There are so many, many beautiful sock yarns available now and most of them are absolutely irresistable to me. I am so glad I’m not participating in a stash report on sock yarn!
I rolled and weighed six skeins of sock yarn into 50 gm balls so I’m ready to make six pairs of pretty-close-to-matching socks. Then I settled them into a basket; it reminds me of gathering eggs, not that this city girl knows too much about that!
So there you have it — enough yarn for six pairs of socks. Nothing excessive so far, right? Okay, that’s not quite all my sock yarn. In fact, I probably have enough skeins for 15 new pairs of socks.
So, let me see . . . I started knitting socks about one year ago . . . I have completed 3 pairs . . . I have two partially completed pairs, which I hope to complete in the next week, with a really focused effort. If I only get five pairs done a year, why do I need 15 skeins waiting in reserve?
Well, of course you know I DO need those skeins, because I love each and every one of them, and they tend to disappear from the shelves in favor of new patterns and colors.
So, friends, if you’re shopping with me and you see me starting to loiter in the sock yarn area, gently fondling the soft plies and admiring the sensual color changes, the ombre effects, the self-striping, the dazzling solid colors…
please step up to me and say in your firmest voice…
SUSAN, PLEASE STEP AWAY FROM THE SOCK YARN!!!
It probably won’t work. I may need to seek out a 12-ply step program.
–Sue
LOL, no guilt trips from me!
just think of it as doing your part to help keep the work force economically healthy and employed. the people who fill those jobs thank you!
(not to mention keeping the traditional art of hand knitting visible and viable.*S*)
If you leave the yarn aisle, what other aisle are we going to end up in?? A fabric aisle? Please, not a Barnes and Noble! Or even worse, my other downfall, canned food! Let’s just have lunch at an Applebees and have a drink with lunch–one and I’m under the table and won’t be able to shop!
Isn’t there a 12 step program for fabric buyers too? Are you in that one too? Are we going to have an intervention here?
Well I guess the yarn is probably cheaper than the fabric
At least I think it is considering I don’t knit! Just keep me away from the chocolate area!!
There is nothing wrong with having enough supplies to do something you love to do. I refuse to feel guilty for buying yarn, fabric,beads or any other hobby material my little heart desires. So if ever I see you in the sock yarn isle, I will give you a hug and we will probably buy some of the same yarns.