As much as I'd like to be watching E! True Hollywood Story Investigates the Curse of the Lottery, I've got work to do. Okay. Let's not pretend... I'm watching it as I type this. How can I not?? It's just like a train wreck! Like the first season of the Anne Nicole Smith Show, you can't NOT watch it.
Oh, stop judging me.
So if you have been stalking the store, you'll see that 25 different solids and multicolors of Alpaca Sox are now available. I haven't carried an alpaca sock yarn yet because I hadn't found one that I liked. Alpaca alone just doesn't hold up to heavy wear, but Classic Elite has combined a very soft alpaca with wool and nylon to create a warm, fuzzy sock yarn that holds up to wear. If Joe hadn't already convinced me to knit a pair of socks for him, I'd already have some on the needles for myself. And if tasty yarn isn't enough, the price is very good- under $20 a skein (each skein makes a pair of socks). Below are the three colors I like the best: Dandelion, Dusk and Garden
More Trekking has arrived, bringing more of the colors that came in a couple weeks ago, plus five new ones. Joe already picked out a color he liked, and I'm about an inch into a simple 2x2 rib for him. It's color 69, and it's not nearly as boring as the colors Joe usually picks out for his socks. There's only so long you can knit straight stockinette in a tiny fingering weight black yarn before you want to plunge your DPs into your eyes to make the monotony stop.
Like I mentioned earlier this week, Cherry Tree Hill has come out with a new color, Cherry Blossom. It's quite a dainty color, don't you think? I'm not sure how long they will be dyeing this color, as the term "limited run" was used to describe it. So I'll keep ordering it for as long as I can.
And finally, you'll find lots of Opal yarn 40% off- these are collections that are from earlier this year and I'm passing the discount right on to you. I'll keep ordering these as long as they are available. Visit the Sock Yarn page list to see the ones marked 40% off.
Oh, you're hanging on for the contest, huh? Tell me what your favorite Halloween candy is, and you could win this super cool "Betty" needle case courtesy of Lexie Barnes (don't forget to check out the new Mini bags I have for you). Leave your comment below before November 8 at midnight. One entry per person. I'll announce the winner here after the 8th, so check back to see if you won this cool case.
And if anyone has some extra Kit Kat bars lying around, you know where to send 'em. James LOVES Kit Kat, don't you know.
I love Candy Corn! This simple candy will never go out of style. It's so festive and doubles as a thanksgiving treat.
Candy corn reminds me of my childhood and all of those trick or treat nights! Pure sugar goodness!!!
Posted by: Lanette Hastings | November 03, 2007 at 12:02 AM
I like the Halloween themed gummy candies!
Posted by: Angela | November 03, 2007 at 06:06 AM
I love candy corn mixed with dry roasted peanuts but laffy taffy is a close second. Love the day after halloween when all the candy is marked 1/2 price-
Posted by: Sue Sticksel | November 03, 2007 at 07:01 AM
M&Ms all the way, any kind, any size!
Posted by: Denise | November 03, 2007 at 08:02 AM
favorite candy, you ask? Well, let me see that must be the Krackle bar that only comes in the Hershey's mix bag.
I pick them all out......
Trick or treat give me something okay?
Posted by: mary meyer | November 03, 2007 at 08:30 AM
My all time favorite is Milky Way Dark, delicious anytime not just at Halloween. Hum
Posted by: Iris | November 03, 2007 at 09:13 AM
We bought this giant bag of assorted mini-packs of MM's to hand out. There were peanut, regular, peanut butter, and DARK CHOCOLATE!!! I immediately downed a pack and they are now my favorite Halloween candy, Dark Chocolate MM's. I even fished out the rest of the dark ones and kept them all for myself.
Posted by: Shannon | November 03, 2007 at 09:20 AM
I guess my favorite Holloween candy would be determined by what I buy, eat between door rings and hope will be left over. Reese's peanut butter and smarties. All the other days of the year it has to be Lindt dark.
Posted by: Wendy C | November 03, 2007 at 10:02 AM
Someone asked if Mary Jane's are still available, and yes, they are. My boss gets them every fall to put in a big pumpkin shaped jar at the desk for customers. Don't know where she finds them.
My favorite, however, are the orange pumpkins that come in the candy corn bags.
Happy Fall to all.
Posted by: | November 03, 2007 at 11:31 AM
ANYTHING chocolate...Kisses, M&Ms, Hershey bars with or without almonds, Dove (any size), Marabou, Toblerone, etc, If it's chocolate, it's my favorite!
Posted by: Kris | November 03, 2007 at 11:38 AM
This Canadian girl looooooves Coffee Crisp bars.
