Knittinggarden

There are just not enough hours in the day! When all I want to do is knit, knit, knit, but have to do other things, I get a very unsettled feeling. Is this the sign of obsession? addiction? or just enjoying a harmless hobby? I have to say that when I got an e-mail from Allison announcing the shipment of sock yarn for this month's sock club, her salutation gave me pause. "Hey, Sock Yarn Addict", she wrote. Is that what I've become? Just because I belong to that club, Yarn Pirate Booty Club, and the Zen String sock club, and also have been known to buy a skein or two from the Loopy Ewe when there's a particularly good "sneak up", I don't think I have a problem. (Or is denial indeed the first sign?) The first Monkey sock is done. See, I actually use the yarn! Moving right along, participating in Dishrag Tag has broadened my obsession to include cotton yarn. I had never purchased so much as a skein of it until I signed up for this fun game. ...

I feel like Roseann Roseannadanna...."What's all this I hear about monkeys and why would you want to wear them on your feet? Oh, they're socks? Never mind." I've been seeing pictures of Monkeys , even looked at the pattern several times, but for some reason decided they were too hard. OK, so when I read about them the millionth time, and how much fun they were to make (the word addictive came up more than once), I decided I had to try them. This was difficult, since I'm having a good time with my Six Sox and Favorite Socks Knitalongs, and really wanted to continue with another pattern there. I finished my Yarn Pirate socks which were good plane knitting since I didn't need a pattern and was ready for another pair or two of socks. The colorway is Mermaid; here they are ready to go sailing in the pool, since they match the floaty so well. I looked at the Monkey pattern again and decided to try it. This decision involved an hour-long sort through my s...

Dishrag Tag has officially begun. I drove home this afternoon, saw the mail carrier leaving our house, and found not one but TWO boxes in the mailbox! One was my dishrag tag relay box, and one was yarn I bought earlier in the week at The Loopy Ewe. And inside the boxes, I found goodies. The first box held a dishrag from our fearless leader, Emily , two balls of cotton yarn, a recipe for shortbread, and two cute little gingerbread-man (person?) cookie cutters. Of course, beautiful sock yarn was in the other box: GypsyKnits, Melon Patch colorway, and Cider Moon Flurry in the Midnight Special colorway. The third beautiful skein is my July sock club yarn from Zen String, Harmony in a colorway for spring called Dragonfly. That arrived yesterday. It's been a good week! Of course, I immediately had to begin making my dishcloth for the relay so I can get the box in the mail tomorrow. I chose the yellow/orange yarn and made a simple pattern so I could finish quickly. Here it is dry...