Mountain Colors Bearfoot

Steelhead and Elderberry -
and the softest, warmest socks I have ever worn.
In fact, since temps last week were in the 60s and even up to 70, it has been too warm for them. So they'll have to wait til next fall. (But I can caress them from time to time.) ( Perhaps only a knitter could understand that last sentence.)
I saw a woman working on a sock with this yarn in my LYS, and immediately, I grabbed some. This rarely happens for me. Also, I immediately went home and began the first sock, and then completed the next three faster than any other knitting I've ever done. I may have convinced myself that I bought the yarn to make socks for my husband and son, but the socks just ended up my size....

detritus

My husband used the word detritus in ordinary conversation.

I mentioned that most dogs go outside in the fresh air, and come back in smelling better.

Our dog, however, always comes back in smelling horrible.

So he said that she has secret piles of dead animals and other detritus hidden all over.

detritus!

Gotta love an educated man!!

22,000 stitches

22,000 stitches

That's 64 stitches around, 170 rows, times two

Of course people get "second sock syndrome"

I get tired just thinking aobut it.

I guess that's the key - I don't usually think about the number of stitches-

I think of the warm socks.

I think, "I can't wait to cast on that new yarn!"

or

"This color is great in the ribbing, but I bet it's even better in stockinette."

or

I just love knitting with this yarn. It's so soft."