Fashion Statements
I have had a shoe addiction a lot longer than I have had the yarn addiction. I have gotten a lot more selective about when I indulge in the shoe addiction, probably because I have the yarn thing to distract me.
Recently I found the most "OMG I have to have them" shoes on sale:
No, I didn't actually go out in public wearing them with those socks. The nice thing about working from home is that I can wear whatever strikes my fancy to work...
I also got the same shoes in a kind of peachy orange. (Please remember that I live in Florida, so these are very practical colors, my black shoes just get dusty down here.)
And then I realized that my beloved socks don't really go with the shoes. Therefore, I decided that I need to plan my sock knitting better. So this is what I did today:
The Sanguine Gryphon Eidos yarn in Ion and Polimarchus
These work with both of the colors of shoe!
Itata yarn from Araucania
Wollmeise in Pfefferminz Prinz and Vergissmeinnicht.
Wollmeise in Frosch.
Calypso from Creatively Dyed Yarn.
Scarlett Fleece and Castle Fibers sock yarns.
Tausendschon yarns
More Tausenschon
How on earth am I going to decide which ones to do first?
Yes, this is how I spent my Sunday morning. That, and working on this:
The "Embossed Leaves" sock pattern from the book "Favorite Socks" in Eidos yarn from The Sanguine Gryphon. No one does green like Gryphon!
Recently I found the most "OMG I have to have them" shoes on sale:
No, I didn't actually go out in public wearing them with those socks. The nice thing about working from home is that I can wear whatever strikes my fancy to work...
I also got the same shoes in a kind of peachy orange. (Please remember that I live in Florida, so these are very practical colors, my black shoes just get dusty down here.)
And then I realized that my beloved socks don't really go with the shoes. Therefore, I decided that I need to plan my sock knitting better. So this is what I did today:
The Sanguine Gryphon Eidos yarn in Ion and Polimarchus
These work with both of the colors of shoe!
Itata yarn from Araucania
Wollmeise in Pfefferminz Prinz and Vergissmeinnicht.
Wollmeise in Frosch.
Calypso from Creatively Dyed Yarn.
Scarlett Fleece and Castle Fibers sock yarns.
Tausendschon yarns
More Tausenschon
How on earth am I going to decide which ones to do first?
Yes, this is how I spent my Sunday morning. That, and working on this:
The "Embossed Leaves" sock pattern from the book "Favorite Socks" in Eidos yarn from The Sanguine Gryphon. No one does green like Gryphon!
YOU ARE TOO MUCH !!
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You are one sicko, with way too much time on yours hands, today.
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I'm not going to even try to dispute that statement.
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why don't you just start a sock out of every gorgeous color that you bought. only one pair of shoes????????????? better go shopping for a couple more.
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You never fail to amuse me!! Having a bit of a shoe issue myself, I like the sock idea....but of course, it IS Florida!! Not too much longer to be worrying about socks! But I do love the creations you come up with...
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WOW-
Not even sure where to start other than I am almost a believer in socks now!
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Very creative and playful in colors.
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This indeed is a really cute blog. The author has given us some pictures of a pair of shoes which she brought recently. To be frank I didn’t like her socks in the first picture though I found the shoes really beautiful. I think it would have been better had she given us some pictures of socks made from yarn instead of yarn themselves. Anyway I found this blog really mind blowing. I am amazed at her creativity. I have the feeling that she has got a lot of free time at her disposal.
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