Posted on March 24th, 2006 at 10:42 pm by carolyn
I went to Adela’s Yarn in Castro Valley looking for some yarn to mix in with the greenish scarf. Right before I left, I remembered, “I want to knit socks,” so I looked at the sock yarn. I had never been there before and it was near work, so I just had to check it out. I ended up leaving with some handpainted Schaeffer Yarn Company “Lola” yarn. It is a light worsted 100% superwash merino wool. I figured some fat yarn would be good for a first pair of socks. I’m not sure $25 wool is a good choice for a first pair of socks, but hey, now I’m determined to make them wearable. And I liked the colors. I thought of going with a blue and green yarn, but this yarn seemed to be more fun. When it was being wound, I thought it had too much brown in it, but now that it’s becoming a sock, I’m discovering the blue stripes it makes! It’s exciting how yarn changes so much from hank to ball to sock. The lady at the store gave me an easy sock pattern. Why don’t more people knit on one 12″ circular?
I signed up for a knitting class at the local adult school that’s once a week for 6 weeks. Now I know I could join a knitting group down the street for free, but somehow I feel self-conscious about asking strangers for help. I want to learn stuff. Now. Without alienating others with all my questions. And the adult school class is cheaper than the local yarn store classes. Strangely enough, I just learned that the adult school knitting instructor is also an instructor at my local yarn store. SCORE! Anyway, I think I’ll need some help turning the heel of the sock (I’ll save that for the first class) and I also want some help making some Jess Hutch dolls. You just can’t get any cuter than that.
One more thing… I’m so excited that the books I ordered arrived today! They weren’t supposed to be here for another week! Maybe I can actually get some reading in before class starts.