I kind of foolishly thought that yarn things would slow down once Christmas was done. HAHAHAH….Consignment for a new shop opening in Black Mountain, 3 new knitting classes to prepare lesson plans for, a newsletter I have yet to write, applying for 2010 shows, and making ready a sample cards to send to existing wholesale and consignments. I am actually glad to be busy. Between the yarn and the LYS, I have not had a lot of down time. An down time for me always seems to involve knitting, or spinning. I can’t complain. It is all worth it to be able to do what I love.
So today I am making Rivendell Socks out of UrbanGypZ SeaCell blend yarn, watching movies, while the white beans with sausage simmers and the laundry cranks.
Bruce has surgery tomorrow to remove a cyst on his knee. Dr. office knitting is the best for knocking the WIPs out.
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When I first saw Knitting Socks East and West on the bookshelves I was not at all interested. Really. I think I was turned off by the weird toeless socks on the cover. Not interested…
I am eating my words. This is an awesome book. In search of new sock books and trying to keep up with patterns that could be knit with my sock yarn, I got a copy of this book, and fell in love.
I have been quite the fan of Japanese knitting books for a couple of years. the patterns are all in a chart form and very easy to figure out. There a re a few ETSY Sellers who sell them here and here. My favorite publisher is Onari. I have no less than a dozen pattern books and could easily pick out 2 dozen more. It is a sickness really and I am okay with it.
This book even uses some of that sweet white cottage photography and school girl styling that gives the japanese books their charm. I love that the patterns vary in yarn weight and length. Demi sock to leg warmers. I actually would like to knit them all. I even think the toesless thing is growing on me.
Check out all the great WIPs from this book on Ravelry.
