I learned a new cast on!!!!

As much as I like to knit socks, I am still a novice. And that is what is so exciting about the world of knitting - there is always something to learn!

Knitting Daily had a video posted the other day with Nancy Bush and a cast on that she uses for her socks. Check it out.

I am using it to knit a pair of socks with our new sock yarn, Crazy Zauberball.

This and That

On Wednesday, one of our customers found this little guy out on M-22. They brought him back and placed him with the Lily of the Valley plants. During the day, I watched him hop around and chirp away. When I came back in to work on Friday, he was gone. I am hoping he found the rest of his family.


Jill is knitting an afghan for her granddaughter, using various squares out of the Great American Aran Afghan and Great American Afghan books. She has mentioned that she will never again knit anything pink.


One of our Susans is knitting her first sock, using Yarn Hollow's Sock Religious. This yarn comes in a flat and is handdyed by Rita. I love this colorway.

Patty brought in 3 more socks to show off. All of these are made with Classic Elite's Summer Sox. Aren't they colorful? Patty said the yarn was a joy to knit.

And the Barb came in yesterday and brought in a sock she knitted with ShiBui.

Nancy is modeling a coat she purchased. This woman uses fur and other wonderful materials in her knitting. Isn't this gorgeous?

Socks

Well, in case you haven't figured it out yet, I love handknitted socks! I find it very hard to turn down more sock yarn for the shoppe. There are so many great fibers out there to knit into socks. Under hand dyed we have Yarn Hollow's Sock Religious and Panda Cotton, ShiBui's sock yarn, Fourth Coast Fibers sock yarn, Farmhouse Yarn Bo Peep Sock and Fannie's Fingering, Schaefer's Anne, and Mountain Colors Bearfoot. Other sock yarns include Louet Gems fingering, Opal cotton, 6-ply and what I call their regular sock yarn. Also Skacel's Trekking XXL in 6-ply and fingering, Austermann Step, Fortissima, Trekking ProNatura. And don't forget South West Trading Company's Tofutsies. Then we will be adding Misti Alpaca sock yarn, Classic Elite Yarns Alpaca Sox, Summer Sox, and TY-Dy socks. Whew! See what I mean. And I don't carry every sock yarn out there.

Plus I enjoy seeing what you folks have done with the yarn you bought from us. Sue sent me this picture. She bought these from us last summer and finished them up just recently.


Who would have guessed that they would have looked like this? Thanks, Sue, for sending the picture to us.