Ich habe zwei "Knitscene".

(Perhaps I'm not saying that the best way I could but it's kind of late here now and I never progressed very far in sentence structure yet. And I don't know the word for "magazine," and I didn't want to trust a translator program and wind up telling you I had two "Knitscene" bullet-holders.).

Karin, if you e-mail me your mailing address, I will get the copy I picked up for you mailed as soon as I get a chance. (It looks like a good issue).

I had a nice little bonus trip this evening. My research student had me meet her at her workplace (the Denison Dam - she's interning with the Corps of Engineers) so we could go do some fieldwork down there. My original plan was to do the work and turn around and go home, but as it was not yet 7 by the time we were done, I decided to take a quick run over to Sherman (seeing as I was already 3/4 of the way there) and see if the bookstore had got in Knitscene and see if the Hobby Lobby had anything new.

I was quite fortunate. I did find Knitscene (they had several copies but interestingly enough, they were tucked in behind some issues of other magazines that had been out longer - normally their practice is to put the new stuff front and center)

And then I found that Hobby Lobby is in fact revamping its yarn offerings. For the better, it looks like.



They have sockyarn! Like, WOOL containing sockyarn. Paton's Kroy, even.

So I bought some.

The first one I picked was the grey one - it's a nice quiet mouline, I think it's called "Glen Check." I plan on using it for either cabled socks or some kind of knit-purl pattern.

The other two - well, I think eventually someone will have to stage a Self Patterning Sock Yarn Intervention for me. I cannot resist the stuff. I am so fond of it, that even though I have faaaaaar more yarn than I will probably ever knit up (and nicer sockyarn than the two brands shown here), and faaaaaaar more pairs of wool socks than anyone needs (let alone someone who lives in a climate warm enough to render them unwearable several months out of the year), I still keep buying it. It charms me, even though really there's not that much you can do with it other than knit plain stockinette socks. (There are a few "fancy" patterns that work with it, but most cables and lace kind of get lost in the color changes).

The pink one is another Kroy, "Mulberry Mix" or some such. The yellow is the much-discussed-on-Ravelry "Sock-ease" from Lion Brand. (The color is called Lemon Drop.)

Yes, it is obnoxiously bright. I am the only person among my family members - heck, the only person among my friends and colleagues - who would actually wear socks that color. (The same is true of the mulberry. I really hope the What Not To Wear people never get a hold of me; I'd probably give them an aneurysm. And not just because I'd be too cross-grained to take much of their advice.)

(That said - if they institute "Spirit Fridays" again this fall, where we're all asked to wear school colors - I could wear these socks, and a plain pair of blue slacks, and a white blouse, and have it taken care of.)

I rather like the bright yellow. And at any rate, I feel like I "rewarded" Hobby Lobby for carrying a non-furry, non-100%-synthetic yarn.