Yet Another.

I am addicted to socks now. Even more than I was addicted to hats. Don't worry. once winter rolls around again I will be back on the hat wagon by right now its too lovely in Toronto to even think about needing hats again. Back to the point. I started a pair of socks for my sister who had minor surgery last week (Everything is peachy keen with her, don't worry). Sadly I only finished one in time but I have started the second one. I'm using two balls of Paton's Kroy Jacquards in Tutti Frutti. Its a lovely yarn and I now get the wool obsession. Unfortunately I am still a student and thus unable to afford wool if I want to keep knitting.

I can however afford the odd surge on wool blend sock yarn. I bought two skeins of Lorna's Laces in a lovely purple/turquoise/pink colourway last week and at 13 bucks a pop it was the most expensive yarn I have ever picked up. After much deliberation I decided that this yarn wanted to be a pair of jaywalkers. Boy was I ever right! I can't wait to finish the first one so I can post a picture of how beautifully it is knitting up with the zigzag pattern. The way the yarn was dyed gives it a pseudo self striping pattern that looks more like a spiral than striping but none the less it is lovely and looks marvelous.

I did make a minor change to the pattern by only knitting 4 inches from top to heel instead of 6 3/4 because I hate tall socks. They drive me batty. I swear it had nothing to do with wanting left overs to make an ipod sock!

I made a few other purchases this week. I found a yarn shop closer to my home called Mary's Yarns in Unionville. I went in with the intention of just getting size 1 DPNs and I left with a ball of white cotton/wool/some of kind stretchy stuff sock yarn in white that I think wants to be a pair of something cabled for fall ballet flats and 2 balls those a really awesome chunky weight blue tweedy wool/acrylic blend and I had to have despite not having a clue what to make with it. I have 400 m of the stuff. Enough to make a hat and probably a pair of mitts, or possibly a short scarf. Or a Hat and an Ascot and a couple of Hats. I think it definitely wants to be a hat. That much I know. It looks too good close to my face to not be a hat.