Yarn Shopping

I’m not in Chicago purchasing yarn but that doesn’t mean I’m not buying yarn 😀

We have 3 brand new Opal collections arriving next week.

These are the Lazy Daisy Socks - Stephen West’s newest pattern that you can purchase on Ravelry.

These top-down socks feature a beautiful textured Daisy Stitch pattern. Choose a self-striping sock yarn like Schoppel Wolle Zauberball Crazy to accentuate this lovely stitch detail. Choose between five sizes as you begin with 2x2 ribbing followed by Daisy Stitches, a garter stitch heel flap and decreases to shape the gusset of the foot. You can easily customize the length of your socks by repeating the 4-row pattern repeat more times for a longer length or simply stop early for shorter socks. Once you experience this easy and fun-to-knit stitch, you can knit the Mingling Daisies Shawl or the Frolicking Field Shawl to create a coordinating Daisy Stitch sock + shawl combo!

Photos © Stephen West

There hasn’t been much knitting lately. Here is my Traveler Cowl in Dyed in the Wool Ranunculus. It is mindless knitting that I can pick up and put down. 

I visited with dad this morning and there is some progress. The biggest for him is that he can have solid food as of lunch time. He has been eating puréed food and that hasn’t made him happy. For lunch he had an egg salad sandwich and minestrone soup. He was very happy and he dug in.