Greg took a few minutes out of working on the craft room to pose in his just Kitchenered ebay-won Wollmeise socks. I was so anxious to be done this afternoon that I dropped a stitch and had to rip back about an hour's worth of work. That wasn't much fun but the yarn is such a pleasure to work with I shed only a few tears. Knitdad will be proud that I took my needles out and ripped back with abandon just past the missed stitch...and then reinserted my needles and reknit like the wind.
I have been gifted Ganley the Hedgehog by a dear Fox's breakfast buddy, Devra. He was poised at my place setting when we walked in this morning, waiting patiently for us to arrive. Now he occupies a spot near the keyboard...
Greg's Earl Grey Sock is coming along nicely. Can't wait to see my new Wollmeise purchases. They were paid for this morning and should be winging toward Altadena soon, accompanied by a skein of Great Adirondack in Cappuccino to round out my order to avoid shipping charges. Great excuse, no?
The word on the street was that Wollmeise would be posted on The Loopy Ewe website sometime early this week. So, being obsessive and a compulsive sock knitter, I kept a laptop within reach while I was knitting Greg's Wollmeise Earl Grey Sock. Every few minutes I refreshed the screen. Then....Lo and behold, at 7PM (Pacific Time)....there it was! Sadly, I browsed too long and many of my purchases disappeared out of my cart before I checked out (less than 5 minutes later). Neither of the two items I managed to bag were my first choice. However, I did score some Wollmeise. Woot! The colorways that I will have the pleasure of paying for are Indisch Rot and Zenzi. Before the bloodbath started, I managed to finish one sock up to the heel turn. All in all, it was a fantastic sock-filled day.