Posted by: Marlyn | November 03, 2007 at 11:43 AM
SweeTarts! Mmmmm. I bought some to give out with all the other candy this year, and mysteriously none of the SweeTarts actually left the house!
Posted by: Carol | November 03, 2007 at 12:17 PM
My personal favorite is anything with chocolate and nuts. Your son is really adorable.
Posted by: Dana LaPorte | November 03, 2007 at 01:30 PM
I love those peanut butter taffy kisses - the ones in the black or orange wax paper wrappers. Periodically I still find them, and when I do, I wipe out the stock at the store. :)
Posted by: AmyT | November 03, 2007 at 02:05 PM
Smartees! I just can't seem to get enough of them. They're even better than chocolate.
Posted by: Pat | November 03, 2007 at 02:29 PM
All candy is good but I found these fun gummy pumpkins at a local Cracker Barrel. They came with some "special" tongs that made the gummy pumpkins glow when you picked them up.
Posted by: Suzi | November 03, 2007 at 03:29 PM
SMARTIES!!!!! I love 'em!! My kids know it too so they bring them to me. What great kids I have,
Posted by: Karen | November 03, 2007 at 04:20 PM
NO candy in the world is better than Hershey Kisses, for any holiday.
Posted by: Vicki Byram | November 03, 2007 at 04:21 PM
Peanut M & M's, all the way!
Posted by: Maria | November 03, 2007 at 04:26 PM
I love your site-the yarns are as yummy as the Reese's Peanut Butter Pumpkins that seem to disappear here as fast as they arrive!!!
Posted by: Jan | November 03, 2007 at 04:44 PM
As much as I love Reese's PB Cups, I love candy corn even more. I swear that white tips taste better than the rest of the candy. Once (quite a few years ago) I had eaten the tips off a pile of candy corns and left the pile in front of the computer, my Mom started eating them and didn't notice until the pile was almost gone that they didn't have any tips! *L*
Jack is so cute in his skeleton costume! Little Kailey was a kitten, and her big sister was a cat.
Posted by: Amanda Cathleen | November 03, 2007 at 04:51 PM
I love the little chocolate babies in the marshmellow mixtures that have pumpkins, candy corn and etc.
Posted by: Deb | November 03, 2007 at 04:55 PM
O.K., that's it !!!!!!!!!After reading about everybodies favorite I have to take A trip to the candy bowl of leftovers ....and can I vote All of The ABOVE!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Beth De Long | November 03, 2007 at 06:23 PM
The mini mounds bars are my favorite dark chocolate is the best. I'm willing to try new flavors....anyone willing to share? =)
Posted by: Cheryl | November 03, 2007 at 06:44 PM
I have a real weakness for Snickers,and not just at Halloween.
Posted by: Judie | November 03, 2007 at 07:04 PM
My favorite Halloween candy is Hershey's Take 5 candy bars. They are too dangerous to eat any other time of the year! Mmmmm...pretzels, chocolate, peanuts, peanut butter and caramel...all winners!
Posted by: Janice | November 03, 2007 at 07:26 PM
Tootsie rolls! Halloween is almost the only time I ever eat them. Of course Reese's and Snickers I eat all year round.
I've been trying not to eat my kid's Halloween candy, but I saw some tootsie rolls in there earlier and now I'm craving some.
Posted by: Trish | November 03, 2007 at 08:15 PM
Who can pick just one candy? If I must, it's Baby Ruth. The little ones are just the right size. Then you get to eat 3 or 4 because you're burning calories by unwrapping them, right?
Posted by: Stacie | November 03, 2007 at 08:31 PM
My favorite halloween candy is a Peanut Butter Kiss. They are only around at Halloween as far as i can tell and they come in on stores promo sales. They are mollasses candy with a peanut butter center, mum mum good. I could eat a whold bag so i only get one and then stay away from the store.
Glad to see expanded colors in trekking for husbands socks, the dark solids make for dull knitting about half way through.
Posted by: Mary Ann | November 03, 2007 at 09:04 PM
normally i would say chocolate--but i used to always look for the suckers. there were fruit ones that had white candy paint on them--and we'd hold them on our tongue to make pictures.
:)
Posted by: ann-marie mackay | November 03, 2007 at 09:05 PM
Caramilks (Dangerous to eat while knitting though, things get sticky.)
Posted by: Maja | November 03, 2007 at 09:11 PM
My favorite halloween treat is caramel apples. If that doesn't count, I'll choose the little Nestle Crackle Bars. (I was never given any big bars at halloween.)
Posted by: Mary Alice Helgesen | November 03, 2007 at 09:19 PM
I didn't know they were making Peeps for Halloween, but I just found a jack-o-lantern one in my daughter's candy stash! That's my new favorite Halloween candy.
