My socks for WLA were a success so now I get to knit something for me! Not really, I'm knitting for my husband- but the sock drawer they will live in is still in my house, so it kinda counts.
I went to the Seattle Knitting Expo a few weeks ago which was a bit of a let down. It was over $75 to take a class, and I wasn't that excited to go...but I did get a great recommendation for a sock book, Knitting Vintage Socks: New Twists on Classic Patters by Nancy Bush. It has patterns from 100 years ago, lots of cool pictures of the original newsletters, history of knitting and how she translated the old patterns in to directions modern knitters can understand . The sock patterns themselves are neat in their own right so I'm knitting the Gentleman's Dress Sock for my dear husband. Lucky him.
I got this great yarn while I was down in Portland, but I have this sinking feeling that I'm going to have to call them and get more shipped to me. That's what I get for going in to a yarn store while out of town and asking "what do you have here that I can't get at my local yarn store". It seemed like a good idea at the time...
On the gift front (because I never seem to knit for me) we have a wedding to attend on Saturday, and I have no idea what to get them. They are merging house holds so they didn't register any where. People! This is very hard on your guests! Since they don't need any more material items I found some ideas in Last-Minute Knitted Gifts by Joelle Hoverson...maybe the knitted bag on the cover. They could keep their wedding favors inside!
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