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Friday, May 21, 2004
Again it comes down to the sock
Roses a plenty
Violets galore
Sock yarn of many colors
Just buy me some more.
I made that up myself. Impressed? I didn't think so. Did you know that sock yarn is my one weakness. Sock yarn is my Kryptonite. I didn't get all the colors of kryptonite that I wanted. I filled my cart and looked at the bottom line and had a little laugh/choke. I then whittled it down to something less than a rent payment.
This is from Over the Rainbow Yarns on Ebay. Its twinkletoes sock yarn. I'm hoping its a bit more variegated than it shows, if not I may splash a bit more darker red on it. This sock yarn is slated for Charlotte's Web. If I could I would take one of every yarn she has. In fact I toyed with all her colorways and picked out several that would have been perfect for Charlotte. I also figured that since her yarns have more yardage per colorway than Koigu that I could make a couple of pairs of Charlotte socks after I finished the shawl. See its a deal, its not spending money, its like you have to do it. As soon as I finish Highland Triangle I'll get to Charlotte. I have 2.5 repeats done on Highland, which I'm absolutely in love with and can't wait to have it finished.
This next one, I was seduced into it. Offer me free stuff and you will have your way with me. Its awful. Smiley's has(is) a sale and they do have some nice looking sock yarn. This sock yarn comes in solids too. I'm just trying to get a jump on Xmas presents, no really, I am. We're almost half way there. We'll see if I actually start early or if you'll be reading how on the 24th I'm seaming sweaters and kitchenering socks til all hours of the morn. In fact I'm jealous and want to hunt down all those people that announe in August how they are done with their xmas gifts. If I finished in August I'd probably be giving out the presents early. I can't hold onto any gift for that long.
This is the summer footie sock I started this past Sunday. I suppose if I had been more diligent about working on it, I may have both done. I don't. Today is Mom's Birthday and she is getting one sock, and then I'm taking it back to make sure I can match it up to the next one. This is what happens when we have 2 holidays so close together. It has nothing to do with poor planning. Or maybe it has to do with the fact that I work and have a 3yr old. Nope, not poor planning at all, just some poor excuses.
Speaking of planning, I have my weekend all planned to the hilt. There's pottery needing to be finished. There's Shrek part 2 that needs to be seen. Of course there is a garden still needing to be weeded. I actually have a huge list of yard work that needs to be done. I'll check in November and see how much actually got crossed off. The rest of the time I plan to spend sitting on my butt on my new swing. Have a great sunny weekend all.
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