In the name of manners

Yesterday, I headed to the city for a meeting.  I decided to bring the last of my charity hats to the Loop, not expecting to feel any temptation.  After all, I'd spent 12 hours there on the weekend and not budged from my yarn diet.

In the light of day, the yarns looked even more beautiful.

Then I got to thinking:  I spent the night there on the weekend, ate their pizza and munchies, occupied a space in the Knit a thon and even took home a door prize.

Wouldn't it be rude not to buy some yarn?

And seriously, with a commitment to produce 52 pairs in the next year, surely I needed some sock yarn.

And with my loyalty card punched, I qualified for 20% off my purchase.

(Disclaimer:  The Lovelies at the Loop did not pressure me to buy a darned thing, and I had enough yarn stashed away for probably the first six months of the plunge, but WHATEVER!)

The bag of sin.

Louet Gems for my Cookie patterns.  Terra Cotta and Sage, both far prettier than my lousy photography expresses. 

Lucy's Celestial Merino, in the hottest pink I've ever seen.

And for good measure, some Opal solids to add to Opal Mountain in my stash room.  1412, which is more purple and less bubble gummy than it appears below.

and 1415, a delicious teal.

It's going to be very hard to wait to use these, but I reallyreallyreally want to use of my others first, and use these as a reward.

Finished objects?

Knee sock #1.  The foot of #2 is done, and I'm a few inches up the leg.  These are super comfy and I am very excited to wear them.

I also cast on a modified French Market Bag in the odd bits of feltable worsted in my stash.  So far the base is done, in shades of pink and red.  Photos to follow.

3 days to the plunge!

Comments

[eliza]

I looked at that very same green this past weekend!

(And we won't mention that the Soft Coral is still in my cart on The Loopy Ewe, and if it doesn't sell out soon, my resolve is going to give way and there will be much sin in this house, too. Because over $50, there's free shipping, and who wants to pay shipping? AND you can get FOUR PAIRS' WORTH for $50. Which means Soft Coral would be joined by that very green, some aqua, and maybe some eggplant. I haven't decided yet.)

I'm rambling. Good yarn hauls do that to me.

Ahem.

[Pat]

That is some pretty sock yarn ...should get you highly motivated for your upcoming challenge!

[Geekzilla]

I love Opal sock yarns, and that blue one is among my favorites!

[Nicole]

Wow, 52 pairs of socks in one year? I don't know that I could knit that fast. Or that I could stick exclusively to socks. It's a very impressive goal, though!