"Lay's" socks, AKA "Cotty"

KnittingGolfer and I keep saying you can't knit just one pair of Cotty's and so, my nickname for them is "Lay's"! I cast on for my second Pigeon Roof Studios Cotty and quickly cast-on for a second pair, too!

I love the Sam 'n Ella colorway and decided Cotty would be a great knit for it, so I couldn't resist-I went ahead and cast-on, putting all UFO's further back in my mind!

Cotty's, v. 2.0

In my last post, I had included a picture of a new sweater I started for Solly, one of my many cousin's baby. I'm using the Baby Racer Sweater pattern by Marie Connolly. I'm using Knit Pick's Mainline cotton/wool yarn for the body in the Ink colorway.

After seeing Miss Babs Worsted in Van Gough over at WoolGirl's July 4 sale, I had to get it to use for the contrasting arm/neckband. So SassyMan was kind enough to go to the PO and get my package out of hock today! How could I resist a WoolGirl sale? I would have been in bigger trouble had someone not beat me to the 3 Wowza skeins of Miss Babs Worsted in Hemlock. Alas, it was not to be! But I did manage to get these...

Miss Babs worsted in Van Gough and Miss Babs Yummy Sport/Sock in Lilacs!

And speaking of WoolGirl, I resurrected this sock I started using Spunky Ecclectic sport yarn, also purchased from WoolGirl.

Slipped Stitch Delight pattern by Terry Ross, knit in the Spunky Ecclectic Sport sock yarn, Hummingbird colorway.

Yeah, the ADD continues. I have narrowed my focus to about 6-8 projects right now; hopefully I'll prioritize and plug through them! Vacation is in the near future and hopefully some good knitting time!

Glorious GREED!

And here it is! My recent Seven Deadly S(p)ins Club shipment--GREED! This yarn is a "Tinsel Toes" yarn (merino/tencel) in the colorway Precious Metals! The pattern is for a beaded clutch and comes complete with the silk lining, beads, button--everything to make it! And, of course, there are extra goodies: chocolate coins, bracelets, a currency bill stitch marker, and magnetic bookmark.

I'm not much of a 'yellow' person, but this is a wonderful color combination and is perfect for the theme and pattern!

And again, time slips away and I forget!

The great thing about my yarn clubs is that my shipments go out automatically and are prepaid far enough in advanced that I often forget they are coming! So is the case with the latest WoolGirl current club shipment that arrived today. This shipment was a Cherry Blossom theme! Featured yarn? Yarntini in Plum Blossom!

Pardon double-pics, but I really feel Jen does such a great job packing up our kits, that you would really be missing out if you didn't get to see my goodies as they came packed.

This is my first Yarntini yarn and what a treat to have this lovely Plum Blossom colorway!

And there is so much in her kits, that seeing them displayed as one picture, you miss lots of the little goodies/details. Like the gorgeous crystal stitch marker from White Oaks. Or the rock sugar stick that was packed so nicely with the tea and strainer. And notice not just the coordination of color, but the overall feel and look that the kraft paper journal offers. Crissy Gardiner designed the sock pattern that peeks out a bit in the first pic.

And I've notified Jen that I want 'in' on next year's club, so I had better start putting aside the money for it!

Excess does not help Crafter's Attention Deficit Disorder!

It doesn't seem like I am in that many clubs, and I really am not. It's just that when I added on the Joe Cool kit and then it arrives the day before the Seven Deadly S(p)ins shipment-and all this after my IrishGirlie visit...well...it was pretty difficult to continue along with my exisitng projects! So I cast on for Sandy Wiseharts's Nicholas Mitt's which I had told my friend I would knit her for her birthday. Being that I said that last year and her birthday is coming up again (September), I suddenly realized that a bit of motivation was in order.

I had the yarn and pattern together for months! The yarn is STR lightweight in the Rauen colorway and I'm using it doubled.

Clicking on the pic will give you the
*ginormous size pic and you can see the colorway a bit better. It seems there isn't a Raven colorway I don't love! This one has reds and browns, but the variations are subtle.
(*If I recall correctly this is the CookieA term for the largest Flickr pic size-mega-resolution!!!)

And the Joe Cool kit was so awesome-and the yarn feels so good...and it is a small foot I'm knitting socks for, that I was compelled to CO immediately for the Joe Cool pattern! I hand-wound the skein yesterday morning and am on my way...!

This colorway is really incredible! Mostly a rich red and black, with a bit of brown (and maybe I even detect some navy). I am definitely ordering another skein, as well as the Cool Blue colorway!
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And behold, the next Deadly S(p)in-SLOTH! I think the hat pattern it came with is absolutely adorable and so fitting for "SLOTH"! I will be reading the notes on this shipment as soon as I am off the 'puter!

