Well, I didn't cast on from the Sinfonie der Traume collection right off the bat afterall, though I do have a ball of 9615 waiting for me to get going. I do love the black with the bit of Rainbow.
Instead, I opted for the Opal Rainforest 14 color 9622, shown below. I'm 3/4 through the first sock, even after tearing back a bit, and I do plan on finishing it tonight at James' soccer game.
Did you see that I added dozens of beautiful colors of sock yarn from Mineville Wool Project to the Sale Section? There are new colors and more of the fab colors that you love from them.
Above is LITLG Singles in Rebirth
I also added new colors from Life in the Long Grass in their Singles. I do have the DK and Sock on hand, just not up on the website yet. They have introduced a new DK base called DK Twist and it replaces the previous DK with more yarn (from 100g to 120g) and extrafine merino. So an improvement over an already awesome base, and no change in price right now. I hope to have all those colors available for you by the end of this week. But if you still want to grab some of their old DK base, it's in the sale section at 25% off. I figure this way, we won't have two DK bases at once from them and can avoid confusion between the discontinued base and the new. Get some for super awesome winter hats for holiday gifts!
One last new thing.... two school children. Sigh.
Henry is now a Kindergartner and James is in Middle School. Where did the time go? Likely in the black hole of other things that just seem to go by way too quickly. Like my smooth skin and restful night's sleep. Did your kids or grandkids start school? Does that make this coming week easier for you? Emotional? More or less stressful? For me, it's new stresses, like trying to get a 6 year old to eat breakfast quickly, and learning my "job" volunteering in the lunchroom. And definitely emotional as I have spent 11 years with my kids, and now will learn to navigate an identity that isn't as much stay/work-at-home-mom who gets to hang out with littles all day.
My youngest's first regular day of kindergarten is tomorrow! They go to a K-8 informal school that is a city-wide lottery school in the largest school system in our state. We love the school. Unfortunately, we are having a heat wave, so school is dismissing early tomorrow. Not all buildings have air conditioning. I work from home as a writer, so I hope to maybe actually get stuff done while they are at school. Or at least, learn how to read knitting charts :)
Posted by: Jessica | August 27, 2018 at 08:28 PM
I never knew James was such a tiny baby!!! (clicked your link). Walden came out at 9lbs 1oz but now he's such an averagely small kiddo haha.
Posted by: Lauren | August 28, 2018 at 07:14 AM
Jessica, no A/c in this is humidity and heat is not fun. James had his first middle school soccer game last night and a few hours later got quite sick from the heat with headache and ..... more.
Lauren, I can't believe he was a nine pounder! Mine were both well under 7 pounds and now seem like giants! BTW, we had soccer last night and it was definitely different with all the heat and no rain like we had every game all summer. Ugh.
Posted by: Allison | August 28, 2018 at 08:44 AM
We took the college sophomore back to LA over the weekend. It's bittersweet, because I feel really good about where she is (in her growth and maturity and literally at the college she is attending), but it's sad not hearing her come in through the front door.
Yes, it all goes by sooooo quickly.
Posted by: Carol | August 28, 2018 at 10:50 PM
Allison, try Gatorade after school before the soccer game and after the game on the way home....we had to hydrate well to avoid those issues during the hot soccer season here in VA. Both my daughters played and we always had their favorite flavor on hand, and it made a huge difference during the hot, humid weather. Or whatever favorite electrolyte beverage they like, there are so many new ones on the market.
My husband even has to drink Gatorade after mowing our lawn in the heat, otherwise he can't think straight from loss of so much sweat if he doesn't take in enough electrolytes. Plain water isn't enough. Good luck!
Posted by: Di | August 29, 2018 at 09:23 AM
Different topic.... didn’t you mention a third new Dyer this month?
Posted by: Cindy Carpenter | August 29, 2018 at 03:39 PM