The Soapy Knitter

Hello, dahlinks.  Thanks so much for all the beautiful comments you guys made to Esmie’s B-day Dress.  I enjoyed watching her face light up as she read them all.  She has a few mean friends in school that have been messing with her self-esteem so I was SO happy to see HER happy when she read the compliments.  And no, I did NOT pay her to write those comments about me.  LOL

WARNING - PICTURE HEAVY POST!  Sorry, but when a yarn is photogenic, you can’t stop taking pictures!

KnittingLeftie sent me an email at work - she’s the one I taught how to knit socks a few months ago.  I’m starting to be afraid to open her emails that have anything knitting-related in the subject line because it usually cause my pockets pain.  And yep, this is exactly what happened when she sent me the email about Flat Feet.

She thought I knew about this yarn already since she swears I’m the master of all things stash (even though the student has way surpassed the teacher in this subject!), but I’d never heard of it and quickly saw myself ordering a couple.

This one here is the Sunrise colorway.

This yarn comes knit up into a stockinette rectangle divided straight down the middle with scrap yarn.

You  unravel the scrap yarn at one end and start knitting from there.  Or you can unravel the center scrap yarn to knit two socks at once.  I’ll be sure to post a full review once I get a project on the needles.

I hear the yarn can kink up as you’re knitting with it, but that a good soak of the finished project gets those kinks right out.

This is the Tulip colorway.

The yarn was purchased from Paradise Fibers.  I ended up spending  ~$57 with the shipping.  Yes, it’s pricey.  At least for me it is since I usually don’t spend more than $24 on a skein of sock yarn, especially when I will also have to pay shipping!

But honestly, I think it will be well worth the price.  Straight off the bat, the fact that I don’t have to wind the yarn and split it into two balls by weighing it out makes up for the shipping.  The fabric as it comes is nice and soft and looks like it will be a pleasure to knit and wear.  I hope I’m not disappointed.  I’ll keep you updated!

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