How did what happen Anne? I hear you cry as you look at the photo and think , she's bought some sock yarn. Hardly needs much explanation.
And yes it is sock yarn and yes I did buy it and yes it's the first instalment of a monthly sock club. That's the bit you didn't see coming and how did it happen?
Well Madrigal Yarns put up a Facebook post about their new self striping sock club. Self striping is relatively difficult to get hold of because it's a pain to dye and a lot of dyers seem to have decided that it's more bother than it's worth. The OH of course, loves bright socks and what he most likes is bright stripey socks so this, despite the fact that it means at least 100g of yarn incomnig every month, was a bit of a no brainer.
The colours will be inspired by the month the yarn is produced and this one, for April, is called Colours of Spring. While I love the main skein, and indeed the mini that came with it, I don't think they pair very well together so I've looked out a green that I had 'in stock' to pair with it when I get around to knitting it up into socks.
That won't be for a wee while because at the moment all my knitting time is taken up with my So Faded sweater, which is the pattern I'm using for my Beehive advent yarn . I am so very nervous about whether or not this will fit that I have taken a tremendous amount of trouble with it; swatching (in the round, no less!), measuring myself, measuring two slightly differently fitting jumpers, comparing measurements to pattern schematic etc. etc. If the universe tends to the benevolent then it will fit and fit nicely. I'm a lot further on with it than I thought I would be after only five days but not quite at a place where I can yet try it on to see how it's looking. Fingers crossed. And then the self striping is second in the queue once it's done.
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