Posted by: Jen Johansson | November 03, 2007 at 09:30 PM
Tootsie Roll Pops, especially cherry and lemon-lime! We give them out, and I always buy more than we need so I can sample them before Halloween (to make sure they're safe) and after (waste not, want not).
Posted by: Donna | November 03, 2007 at 10:00 PM
I love candy corn,although twizzlers would be close.
Shelda
Posted by: Shelda | November 03, 2007 at 10:36 PM
Oh how I love the chewy goodness of bit o honey. Yummy and kit kats and candy corn. Just any chewable is good to me!
Mandy
Posted by: Mandy | November 03, 2007 at 11:28 PM
I will admit it's Tootsie Pops...I even went so far as to "push" those aside when I gave the kids the candy...bad me. I was running low and the night wasn't over yet so I even "pulled" the rest of them out of the bowl just in case my husband gave them away. I don't know why I don't buy them during the year just to eat, but I don't and I do this every year..... what does that say of me..smile
Posted by: Karen Baque | November 03, 2007 at 11:35 PM
Hershey chocolate, in any form!
Posted by: New Jersey Laura | November 04, 2007 at 01:47 AM
favorite halloween candy ???
arrrgh !! what DON"T i like. i've been reading down the list going yeah! that's a favorite on each one...but the best candy overall that i have ever, ever had was home-made by my aunt and it was chunks of honeycomb dipped in the best chocolate she could find...oh gosh, i guess i'll be makin' some candy this weekend.
is there any place that makes candy like that commercially ??? i'd love to dispense with the makin' and jump right into the eatin' of it.
Posted by: iris | November 04, 2007 at 12:20 PM
Duh! Candy Corn!
Posted by: Edith | November 04, 2007 at 02:18 PM
My favorite Halloween candy has to be some kind of chocolate. I guess Snickers snack size bars if my most favorite, followed closely by Hershey's milk chocolate snack size bars.
YUM!
Nancy
Posted by: Nancy | November 04, 2007 at 03:57 PM
I love the tubes of pastel hard candies. They are like little tablets, and are slightly tart. Don't know what to call them because we very carefully didn't buy anything we would like, so not to be tempted. (We gave out gummy lifesavers. Hope the kids liked...we sure wouldn't! VBG!)
Posted by: Barbara-Kay | November 04, 2007 at 04:33 PM
Definitely the pumpkin gumdrops - Love 'em, to pieces. Save them and give out the mini Mars bars to save myself from chocula.
Posted by: Heather K | November 04, 2007 at 05:16 PM
My favorite Halloween candy has to be tootsie rolls. They're so cheap that I was sure to get a bunch of them every year.
Posted by: Amy | November 04, 2007 at 07:34 PM
My fav Halloween candy has always been Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. But I have to admit, Take Fives are becoming a close second.
Posted by: Becky | November 04, 2007 at 09:46 PM
Traditional, triangular shaped candy corn. But the ones with brown at the bottom are better than the ones with yellow.
Does anyone remember getting Zagnuts?
Posted by: Carolyn | November 05, 2007 at 02:00 AM
My favorite Halloween candy is candy corn mixed with honey roasted peanuts! Yummy!
Posted by: Beverly | November 05, 2007 at 06:47 AM
Hard to narrow it down to only one but would have to say candy corn. :)
Posted by: Jennifer Barr | November 05, 2007 at 09:07 AM
Babe Ruth and I only eat them at Hallowen!
Posted by: Tracey | November 05, 2007 at 10:17 AM
My favorite Halloween Candy is whatever is left after the last trick or treater...ha ha! But this year it was the white chocolate Reese's PB cups...yum!
Posted by: DebbieC | November 05, 2007 at 10:21 AM
Pick one, pick one...
mini size Mounds, and definitely with the Dark Chocolate!!
Posted by: Ann | November 05, 2007 at 10:32 AM
Alpaca sock yarn, yay!
My favourite Hallowwen candy has always been the licorice-flavoured toffee with the witches on the wrapper. Licorice in toffee form is just too good to pass up.
Posted by: Kathy | November 05, 2007 at 11:01 AM
Mine definately has to be candy corn (I know- thats telling my age) but it brings back so many memories of being a little girl ;o)
Posted by: Lora Jenkins | November 05, 2007 at 11:17 AM
Peeps, how can you not love the sugar rush you get when you bit into a peep?
Posted by: Abby | November 05, 2007 at 11:27 AM
My favorite of all times is the miniature Bun Vanilla candy bars (out of Ft Wayne of course), but they're hard to find these days. Sometimes you can get regular size ones in Wal-Mart of all places. OK--this year's favorite that you can still get is a Butterfinger.
