Sunday, April 30

Socks that Rock, seriously.

my friend denise and i had so much fun at the blue moon fiber arts booth at the expo. as i mentioned, it was the first place we hit for fear they would be sold out :) denise was so excited to meet kaci, who designed the pattern for the first sock of the month club yarn. denise is a member of the club and is knitting the pattern now. kaci was super nice and we gabbed with her for a bit. she even allowed us to snap a shot of her, which she told us is rare, thanks kaci! she is holding denise's sock and denise is holding the large bag of yarn (notice fibery goodness in the background!)


we also met the color genius behind the company, tina. oh how i love the color! she was super nice as well. all in all, terrific people from a terrific company!

ok, so here are the 6 skeins (oh how i wanted more) of socks that rock that made it home with me

dutch canyon


metamorphic


farmhouse


watermelon tourmaline


sherbert


my fav, lemongrass



i resisted their cotton sock yarn (oh my) and their worsted yarns (oh my again!). they had so many yarns that they don't show online. next time they are in town i am going to save my pennies for months ahead of time. i think denise would agree, she walked away with 6 skeins too!

ok, one last money shot of them all together


so that was my first encounter with socks that rock. oh the vibrancy of this yarn, it is fantastic! it really strikes me because of the unique color combos. for me, there is just nothing better than hand dyed yarn. seriously. it is at the top of my list and the reason that i just love this stuff. i mean really, over like 200 colorways to choose from? seriously.

now go watch greys.

26 Comments:

Anonymous Donni said...

Gggggggggrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeennnnnnnnnnnn with envy!

9:16 PM  
Blogger Scoutj said...

Oh you got to meet Kaci! I love Kaci. She's hilarious!

Such preeeeeetttttyyyyy yarn!

9:17 PM  
Blogger Lynda said...

*drool* - that is some of the prettiest sock yarn I've seen in quite a while!! I love the watermelon tourmaline!!

10:56 PM  
Blogger tweezer said...

those color combinations are so unique and pretty. they are going to make some pretty rockin' socks (oh the puns). and wasn't chris o'donnell super yummy on grey's tonight? mmmm.

11:07 PM  
Blogger Wanda said...

beautiful yarn and the colors, so gorgeous. My favs are Dutch Canyon(which is a new color, right?) and Lemongrass. Such a decadent splurge that definitely should have been bought. You can't get all of that STR everyday!!

11:37 PM  
Blogger Alyson said...

I think maybe you got too much and need me to take some off your hands. Really, I'm willing to help out here, Amy. That's how a good friend I am...

;o)

12:00 AM  
Anonymous Kelli said...

Lemongrass is definitely my favorite but I would NOT turn my nose up to any of these *rocking* yarns. I see some beautiful socks in your future!

3:21 AM  
Blogger maryse said...

i have two skeins. one that i bought, and one from the club, and i can't bear to knit with them. they're too beautiful just as they are.

4:29 AM  
Anonymous laurie said...

you're going to love that yarn!! i made my Clapotis out of the Farmhouse colorway!

5:03 AM  
Blogger amylovie said...

I've contacted the Sock that Rock people TWICE to try to sell their goodies at my store. They won't respond to my emails. Grrrrr....

Amy

5:26 AM  
Blogger Courtney said...

wow. so so pretty. i think i love farmhouse the most.

8:07 AM  
Blogger Jenn said...

What a beautiful sight.

8:38 AM  
Blogger Knittripps said...

Love them all, especially the Lemongrass.

9:46 AM  
Blogger Charisse said...

O So not fair. Dont know where I could find any of that stuff where I live. You are so lucky.
Great colors. I have to get my hands on some of that.Enjoy knitting with it.

10:39 AM  
Blogger ErLeCa said...

Oh my gosh, the colors!!!!! I love them!

12:29 PM  
Blogger Carolyn said...

That really is the prettiest and coolest sock yarn out there, isn't it??? I can't wait to see you post your projects with those skeins!

1:09 PM  
Blogger craftymodster said...

Oh AMY! You did great....lookie all that scrumptiousness! GorGEous colorways. I am SOOO happy I didn't go to the expo because I would have done far worse damage than you (I know me so well). I'm happy that someone went, though. Have a blast with all your new stash!
xo
anjo

2:58 PM  
Blogger Jennifer said...

I love the sherbert colorway! Gorgeous.

3:09 PM  
Anonymous diana said...

Love them!!! But most of all, I love the watermelon tourmaline!

3:53 PM  
Anonymous Joelene said...

lemongrass is my favorite too!

4:20 PM  
Anonymous Lynne said...

Oh, what lovely yarn..I would just love to pet it. I haven't tried any yet, but it must be good stuff for you to come away with all of those wonderful skeins!

6:02 AM  
Blogger Tami said...

Hello Denise! I want to see the yarn you bought too!

9:32 AM  
Blogger BAM said...

I am partial to the watermelon tourmaline....oh the future socks!

6:48 PM  
Anonymous Mama Bear said...

We just missed you by a day! The STR ladies are always so nice and such great customer service. We were there Saturday. We had to go get our emergency sock yarn keychains and emergency knitting needles! STR didn't have the colorway along that I was hoping to get so we ended up with some lovely sock yarn from *ssshhhhhhhhh* a different seller who had some lovely 8 oz hanks.

5:36 AM  
Anonymous stinkerbell said...

LOVELY colour choices!!

9:41 AM  
Blogger Life's a Stitch said...

I must find some of that yarn - it will make trying socks again so worth it. What a feast of colour!
Li

9:04 PM  

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