Too Much Yarn

Pair #14 and a new project

I present you pair #14.  I am really doubting I can finish 20 pairs this year.  Maybe I'll be lucky to get 16 pairs in!

I keep thinking of my stash and how I simply CANNOT buy any more sock yarn (you believe me, don't you??) and yet, I have no time to knit socks for others.  Luckily, I do have worsted yarn in my stash and I decided to make this ever easy yet intriguing scarf, simply called "Chevron Scarf" by Thora Lee Johnson, who taught me how to knit socks.  Thora Lee is an instructor at Amazing Threads.  You can also find this pattern in their freebies section.  My first scarf was chewed up by Chip after spilling chicken juice (from a Costo Chicken Bake sandwich) and leaving the scarf on the floor!  I made the 2nd scarf for my neighbor Terry, the third one went to my niece, Isabelle, and now, this one will go to Eve, my good friend from work.  Eve is very crafty - we share cooking, stamping, and scrapbooking ideas.  Her recollection of hand-knitted socks were made by her grandmother in Germany and she remembers them with slouching cuffs.  I will prove her wrong one day!  Here's Eve's scarf (using Lorna's Laces Worsted in the Watercolor colorway):

Eve has a Teal coat, a Plum coat, and a Tan leather jacket.  People here in Minnesota has as many coats as people in Florida has swimming suits, I guess.  Today, the high will be -2 degrees Fahrenheit!  Anyway, this scarf should go well with any of Eve's outerwear.

Knitting Progress

I've casted on my "last pair" for the year.  I can only work on the WIPs... But I'm stressed over Christmas gifts.  I don't feel like shopping for gifts.  I would rather spend my money on yarn!  And to buy more yarn, I have to use up my yarn, so I've been thinking of quick knits that I can make for gifts this year.  I have patterns for hats, mittens, scarves - do you have any other idea?  I can't knit socks for gifts (except finishing up Emily and John's socks) - that would take too long!

Anyway, I wanted to show you my new socks - I'm literally working 4 socks currently: Mad Color Weave, 2 Leyburns, and the Spina di Pesce socks.

Above is the Spina Di Pesce in Wollmeise 80/20 Twin in the colorway designed just for the Yarnissima's Spina Di Pesce kit.  I'm knitting this for the December SKA Sockdown.

This is the second Leyburn I'm attempting from cuff-down.  I've frogged the toe-up version 3 times from the heel up, trying to get the right fit.  The leg was too big that I thought John will end up with it, but this last one, I can hardly get my ankle through!  This is why I'm trying this pattern cuff down when I'm more familiar with sizing.  I love the pattern though, don't you?  I'm using the Rockin' Sock Club November shipment in the colorway, Muddy Autumn Rainbow for this sock.

p/s OMG! Stephanie read my comments and checked out my blog!  That's the closest I've been to a knitting celebrity.  Wait!  I take that back.  I've taken a class from Nicky Epstein... Now, I just want to meet Cookie A, Cat Bordhi, and Stephanie - if I go to Sock Camp, I can probably meet 3 of them at the SAME TIME!

I was Tagged!

I was tagged by Jill of Jill's Chat with the Six Things Meme.

These are the rules:
1. Link to the person who tagged you.
2. Post the rules on your blog.
3. Write six random, arbitrary things about yourself.
4. Tag six people at the end of your post and link to them.
5. Let each person know they’ve been tagged and leave a comment on their blog.
6. Let the tagger know when your entry is up.

Here we go -

1.  I am originally from Kuching, Malaysia - island of Borneo.  My great-grandmother belonged to the Bidayuh tribe (Land Dayaks) - headhunters of Borneo.  But I'm 7/8 Chinese.

2.  For my Bachelor's degree, I majored in Computer Science but minored in Math, Chemistry, Physics, Biology, and Business Administration.  That's what happened when one changed major from Computer Science to Chemistry to Electrical Engineering and back to Computer Science.

3.  I'm a big fan of Kevin Costner.  And I met him in 2006 at a golf course in South Carolina.

4.  I arrived in the United States on Jan. 18, 1982 - Kevin Costner's 27th Birthday!

5.  I have TWENTY 24-inch 2.5mm circular needles.  Since I make socks with 2 circulars and being the Math minor, I have 8 WIPs on 16 needles and 4 free needles.  It's none of your business how many 2.75 mm and 3.0 mm needles I have!!

6.  The last book I finished reading was Twilight by Stephenie Meyer.

The people I tagged:

Senja

Caryn

Heather

Ruth

Melissa

Stephanie - Yep!  The Yarn Harlot.  I doubt she'll check out my blog!

And for anyone who stopped by, here's something that may bring a smile to your face: (I didn't know how to knit socks when I met Kevin or he would have held a sock for me!)