First, while I’m sure everyone has seen this, go take another look at the Kevin F. Sherry Sweater Project. If you are currently working on a sweater that looks anything like any of the ones he’s wearing, stop immediately. I mean it.

Second, I finished my second rainbow sock. I’d post a picture, but I didn’t actually take one, and besides, its a sock. It looks like the first one. It really looks like a sock for a little hobbit foot, but it fits reasonably well. I almost got one pair of socks out of a ball of regia, but I had to crack into the second ball. You really do need two balls of regia, but the socks I made were practically anklets, and the foot was small. I think I’m going to make a pair of toddler socks out of the remaining yarn.

In my next pair of socks, I think I’ll keep with the toe up construction, but cast on fewer stitches. I wonder if it’d be worthwhile to buy The Sole Solution? Well, I don’t imagine myself becoming a hardcore sock designer really.

In other news, folks on the Knitting Beyond the Hebrides list are reporting that the Zara from Elann that they are recieving is a bit… malodorous. Elann reports that airing it out for 4 days has been reported to help.

Speaking of Knitting Beyond the Hebrides, they had an excellent Virtual Conference about using a variety of non-traditional yarns and techniques. The scarf class links to a ton of my scarves - not that I’m brilliant, but I do take lots of pictures and keep them. Also, I was one of the winners of a contest, so I recieved a free signed print of the mascot.

And, finally, I have in my hot little hands, In The Hebrides, thanks to the Downers Grove Library. Downers Grove, you rock. they actually got it from the Oak Park library. Oak Park, you rock as well. This is a lovely book, and I wish it didn’t cost 30 trillian dollars to buy. I very much want to make Minch, a child’s aran sweater - its not cabled, but has lots of crossed stitches. I bought the Homespun Yarn at Amana with the design in mind, but I don’t think I’ll have enough yardage. The smallest size is actually for a 5 year old (its show on a 3 year old, which is why I thought “toddler”), and needs 4 skeins of Bainin. Which ranged from 170 yards to 190 yards. I only bought 3 skeins of the Homespun, which is 225, I believe. Assuming that the design used 170 yards Bainin, it’d be super close, yardage wise. But I’m pretty sure I have some heavy worsted/aran weight yarn in the stash that might be suitable.