I do not need any more sock yarn! I do not need any more sock yarn! Please Vince . . don’t be reading this post! 
The last week or so, my mail lady has been my best friend! I can’t wait to see her. That’s all going to change though. Two more packages and I’m done. Really .. no more sock yarn. I mean it this time.
It’s all the fault of those folks over at The Loopy Ewe. There are yarns that people just rave about and I’ve never even heard of . . and surely haven’t seen or touched. Everyone knows that the webpage is updated some time on Monday so half the knitters in the world camp out on The Loopy Ewe’s website all day Monday. I never get anything done on Monday any more. When I am lucky enough to get some of this can’tlivewithoutyarn, I never even know what color I’m getting . . I’m just sticking it in my shopping cart as quickly as I can and hoping for the best. Sounds like I really do need a 12 step program, huh?
First, it was the Wollmeise Sock Yarn. Getting that yarn is harder than getting a 12 point buck! As soon as it shows up on the website, it’s gone! If you’re lucky enough to get a few skeins in your cart, you’d better be real quick about checking out because it isn’t yours til you’ve paid for it and if there’s one skein left and someone pays before you do . . it’s going to their house . . not yours! I got a few more skeins of Wollmeise Sock Yarn so I was happy. I don’t need any more. No . . really! I don’t!
Then I heard that the Wollmeise Twin was heavenly for socks. After several tries to get that from The Loopy Ewe, I heard that Claudia in Germany (the dyer) updates her web page on Friday mornings at 1 a.m. my time. I managed to get some Twin straight from Germany! Goofy me .. I left the invoice on the table and it was all in Euros. Vince looked at it and gasped and said . . doesn’t it take something like two dollars to make one Euro?? Hmmm . . not sure about that! Let’s talk about something else!
Then there’s the String Theory yarn! They have one called Blue Stocking and one called Caper. Caper has 10% cashmere so it makes it a lovely sock yarn. I’d never heard of it til those evil, evil ladies at The Loopy Ewe put it on their website.
Surely that was the end of the can’tlivewithout yarn! Oh, no! There’s Bugga! And it has 20% cashmere! My feet will love me . . if ever I get socks made with it. When it showed up last time on The Loopy Ewe’s site, so many of us were trying to get it that we crashed the server. It’s all named after bugs and it’s as hard to get, if not harder, than the much desired Wollmeise. In this picture: Barrens Tiger Beetle, Tarantula Hawk, Sooty Dancer, Black Witch Moth and Death’s Head Hawk Moth.
Good . . I have all the can’tlivewithout yarn there is. I can stop stalking The Loopy Ewe’s website and maybe I can paint new letters on my F5 key because I’ve worn them off.
What? Not yet? Monday I heard . . actually read on Ravelry . . that the update that night would include Numma-Numma. What the heck is that? Well, I managed to stalk the website long enough that I got some of that ordered. And then I heard that Sanguine Gryphon would have more Bugga in their Tuesday morning update. I managed to get a special color called Love Bug and a very hard to find Northern Purple Gold Beetle.
Why can’t I be as disciplined with sock yarn as I am with quilting fabric lately? It’s the hunt . . it’s knowing that if I don’t grab it now, I may never have another chance to get it . . ever! I’m done .. really!
Are you making socks for the whole neighborhood or just yourself ? Now
we know why Chad has all those duck calls…must take after his
Mom.
No different than quilting fabric and wanting to try it all I guess.
Great laugh first thing in the morning…Thank you!
I think there might be a 3 step program for this addiction…..same as fabric.
Like to see a finished pair soon.
Barbara
Just turned the heel on the second sock of my first pair with the Woolmeise 100% wool yarn last night. Should finish those this week.
If you can’t buy fabric you have to do something else – right. Vince should be proud of all the shopping you have been doing.
does each one of those skeins make a pair of socks? If you count each individual sock as one it looks like maybe you are catching up with Chad and the duck calls. You are almost making me want to get some sock yarn even though I have never made any socks and dont know how….I am knitting me a sweater right now though in between working on my quilts.
