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Sockalicious

On Friday morning, I went up to "Woolen Treasures" in Loveland. MY NEW FAVORITE YARN STORE, I must say. (Is it just me, or does an image of Ed Grimley [Martin Short] pop into your mind whenever you hear 'I must say'?) I wish she had a web site that I could share with you.

Her shop has got it all: Mountain Colors, Lorna's Laces, a bunch of stuff from local people, Noro, Cascade...nary an artificial fiber in the store, I don't think. Just beautiful. Yet again, I did not have time to truly browse so I'm sure there's much more to be discovered.

So I loaded up on a bunch of sock yarn, and just moments ago I finished the first sock of a pair for my mom's birthday:

From top left, that's two skeins of Lorna's Laces Shepherd Sock yarn - I've been reading about it for years but have never met any in person. I chose this candy-colored variegated just for fun. Top right, three skeins of Mountain Colors Bearfoot in some manly kinds of colorways for some of the men in my life. And then at the bottom, a completed sock in Cherry Tree Hill Supersock yarn.

The sock ended up with some weird color pooling but it's weird in an acceptable kind of way. And the color gradations are not quite as obnoxious as the photo suggests. I've not used Cherry Tree Hill before; it reminds me of Koigu KPPPM.

I love my sock recipe so much, I'm thinking of publishing it someday. Maybe not for a fee, but just to put it out there to share the goodness. I have mixed and matched four or five different techniques from myriad sources into my own nifty little recipe and I just love the results. Fun to knit, comfy to wear. What could be better?

I started that sock Friday afternoon at about 5:30 and had it finished by 9:45 this evening. That might be a record for me! The next one will take considerably longer what with the work week coming up. Mom's birthday is the first week in March so I'm way out in front of the deadline for a change.

I hope to be back to the baby sweater by next weekend.

Comments

Are there a lot of colorways of the Lorna's there? It seems like it's hard to find many colors at any shops around here.

Posted by: Cathi at January 31, 2005 11:31 AM

Well, I wouldn't say there were "a lot" but maybe I'd go so far as to say "quite a few." I don't normally go for candy-colored pastels but I really wanted to try out this yarn.

Posted by: karen at February 1, 2005 06:54 AM