Last Thursday I ordered some sock yarn and it arrived on Tuesday. First there was a batch of 4 skeins from The Bead and Opal Wool Queen. Then from the Yarn Market I got another four socks worth of yarn, several reels of reinforcement thread, and an extra little something.

They’re mostly Lang Jawoll, Regia and Opal sock yarn because those have stood up to washing and wear the best or got good reviews for resilience on the net. Not all these will be used for my Socks For Others Club. I couldn’t resist adding a couple of extras. It turned out to be a boon, as when I laid eyes on one skein I knew it suited one of the recipients perfectly. (There’s also some Regia in there that I picked up a few weeks back.)

The extra something is a test ball of Bamboozle. I’ve been keeping an eye out for non-wool yarns that might work for Tubey for ages. I figured some sort of cotton or plant fibre with elastic would be needed. Cascade Fixation was a possibility, but it’s been discontinued. This might do the trick. I plan to try Colorimetry again with this skein. If the yarn works I’ll start hunting for it on sale.

I was amazed that the two batches of yarn, which were ordered on the same day, arrived on the same day, yet one came from Australia and the other from the US. Mind you, the postage from the US was considerably pricier.

The order I placed with Bendigo Woollen Mills so I could finish the Ruffles Scarf was on the same day as the others, but it hasn’t arrived yet. Ah, long gone are the days when Bendy yarn would arrive the next day. But if that’s a sign of their growing popularity, I’m definitely not complaining.