My latest amazon order arrived this morning. Goodies included episodes of Classic Albums, which are perfect little docos to knit to, and a cd: “Elusive” by Adrina Thorpe. The cd is by an artist that I first encountered on Brenda Dayne’s podcast, Cast-On. In fact, the first song Brenda played on her first podcast is what sold the album to me. I have pretty eclectic tastes when it comes to music, and this one fits into the singer-songwriter piano ballady corner.

I started the next pair of socks yesterday. It seems the gratification of knitting beautiful hand-dyed expensive sock yarn fades in comparison to the gratification of getting the beau hooked on hand knit socks. I’m knitting them out of Heirloom Argyle, in a rather delicious black with a finer red thread running through. They feel fantastic – soft and sturdy.

It might seem the perfect scenario would be knitting the beau socks out of hand-dyed expensive sock yarn, but I’m not too disappointed at him turning his nose up at them. His socks will be cheaper to make. And I can keep all the pretty stuff for myself. Mine! All mine!

(It occured to me that this yarn isn’t dissimilar to the Mega Boots Stretch in appearance. I wondered if there was a black and white version. If there was, I could dye it in slow changing colours. The white would pick up the colour and I’d have something like the MBS. But a quick google revealed that there isn’t a black and white version, or any colour combo that would suit. Oh well. It was an interesting idea while it lasted.)