In my defense, every single skein of yarn was on sale or on clearance, and I have definite plans for each one. Almost all of them contain natural fibers. And, as I was unloading my haul for this photo, I realized that in my clearance-induced frenzy, I bought two of the exact same size circular needle. So I didn't even get what I went for.
In other news, I finished the invitations for my sister's wedding and got them in the mail a couple weeks ago. I forget how much I enjoy doing these until I'm in the middle of a project. I always think, I should write more. And then I realize I haven't because I have a giant list of other things I'm supposed to do.
approach. I'm tickled pink that when I tie off the yarn, both socks will be DONE and I can put them right on my feet. It's also cool that I can put them on now (can't do that with double-pointed needles) and see how much more knitting I need to do. I did get really goofed up when picking up the gusset stitches and had to dump one sock to alternate needles to fix it. But I got them all put back on the main circular needles and am going strong.
While I was shopping today, I flipped through this book: The Sock Knitter's Workshop: Everything Knitters Need to Knit Socks Beautifully
. This one is going in my shopping cart. So far, all the sock patterns I've seen have a distinctive "homemade" look to the heel. The workshop book has instructions for getting the diagonal heel like the socks you get from the store. I'm excited to try it.To do list: Finish socks. Clean workroom - it's a disaster - again. Get serious about bridesmaid dresses and gather up the rest of the supplies I need. Oh, and royal icing doodads for sister's bridal shower cupcakes in two weeks.
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