I went to my LYS on Tuesday to pick up a US #2 16-inch cable needle for the mini-cowl/neck warmer that I am making -- again. I made the first one just to see what it would look like, and to use up the left over sock yarn from my sister-in-law's socks. Then I mailed her socks and the neck warmer to her on Monday.
But I really liked the little neck warmer. I hated to let it go. So I immediately dug through my left-overs and found a nice chunk of Knit Picks' Frosting colorway. Hmmm .... might be enough. I am now about 4 inches into it, and holding my breath that I can get at least 3 more inches on it before I run out of yarn.
One thing that bothered me while making the neck warmer (other than the boring repetition of the 2x2s) was the bamboo dpns that I was using. So I dug through my assortment of needles, but no #2 cables. Which brings me back to where this post started: off to the store... where they were having an end-of-season sale. Oh my! I need more yarn like I need more calories. I managed to get out of the store with my wallet somewhat intact -- only bought yarn for one pair of socks. Red. Not striped, not varigated, just red. Christmas socks. That means that I am only 12 pairs of socks behind including the 6 skeins that I have on order.
Then I picked up a jar of Nutella to help me wade through all these socks that I need to get made.
But I really liked the little neck warmer. I hated to let it go. So I immediately dug through my left-overs and found a nice chunk of Knit Picks' Frosting colorway. Hmmm .... might be enough. I am now about 4 inches into it, and holding my breath that I can get at least 3 more inches on it before I run out of yarn.
One thing that bothered me while making the neck warmer (other than the boring repetition of the 2x2s) was the bamboo dpns that I was using. So I dug through my assortment of needles, but no #2 cables. Which brings me back to where this post started: off to the store... where they were having an end-of-season sale. Oh my! I need more yarn like I need more calories. I managed to get out of the store with my wallet somewhat intact -- only bought yarn for one pair of socks. Red. Not striped, not varigated, just red. Christmas socks. That means that I am only 12 pairs of socks behind including the 6 skeins that I have on order. Then I picked up a jar of Nutella to help me wade through all these socks that I need to get made.
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