Hmmmm...about this kit...It has some luscious black angora in the kit for-get this-lining the ear-flaps! Besides the 8 g. of angora, there is also 50 g. of Footprints yarn in Studmuffin colorway and 70 g. of Footprints in Siesta Fiesta colorway! And, of course, we got the pattern, some 'sloth' tea, and a row counter! OH...and a "Seven Deadly S(p)ins button!

This is such a fun way to explore the Unique Sheep yarns and anything WoolGirl Jen-related is always a big winner with me!!! Another cool thing about this kit is that if you are of the sock persuasion and not into hats, you can always use the yarn for socks or mittens-that's what is suggested for alternative projects! So there you have it-I snuck a bit of YPF in tonight!

And still more coveted gifties...

For Lil' Emp, that other coveted birthday gift would be this...
As seen on TV, it's the PANCAKE PUFF PAN!!! Yes, he really wanted one. Yes, those TV commercials are good at sucking the kids in! (He even quoted, "it's good for breakfast, desserts, even snacks!"...) I swear, when I had mentioned it to my cousin (stating this as an odd thing...), she told me her son wanted one, too!

But look...
the pan actually works and the puffs really do look like the pics on the box!

And I owe a pic of my Little Paint Can, so let's revisit that...

The can contains two mini-skeins of Lorna's Laces, and a pattern!

I chose the colorway "Ashburn"; it actually reminds me of Nartian, IrishGirlie and Me!

And does this look familiar...? This is the activity that kept me and Lil' Emp busy for a bit on Saturday...

Yep! Soaking yarn for Round 2 Dying!

Lil' Emp thought that splattering violet over the entire painted flat would be interesting...actually, I think he wanted an excuse to fling the dye around. This was probably not the best project idea for an 8yo..

.Admittedly, the splashes made for an interesting dyed blank...

So despite the fact that I told myself I would dye yarn only from what I could dig out from my massive stash, I still somehow ended up at a LYS. And somehow ended up with this hand-dyed yarn...

This is Cleo Sock Yarn, an 80% Superwash Merino/20% Nylon yarn from Cinnamon's Dye Pot in "Potpourri"; I think she is based in Maryland if I recall correctly...

And today my JOE COOL SOCK KIT from WOOLGIRL Jen arrived! When I heard about this special kit, I had to order it, knowing what a big Snoopy/Peanuts Lil' Emp has been for at least 1/2 his life! To my surprise, he had told me he wanted red, as opposed to blue for a color choice (yes, we had the choice of "Outrageous Red" -I thought it had first been called Red Baron Red...or "Cool Blue"...


I was thrilled to see what Jen had come up with for us! How can this woman make money considering all the time, care, thought and attention she puts into the kits?!I opted for the Sport Weight and in addition to the skein of the Outrageous Red colorway of "Fat Sock" White Oak TV Yarns, I also got TWO different patterns, a paw stitch marker, hand-stamped snoopy cards (made by Jen), hot tamales, a Snoopy fabric bag, sunglasses, a bendable Joe Cool Snoopy on a keychain, and a Joe Cool pen!

Lil' Emperor was THRILLED!

And saving the best for last...
Another reason today was such an awesomely YARNY day! Nartian and I got to visit with IrishGirlie. We were (ahem!) obligated to help out a dear friend...you see, Nartian and I could not in any way allow Irish Girlie to get stuck with such an overabundance of BMFA STR so, you know...we had to offer her a 'bail out'! I helped take a few skeins off her hands!

Only a FEW skeins! The one in the rear is a HeavyWeight Rare Gems. The others are an assortment of Mill Ends, Rare Gems and a MochaBerry thrown in!

And, as always, the best part is spending time with good knitting buddies who we heart!

BTW-speaking of BMFA, Tina has started blogging over at the site! She posted a contest, so if any of you want a chance at winning some STR, hop on over and enter her contest. The peek at her awesome photo is worth the visit!

And so I'm a thief!

Anything to be able to post my new WoolGirl sock club kit! I got this last week and Nartian and IrishGirlie have pics posted to their blog-I stole this one from Nartian...


And I am so anxious to show off my RibbyPulli scoop, that I took this crappy-A pic of me in it! Yeah, uck! And this, folks, is why I am a Weight Watcher! And no, I am not pregnant, thank you very much! And yes, a better pic will be forthcoming...hmmm...like maybe I need to have Nartian take a pic for me tomorrow...But-it is DONE! Fine! Ends woven in this very evening after work as I discussed certain LYS STR arrivals with Nartian!