Ballsy

When I was in upstate NY this past weekend (4th of July), I stopped by the Fingerlakes Fibers yarn shop in beautiful Watkins Glen.

My excuse for going yarn shopping (because I really need No More Yarn), was that the daughter of one of my mother's friends is having a baby. I suggested that we could make a joint gift -- she could buy the yarn and I'd knit some booties and a hat. After some serious deliberations we chose some hand-dyed superwash merino ("Sophisticate") from Brooklyn Handspun. This stuff is nice.

I also came across another BH colorway that I couldn't resist, called "Feverish." I thought I could use it to make the herringbone socks I've been wanting to do, that are from "Sockn aus aller Welt."

So instead of coming home with no skeins of yarn (restraint), or one skein of yarn (for baby boots), I came away with three skeins of yarn, now all nicely wound into balls. Behold:
So the pink, on the left, will be for the baby boots. The yarn is a tiny bit thinner than regular sock yarn so I'll be doubling it to make larger sizes, hence the two balls. In the middle is the other skein of Brooklyn Handspun, which I'll be using in conjunction with the brown on the right, Smooshy from Dream in Color, for my herringbone socks.

Guess those argyles will have to wait. . .