Holiday Weekend & Knitting - Opal Tiger Sock Yarn

I had a perfectly relaxing holiday weekend this Labor Day. I didn't open my computer for three whole days!

That's rare for me. Since we ship stuff 6 days a week, even if I'm not the one at the shop, I'll still check emails to answer questions, order yarn, etc. But I actually spent my weekend knitting and getting things done around the house, and it was great. Oddly, I felt great joy and satisfaction getting big cleaning/organizing tasks done over a holiday weekend.

I finished one whole Tiger sock in one day, and I think that's a record for me. And it's not a small sock either, as it fit on Terry's size 12-13 foot! Really it's a size 10.5 for me, but it obviously stretched a bit to "fit" him for this photo. I think I may be gifting this pair of socks to a friend that is a big LSU fan. If the socks don't fit her, I guess I'll just have to knit another pair. Darn. lol.

Obviously, me knitting this means that our Opal Rainforest 20th Anniversary Collection colors have started arriving. So if you preordered the collection of four (you can still get this, and it ships now if you want it), you should expect to get yours this week, as Heather already got those going. If you want single balls of the collection of 16-formerly-retired-colors, those will be available once all our order arrives through Customs. It's likely to take at least another week, perhaps longer if things get "stuck" in Customs. Then we'll also have the Zauberworld collection and the Hundertwasser 4 collection. I cannot wait for the new Hundertwasser colors!

In addition to knitting this weekend (and watching 3.5 James Bond movies), I got SO much done. I spent some time sitting in the lake (we have lots of little lakes within 45 min of my house), a bit of boating with friends, and then tackled stuff around the house. I washed and conditioned all the wood cabinets and doors in my house, and I can tell this morning that I exercised muscles that were formerly forgotten. Later today I'll Feed-x-Wax everything and be done. It's SO satisfying to get a big project like this done, and I love how nice and renewed all my 30+ year old woodwork looks. It just glows. What project really makes you feel like you accomplished something?

I'm trying to think of what yarn we have coming to the shop this week that I can share, but I really think we're just preparing for all the Opal that's coming (and Socktober in 4 weeks). We're getting 4-8 boxes a day for the next week or two. A seriously huge amount of yarn. I know many of us have been waiting over a decade for Opal to bring back Tiger, and I'll be getting one of each of the new Hundertwasser collection. Below are the collections that are making their way through Customs now.

Comments

[Gayle]

I have to clean my cabinets with lemon oil twice a year. What do you use to condition yours before treating them with the Feed-N-Wax? LOL! Sorry for the non-knitting question.

[Leah K]

I feel accomplished when I can get all our window blinds dusted —- 12 of them.