Well, after teasing you all with our sample cards that go in every order, I finally have in Dream in Color's Baby yarn. This yarn is in a very generous 700 yard skein. It's great for lightweight socks or lace. It's on the thin side of fingering weight like Lorna's Laces Shepherd Sock, which I knit with a US 0 needle. If you are already smitten with Dream in Color's Smooshy sock yarn, then I bet you'll adore this too.
Thanks for the suggestions on blog content- sometimes I just get writer's block or think that nothing going on is of interest. But I received a few questions in comments and e-mails about "country living." Am I getting used to it? YES! Do I miss my old house? I do. It has sold already (within just a few days of going on the market) and as much as we wanted to not have two mortgages, I really wasn't prepared to give it up so quickly. I really love that house. It was close to everything - coffee shops, library, meat market, little natural food store AND a new yarn store. Wouldn't you know that as soon as I move out of my neighborhood a wonderful little store, Sarah Jane's Yarn Shop, opens withing 3 blocks. Yes, I know I own a yarn store, but I still buy yarn from others. I don't carry EVERYTHING you know. And sometimes you just want to make cotton dish cloths/baby blankets/felted bags.
So how's living out in the middle of Amish-land? Very nice. I'm quite used to it. What I like most is that our home is larger, and I don't feel like I'm trapped by Jamsie's huge baby items all the time. How is it that these tiny little beings come with so much BIG crap? I also like that it's very quiet and every time I look out the window I see nature and not cars. Just something as simple as a little snow makes the landscape come alive. And DEER. I see deer every day. Before, squirrels were about the only animals I saw, now I see deer, fox, and we have a little pond that actually has fish in it! Not that it matters when it's -2 degrees outside, but still. I can really see this being our forever house. Joe totally won this one- he's been telling me for 7 years that he wanted to move to where he could have a little land. I fought it b/c I wanted all the convenience of city living. Now that I live in a more rural area, I realize that things are only 5-10 minutes away and it's nice to be somewhat removed from everything. Wow. I sound like I'm getting mature. Turn 30 and things change, eh?
Today the cold is finally breaking here in NE Indiana. I'm SO sick of this weather. I haven't been taking James out much b/c he's been fighting a wee little cold for the past couple weeks (or he's teething- how do you tell? Other than the teeth, which he has none of yet). So what I have been doing to pass the time? Playing dress up. Seriously. And I was just an observer in this.... JOE'S the one who put him in this little railroading outfit! Of course, I'm the one who posed him with his train (which he chases around the house).
OMG! I just surfed over to Emily's blog and she had the baby! Whoo hoo! Surf on over and offer your congrats!!!! Emily, that first month is, well, kind of character building, to put it mildly. But after that, it gets easier very quickly.
Your comment about some fingering weight being thinner than others made me think. I would love a chart or suggestions in some form for the various sock yarns about that subject. I didn't realize Lorna's Laces was on the thin side, but I know the new Noro sock is. What others are thin? And what fingering weight yarn is on the heavy side such that you might want to go up a needle size?
Posted by: Becky | February 21, 2008 at 02:16 PM
Oh my gosh, I love me some osh kosh babies. There is just something about a drooling little guy in overalls that makes me just go gaa-gaa. And the hat! I'm melting!
Posted by: Kathy in KS | February 21, 2008 at 05:46 PM
I finished my socks from the yarn club. Love them!! They're on my blog on yesterday's post.
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Posted by: Judy L. | February 21, 2008 at 08:49 PM
James is just sooooo cute! And he's looking very much like a little boy (rather than a baby even if he doesn't have any teeth yet). The Dream In Color Baby yarn is gorgeous - I had to order 2 skeins of the color 370 (the one shown above) for a shawl. Yum, Yum, Yum! For someone looking for sock yarn on the thicker side of fingering, I'd suggest the Panda Cotton. And it's very soft with a bit of sheen from the bamboo. It has become my favorite warm weather sock yarn (no wool at all). But you might want to get 3 balls for a pair of socks unless you're planning on really short socks or have really skinny feet like mine. I have very narrow size 7½-8 feet & worried about getting a pair from 2 balls. It's also very splitty but so nice it's worth it to me.
Posted by: Donna | February 22, 2008 at 04:22 PM