Well, the vine lace socks have me stumped. After two tries I still cannot for the life of me figure out why the YOs don't line up. I'm getting a swirl instead. See?
It's almost as though I'm somehow moving a stitch to the wrong needle each time, but I don't see how. Anyhow, it was time for a new plan.
Enter Fools Rush Socks by Cassie at Too Much Wool.
This is the side view. I'm loving the pattern. It's quick and lovely. I hope my pal likes it too.
My LYS is having a sale on sock yarn this week, so I took advantage. Here is what I got today. (Inspired by Ravelry, I'm trying to photograph my stash.)
I started with Trekking because I've been waiting for it to go on sale before trying it out.
I chose this Opal colorway because it was as close as they had to Cal Blue and Gold.
I've been dying to try bamboo, so these should be fun.
I'm intrigued by these Tofutsies, though honestly I got suckered in by the 25-percent off sale.
I've spent most of the morning putting projects into my new account at Ravelry. Come check them out if you're on too.
http://www.ravelry.com/projects/Lauren
Tonight I went to see Stephanie Pearl-Mcphee, the Yarn Harlot at Copperfield Books in Petaluma. She was terrific and really, really funny. I was actually crying at one point. She talked for about 45 minutes, took a bunch of questions, and then signed (and personalized) books for everyone.
Here she is taking her sock picture.
There were probably about 150 knitters there. Amazing! Everyone was super friendly and they were all knitting!
Here she is with me! and my Sockapalooza sock. I'll send a copy of this to my pal in August. The sock has Harlot mojo now!
I bought At Knits End on audio CD, which should be a lot of fun.
Copperfield books was terrific. They were great hosts and have a lovely store. I could have spent LOTS of money there, but was restrained and stayed on task. I did however stop in to Knitterly and treated myself to some Koigu sock yarn.
