Sock yarn

We went over to Charley’s so Arlene could plant bulbs in his yard. I went over to Mind’s Eye Yarns in the meantime. It’s in Porter Square, Cambridge, only a couple of miles from Charley’s place near Teele Square, Somerville. I’ve met the people from there a couple of times, at Gore Place and the Knit-Out on the common a few weeks ago, and have wanted to see it. It’s two smallish rooms with nothing but really nice (people and) stuff — gorgeous yarns and roving, because it seems to be the area’s best source of spinning supplies and equipment. Patience was there, six rounds away from Kitchenering the toe of a sock. She’s entitled to put a more flattering picture on her blog — she’s way cuter than I remember her from the Knit-Out. She’s really knowledgable about knitting, too. I asked if they had Knitting for Anarchists and she said they didn’t, but I might check in the bookstore across the parking lot, but she doubted they’d have it — she didn’t think it was out of print, but it was a couple of years old and they probably wouldn’t have it on the shelf. I mean, that’s keeping track of things!

Oh, why sock yarn? My real reason for going was to see what the place was like and what spinning supplies they had (spindles, lots of niddy-noddies, roving in lots of colors and fiber combinations), but the excuse was to buy some of the solid-color Regia sock yarn that they had recently got in. I bought two balls each of brown 4-fadig and grey stretch.

I’m making serious progress on Charley’s sweater. I think there’s a good chance it’ll be done inside a week.