At the beach

Tuesday we drove out to Grayland to visit my parents. The weather was wonderful and the girls enjoyed flying kites down in North Cove. I visited a small yarn store that recently opened there. The elderly ladies who ran it were very nice, but I've seen stashes flashed that have more yarn than they carried. We visited for a little while and being a supporter of small businesses I "had" to buy two skeins of Sockotta. It is browns and grays and will work well for some more masculine socks. Actual knitting time was scarce but last night I finally finished a pair of cable.

ankle socks. I'm ending up with lots of leftover sock yarn and some wild stripe or fair isle socks are in order. I finally looked through "Sensational Knitted Socks" by Charlene Schurch. My first impression is, hooray! The instructions for measuring feet, making different types of heels, knitting socks up or down, improvising your own patterns, etc. are all included. This will prove invaluable towards my goal of making socks for everybody on my Christmas list.