Can these yarns look any more alike?!

Now, let me first say that I did NOT buy the same colorways! (Well, the 2 skeins of Koigu PPPM are supposed to be the same colorway, but the Ruby Sapphire...well, it is a different colorway!)

But just look at them side-by-side...

Actually, if you blow up the pic, you can see more raspberry/magenta in the RubySapphire yarn vs. the KPPPM with a more reddish highlight. On the left is RubySapphire sock yarn in the "Atticus" colorway. The other two smaller skeins are the Koigu PPPM, colorway P324/60.

Oh! And I believe I neglected to post a pic of this yarn that I saw the other day at Article Pract...
but there were only single skeins of the colors I liked, so I was good and passed them up! Of course, I go back a couple of days later and lo and behold...they had multiple skeins in many of the colors I liked! So what's a knitter to do? Had to buy three of these puppies!


This is Hacho 100% Hand Dyed Merino Wool, spun in Peru. The colorway is Coral Reef, and by purchasing this yarn, I 'm supporting the Peruvian Highland shepherds' kids and a portion of my purchase is "dedicated directly to the funding of a school in the remote area of Munani in the region of Puno." Sounds like a perfect reason to buy this, don't you think?

And guess what came in the mail yesterday?!...

WoolGirl Sock Club shipment #2!!! Jen put together a fantastic club shipment!

Here it is, unwrapped! This shipment really is fabulous! I had not expected so many goodies, even though the first kit was so sensational. I figured it was the start of the club and that (though we would be getting 'extras' with the kit), the following kit 'extras' would be limited to one small item. As you can see, I underestimated Jen's generosity! In addition to the sock yarn, coordinating stitch marker and pattern, we also got tea with honey sticks, lavendar scented soap, and a card with attached magnet-all fitting the Ireland kit theme! The pattern is called "Irish Dreams" and the kit was packed in a theme-fitting mossy green tissue paper, too! I just love details!

And a close-up of the yarn, Spunky Ecclectic's Supernova in "Irish Dreams" colorway. It is actually more green in person-I think my flash washed out the varying shades of green and the oranges. It is gorgeous and the colors all blend together much better than how it looks here.

So all I can say is that I love this club and signed up for the Seven Deadly S(p)ins club that WoolGirl is putting together with Lisuu. I'll definitely renew this sock club, too! And, of course, I have already renewed my STR club for next year! Too fun!

So I'm plugging away on my second Lenore, though I will confess to having started my Waterfall sock from the first Woolgirl sock club shipment. It was just too tempting for me! Nartian is trying to keep me on task, encouraging me to work on the Lenore so I can finish it this week and we can then post our two pair together! I have to admit that that would be fun and it is keeping me a bit more dedicated to the cause! So in the long-run, I will have Stilaholic Nartian to thank for a finished pair of Lenores and IrishGirlie to thank for a finished pair of Cedar Creeks! Um, yeah...guess I'd better make finishing the toe decreases on those Cedar Creeks the next order of business!

I've got more to blog about, but better end this for now. Coming soon...my PIF post! Stay tuned!