Addicted to socks!!!

I think I might need an intervention. When I'm not knitting socks, I'm buying sock yarn or searching for new sock patterns. Now that I took the sock innovation class with Cookie A, I'm even creating my own sock patterns. Cookie A was a lot of fun. Her class was great, I really learned a lot and she even signed my book. I made sure to charge my camera battery so I could take some pictures but I failed to bring my memory card. That kind of describes me a day late and a dollar short.

I'm almost done with my sock from the class. If it turns out okay I'll write up the pattern. Since I have no pictures of my sock in progress, you guessed it more sock yarn. This is the first shipment I received from the Scout's Swag sock club. Now I just need to find the perfect pattern to show off the colorway. Then I received my 3rd shipment in the socks that rock sock club.

I love this color. It's called Pepe Le Plume. It's too pretty to knit. If that wasn't enough I just bought a skein of my friend Jeanne's sock yarn, Destination Yarn, in Copenhagen . She has some other great colors like the Tuscany which I hear calling my name. Off to finish the sock I started in class. Hopefully I'll have some pictures to post soon.

Knitting Slump

So I've been in a bit of a knitting slump lately. I haven't really felt like knitting after I get home from work. Too tired? Maybe. Too lazy? Possibly. Lost my knitting mojo? I think that is what it is. Not sure if it's because we can't get any real spring weather to stay for more than a day or an hour around here. I need some sunny weather so I can sit out on the back patio and relax. Maybe have the knitting crew over. I have so many sketches of summer sweaters that I would like to design but I'm just not feeling it. I love the design process and am so into it once I start. Now I just have to figure out how to get started? Maybe I should just sit down with sketches, pen, paper and my knitting and see what happens.

To try to get my knitting mojo back I made myself start a baby blanket for a friend who's wife is due in June. I'm usually dying to cast on a sweater or socks or something. I usually find it hard to finish things up before casting on for the next project. The mindless knitting of the baby blanket is helping to get the creative juices flowing. I got my Socks that Rock package in the mail a few weeks ago which is also helping.

The yarn and the pattern are beautiful. Very springy colors. That Stephanie Pearl-McPhee is a genius.

I should be posting in the next couple of days about a contest that my friend Pam is going to be running on her blog. I donated a ball of Noro sock yarn in color S150. I'm sure Pam is going to have some great prizes. As soon as the contest is up I'll post a link.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!!!