Wednesday, June 17, 2009:

I had several balls of sock yarn listed at Ebay, but three of them didn't sell, and I thought I'd offer them here if anyone was interested. They were listed at $15.00; I would ask an additional $1.50 for shipping, so $16.50 for each. If you're interested, just email me and let me know which one you want, and I'll send you a Paypal invoice. If I have more than one request, it will be first-come, first-served. I'll let you know either way.

No. 1 - Regia Jubilee, Color 5472 ("India"), Dye Lot 53723. Hot pink, white, burgundy, tan. Made in Italy. 75% Superwash Wool, 25% Polyamide. Size 1-2 needles. 100 gram ball (420 meters).
This yarn was part of a limited edition set created for the 55th anniversary of Regia, and is no longer available.
$16.50 including S&H

No. 2 - Opal Rainforest III, Color 2030, Dye Lot 10. Off-white, denim-blue, gold, coral. Made in Germany. 75% Superwash Wool, 25% Polyamide. 8 stitches=1 inch on US Size 1 needles. 100 gram ball (425 meters).
$16.50 including S&H

No. 3 - Gedifra Socks Color, Color 4203, Dye Lot 10459. Pink, cream, turquoise, tan, pale yellow. Made in Germany. 75% Superwash Wool, 25% Polyamide. Size 1-2 needles. 100 gram ball (459 yards).
$16.50 including S&H

Just posted about two dozen back issues of Knitter's and Vogue Knitting on Ebay.

Tuesday, June 16, 2009:

I just listed a bunch of old needlework magazines on Ebay: McCall's Needlework, Threads, Cross Stitch Magazine, Quilter's Newsletter.

And there are still a couple of balls of sock yarn, including a ball of Regia Special Edition "Jubilee," but the auctions end in about 15 hours!

Friday, May 08, 2009:

These transfers make me want to embroider, something I haven't done for probably more than 20 years: Sublime Stitching.

I might have to order some . . .

Saturday, August 09, 2008:

Sunday, July 27, 2008:

Today's time waster: photographing skeins of sock yarn and putting them up in my stash on Ravelry

I joined Ravelry a while ago, but had never done anything with it. Then yesterday I was putting up some Vera Bradley stuff on Ebay--something else I hadn't done in awhile--and was reminded of my "opal sock" saved search, and then for whatever reason, that reminded me of Ravelry, and I went there. And saw that they were having a "knitting olympics," and that intrigued me, so I went down in the basement to see what sock yarn I would pick if I was going to make a pair of Olympics socks, and that led to the photographing and listing extravaganza.

Right now I'm working on a sock that I started around the 4th of July so that I would have something to knit at the family reunion that weekend. I didn't end up knitting anything--my parents didn't want to stick around after lunch--but I'm about halfway through the first sock. I'd like to finish at least one before I start something else . . . maybe my "Olympic" knitting could be the second sock?

Wednesday, January 09, 2008: