i do. which means very little yarn splurges. thank goodness for my nice stash. it makes me feel a lot better when i get the urge to buy. however, last week, my continuing sock mania got the better of me.
first, i saw leslie's trekking socks over at her blog, whimsy. within 30 minutes i was down at my lys (ahh the danger of having a yarn shop a block away) buying this
and then, oh so conveniently, the shop had just received another order of fleece artist.
tell me that something is a fairly "rare" yarn and i can't resist. the colorway is not very me (but i do love it), with all the socks i have planned i need a variety of colorways. i really intend to be knitting socks almost exclusively (or until i get burnt out) for awhile.
now last week i complained about missing out on the vesper sock yarn. aha! yesterday i managed to snag a skein of the strange little mama inspired colorway. now these colors are definately me!
fyi - the yarn can be foundhere. that is if you are quick enough to snag some. add it to your bloglines, this is the best way to keep updated.
and i should admit that i also purchased some lorna's laces last week.
with the slow pace of my current socks, i should be able to use up all this yarn in a couple years. :) but seriously, last night when starting the heel, i took off the second sock, so now i am back to one at a time and liking it much better. i could pay close attention to grey's last night (omg, best episode yet. i love it!) while knitting away.
and blogger is being a bit strange. i lost a post about the seahawks. darn their loss. my throat hurts today from screaming so much at the officials!
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That was a very complete "yarn confessional." I think a priest would recommend a passage or two from the Yarn Harlot's book -- sinner's choice of story.
Also, I was able to read your Seahawks post through bloglines, even though Blogger lost it -- so your efforts weren't entirely in vain.
Just fyi Amy - when I logged on to bloglines earlier this a.m. the bloglines roll showed the seahawks feed, but your blog did not - it seems as if there was something intentional about some of those ref calls-against the Seahawks, such a disappointment. Glad you got to go the LYS - I'd love to find some trekking sock yarn around here, have any ideas of which shops to check with?
Wow! Nice stuff! I tried to add that link to my bloglines but it didn't work. How did you do that?
I'd be in serious trouble if I lived a block from an LYS.
I lost a post on Saturday myself. Sorry about the Seahawks. I didn't watch the game, but my husband said the officiating was disgraceful. And he never thinks that.
OK, here is the enabler in me coming out....we have some Fleece Artist on order.
I didn't watch the game, but the hubby said there were a bunch of questionable calls on the Seahawks.
Amy
Enough with the excuse making. It was a messy game all around and the Steelers did enough to come out on top. Seatle's day may come but right now, it's the Steeler's turn to shine!
HERE WE GO STEELERS!!!!:0)
excuse making? what game were you watching, those aren't excuses, those are legitimate gripes.
i don't want any trash talking on my blog :) so if you are a steelers fan kindly refrain from commenting as such. my wounds are still fresh.
So you'll trash talk in my comments, but it's not fair game here? :) Only joking. The Steelers had more than one nasty call against them this year, and a couple times in the playoffs, and they still managed to win those games, that's all I'm saying.
What Lorna's did you buy? That stuff is like crack to me.
Hi and thank you for your comment!! If you like the yarn i used to knit my soks,i Can maybe send to you if you want...you have many beautiful things,and your blog is so nice,this is my favourite!!! you kan leave a comment if you need some yarn. (sorry for my english,i am not so good) best wishess:Krisztina
Oh, I'm glad you got some Trekking...you're gonna love it. Now I want some Vesper sock yarn!
I've never knit with trekking sock yarn, but I've heard really good things. Someday when I have money to spend on yarn again I'll get some.
ooooh, I'm excited you got some SLM! It's so gorgeous. I can't wait to see what you make!
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