Now, onto the critical mass issue. So.... in the past 6 weeks I've indulged my long-term desire to order Wollmeise and Kauni. Even though one package had arrived, and the other was just days away.... I went shopping. Now, I was just going to buy Cat Bordhi's book, "New Pathways for Sock Knitters", vol. 1. It's fabulous. I'll be honest. I *hated* the magical knitting series. Mobius, no thank you! New ways to knit gussets and sculpt socks, fabulous. If you're a sock knitter and are interested in mixing things up, this is a book for you!
So, umm... I found some Jitterbug. I've been looking at this colorway for months-- and then I noticed that they changed their formula to a thinner yarn. Sold! I swiped up the original thickness the moment I noticed the difference because I wanted the thicker one. I've certainly hit critical mass for sock yarn. Must stop buying sock yarn!
Wednesday night, Deepa placed this in my hot little hands.
It's ooh, soo much better in real life. Kauni, fabulous. Absolutely gorgeous stuff. Just so you know I'm not completely mad, 1/2 of these skeins will be delivered to another knitter tonight!
I decided against the sedate blues and the absolutely gorgeous Princess Line sweater design. I'm taking the advice of you, dear readers, and have decided upon something completely different. No, I'm not going to knit Ruth's fantastic design. For the past few weeks I've been plodding through as many Alice Starmore patterns that I can find... and I think I found a winner. Of course, the search made me change my mind yet again. I'll explain all soon.
Paco waiting patiently for play time. 
One last photo. Ahh-- I love this yarn!
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Oh my gosh - that stuff is amazing! The colors are beautiful!
No such thing as too much sock yarn! (Says the girl whose house is practically overflowing with the stuff.) I loved Cat's new book, too.
Holy cats! That stuff is fantastic! Where did you find to order that from?
I may short out my laptop with the drool...
Congratulations on winning the afghan sweepstakes at the State Fair. I saw your beautiful Lizard Ridge afghan displayed in the same case as the quilts. Wow! Have you been to see it yet?
And congrats on scoring some Kauni yarn -- I am working on the standard Kauni Cardigan and love the yarn.
You won??!!!! Yes!!!!
Born in Carbondale = Connie
Wow! Those Kauni yarns sure look delicious!
Ps. I also have that Inspiration sock brochure (the one on the left), too. :-)
I've been buying some of the Inspiration booklets when I see them priced cheaply at Elann, love them, and the Regia Journals too!
The Kauni is lovely! Can't wait to see what you decided for it.
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