Yes, each skein makes one pair. Some of the yarn will have a lot left over and I’ll make some scrappy socks eventually.
OK! So Now you need to add Yarn to your Sunday Report. How much in? How much Out!
May that would help you in the 12 step recovery program.
Have fun with your new yarn.
Does this mean that you’ll be starting a Stashbuster’s Report for yarn?
Oh, Judy, you are so funny! Thanks for the laugh and enjoy your new yarn
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Judy, if you ever want to sell some of your yarn stash, please let me know!!!
I don’t see that happening. I love it all.
they all look like 12 point trophy bucks to me!
that is definitely some beautiful yarn.
just tell Vince it could be much worse–you could be addicted to E-bay!
Don’t give me any ideas!
I cleaned my closet this weekend and found 110 pair of socks. Yeah 110 pair! I think you might just catch up to me, but you are making yours, not just buying them. And I can never find a clean pair of socks in the morning. We can go to 12 step together.
You are funny!!! At least you don’t have to go out dressed in camo at O dark thirty to go hunting! I am drooling over the colors and can only imagine how luscious they feel.
You’re right but some nights I just can’t stop knitting and end up staying up til wee hours of the morning!
I don’t want to rain on your parade and have no intention of judging how you spend your money (hey, you’re stimulating the economy!), but I just clicked on those links for the yarn. $30 a skein. Makes one pair. $15 a sock? Do you wear these or frame them? I’ve loved reading about your sock knitting and wanted to learn, but after that sticker shock, I think I’ll stick with the socks Hanes has to offer (until I win the lottery)! And live vicariously through you…
It’s kinda like making a quilt. We can buy a “quilt” at the store for $30 or we can make one for . . I don’t think we want to add up how much our quilts cost! And, it takes me way longer to knit a pair of socks than it does to make a quilt so it’s fairly inexpensive entertainment for me.
Oh, yes! I wear them. They feel so good!
We all have our weaknesses. Besides fabric, mine is books. Amazon is my best friend. Every so often, I have to purge the books and vow not to buy so many but I can’t help myself.
You just kill me! I’m glad I don’t know how to knit socks. I’ll just keep crocheting grannies.
Judy, you sound like me and ebay when I’m looking for Heather Ross discontinued fabrics. I get competitive and refuse to let someone outbid me. I steer way clear of ebay if I can. But I’ve been feeling a little itchy lately, uh oh!
Had to laugh! I love appleton crewel wool from England, they make 450 colours—at least–I’ve always wanted every colour. Though of course I don’t need every one–the want is still there! Face it your a yarn junkie! Sharon.
I had to laugh at this post, Judy. You have a serious addiction to getting the latest, greatest, sock yarn. And yeah, I think it’s something like 2 dollars to a Euro. Close anyway. Maybe you could find a yarn shop in Mexico. Aren’t pesos something like 10 or 12 to the dollar? Sure would make those invoices look better.
Your posts almost always put a smile on my face.
I love this post ‘cuz it makes me feel better about my own yarn addiction!! LOL!!
And if you ever get tired of looking at the sock yarn scraps and want to do some ‘busting’, you can send the scraps my way—I love funky, scrappy socks! Eve
Lord have mercy – I can see it now. In 2011 you’ll have a yarn stash busting posting going every week! You’re worse then me and I live 3 miles away from the place.
“The Hunt” is why I have so many Cabbage Patch Dolls…LOL
LOL. I see too much of myself in this whole conversation. Yes, it’s the hunt. But, I’m stimulating the economy ! That’s my excuse and I’m sticking to it !
I popped here from Mary Johnson’s site, Thanks Judy, I don’t even knit and now I want some of this yarn! I was even considering having my cousin (who lives in Germany) take a Saturday afternoon drive to Pfaffenhofen where their brick and mortat store was to buy yarn for me……. I think that’s a little crazy, don’t you?