I headed out to the local yarn shop today to meet up with my friend Jackie as a last daytime hurrah because of work starting next week. In celebration or consolation I picked out some new sock yarn that I guess is a local hand dyed favorite. I picked out Orchid Petals and Lagoon Nebula. I had to have Orchid Petals, but I really liked Lagoon Nebula too- well I decided what the heck I’ll just splurge on them both. I was happy to find their website because they have some other delightful colors that weren’t in the store. I’m really coveting the Iris one right now - which seems close to Lagoon Nebula, but maybe a bit lighter. Painted Desert is another one that is really delightful looking. It appears they also have fiber as well, which I need none of, but still delightful to look at. Frankly I know I don’t need no stinking sock yarn either, but I don’t really give a rats behind, when you find some colors that speak to you - you must have it.

Since I was at the yarn shop I whipped out some socks because I need the mindless knitting with the on-going commotion in the place. I worked some more on Monet’s Twist - delightful sock - love how it’s working up in these Koigu colors - don’t forget you can find the pattern at Julie’s blog.
The other sock I’m working on it my long overdue safari sock. Since I’m now at the heel of the second sock, I’ve decided it’s time to finish these babies up and get them on the feet.

Finally, my third attempt thread painting has been finished - here it is a stylised pansy. I’m pretty happy with it. I think my long and short stitch are really getting nice. The thing that always gets me is that they are a quite long stitch - 1/4 and 3/8 - it just seems long when your stitching, but it looks nice. The petal on the right is my favorite and then the petal on the left. I know it says to build in rows, but when the colors are close I like to go back and put in some accent colors to give it a more cohesive look.

Tonight it’s back to the mitten. I hate to tell you this, but I’m seriously considering mitten annihilation and starting over. It is snug, it was snug on Jackie’s totally skinny hand too - so I’m thinking if I don’t like it or if it’s tight on I won’t wear them anyway. I kinda feel like these mittens are kin to a pair of Jordach - this time though the tagline has to be ‘nothing get’s between me and my mitten.’

~ Madame Purl