The new Knitty came out last week (it might have been earlier, but I noticed it sometime mid-week).
I kept looking at Cherie Amour. I looked at it on Thursday. I looked at it on Friday. I looked at my Ravelry WIPs... all 9 of them. Dang! I know I'm inclined to have a lot of things going, but it somehow is less friendly, more rude even, to see them all lined up like that. So, I told myself that I couldn't start a 10th project. I couldn't even order the yarn for this Cherie Amour (less than $35 for a sweater!) until I finished something, and even then only if I finished something before the shopping moratorium1 goes into effect.
That lasted until Saturday.
Saturday, I saw the email from Alison and signed up to be a sock savior. Socks are pretty, portable, and don't involve a lot of yarn. Heck, they don't involve a lot of yarn, because I already have a lot of sock yarn. So, I'm working with some yarn from Dorchester Farms (I think that's where it is from - I bought it at Circles when the spinner was visiting the shop a la trunk show) in a self striping colorway that I've been calling Grape Arbor.
Sock saving is very cool. I love making socks for people who really appreciate them. And for once, even, I'm not doing a cable (or mock cable) pattern. I'm about 2.5 inches in and they are already gorgeous. Maybe if class doesn't run too long tonight (I have class and then lab), I'll get to take a dark indoor photo of them. Wouldn't that be fun?