Posted by: Jo Ann (shamrockknits) | November 05, 2007 at 03:26 PM
Reese's Peanut Butter Cups!! My brothers and I would trade candy when Halloween was over, but no one was willing to give up their Reese's. I especially like the new big ones.
Posted by: Cindy | November 05, 2007 at 03:46 PM
Umm, I have to say this is not what I'd call a fair question. I'm shocked at all of you who so readilly provide a single favy-fave. I mean, I for one can not choose! There's so much delicious stuff, and each has it's time. Something small and easy, like M&Ms or a lollipop while watching a movie and knitting all those millions of Christmas socks, or something more detailed for while shopping for yarn, like a Snickers or Milkyway, etc. Or an Almond Joy, easy or difficult depending on the way you eat it (all in one, or first the almond, then the edges, then you can get to the coconut), so you can have that any time, or anything while checking out patterns (depending, of course, on the intensity of the search). So, I give up. I can't choose, and I won't try to. This is the best answer I can provide, but I would really love that case (my parents are starting to understand my love for sock yarn, or at least my mom is, but accesories, well, she figures any bag is the same as the next, and I have no money! I'm working on it, though. I actually got a job teaching violin! I'm so proud : b. Wouldn't u figure I had to brag about that online?) Anyway, thanks for the oppurtunity to try, though I'm not likely to win with my unsure answer!
Posted by: Emily | November 05, 2007 at 04:55 PM
I adore the Mary Jane Peanut Butter Kisses, made my Necco (you know, the little peanut butter candies in the black and orange wrappers_. I seem to be the only one, though. ;)
Posted by: Erin | November 05, 2007 at 05:52 PM
Oooh a contest!! I love all candy, but I have to say my fave Halloween candy is candy corn. I *heart* candy corn!
Posted by: Amy Scott | November 05, 2007 at 05:58 PM
The candy corn with the chocolate bottom. The best of both worlds for Halloween...candy corn and chocolate..
Posted by: beth | November 05, 2007 at 07:57 PM
This year I was excited to find miniature Pay Day candy bars. My favorite changes each year.
Does my name being Betty help my chances to win? :)
Posted by: Betty | November 05, 2007 at 09:45 PM
Sweet-tarts, yum!
Posted by: Shara | November 06, 2007 at 12:08 AM
My favorite Halloween candy would be Almond Joy mini candy bars!! Yum!
Posted by: Susan | November 06, 2007 at 08:40 AM
My fave Halloween candy are Smarties! They're so additcting. Sorry, no Kit-Bars in our house - I ate them all :)
Posted by: JoAnn | November 06, 2007 at 12:34 PM
My fave Halloween candy are Smarties! They're so additcting. Sorry, no Kit-Bars in our house - I ate them all :)
Posted by: JoAnn | November 06, 2007 at 12:36 PM
My favorite candy when I was a kid was Pixie Stix! Paper tubes filled with flavored sugar?! Are you kidding me? But now that I'm older and my tastes have gotten more mature, I'm still a Pixie Stix girl!
Posted by: Kathy | November 06, 2007 at 07:29 PM
I would probably say Reese's Peanut Butter Cups but Deb (Chappysmom) introduced me to Kit Kats from the freezer last year and those taste awesome. Plus, since I'm trying to lose a few pounds, I figure those are slightly less damaging than the peanut butter cups.
Posted by: Lisa | November 06, 2007 at 08:18 PM
My favorite is Goldenberg Peanut Chews. They seem to be around only at Halloween!
Posted by: Margaret | November 06, 2007 at 08:35 PM
My all time favorite candy is Resses Peanutbutter Cups any size YUM
Love knitting socks!!!
Posted by: Tammy | November 07, 2007 at 08:47 AM
My favorite is Heath Bars!
Posted by: Eileen | November 07, 2007 at 08:54 AM
I always buy the Hersheys mini-bar mix so I can eat all the Special Dark!
Posted by: nancy ialacci | November 07, 2007 at 09:00 AM
Can it be anything but Candy Corn?
Posted by: Lee | November 07, 2007 at 01:16 PM
We didn't trick or treat when I was a kid, and I don't have kids of my own....waiting for my friends' kids to be old enough...so I don't know if you get these for Halloween or not, (esp. since I haven't seen them in stores in ages!) but I like Chunkys!
Posted by: Penny | November 07, 2007 at 03:57 PM
Mmmmm Candy Corn! then milkywayss
Posted by: janet | November 08, 2007 at 01:12 PM
BRACH'S CANDY CORN!
Posted by: Carole | November 10, 2007 at 08:54 PM