I received my sock yarn order today. Wow. I mean, wow. Isn’t it gorgeous? And you can’t tell from the picture, but it’s incredibly soft and squishy, too.
The skein on the right is for my kit swap pal. The skein on the left…well, see, here’s what happened: I fell in love with the Nova Scotia colorway for my pal. The place where I found it had a minimum order, which was a mere $6 more than the yarn cost. I scoured the internet, looking for that particular colorway in that particular yarn anywhere else, with no luck. So what could I do besides order a second skein of yarn? (Don’t say order a $6 knitting accessory, because obviously I couldn’t do that when there was yummy sock yarn to be had!) So the skein on the left? It’s for me. (Yes, I know, I need to do penance or something. I have a sinful amount of sock yarn. This will not stop me from acquiring more.)
This KSKS resulted in me buying a ridiculous amount of sock yarn. I had a pretty minimal yarn stash before this swap, but I had to try out a bunch of different kinds before I could decide what was best to send her, right?