Just Like Candy!

I can hardly believe it, but I am done early this week: the new colors are all ready to go for this evening's SockPixie shop update.
The new colors are scrumptious!This one is Whirly Pop, and as Lucille Ball would say "Just like candy!"

This morning, my youngest son, who had not yet seen the new colors, and did not know I had decided to do a candy theme, said :" Mom, these yarns make me think of candy. Look a Hershey's Kiss!" I was so happy, I kissed him a million times, which he finds really gross (after all, he is almost a 10 year old young man!)

I have had practically no time to knit this week, so there will not be a new sock pattern today. I still owe you the Tiffany Socks. I am doing a final check before posting the pattern. Things should be better, my oldest has started her semester, and tomorrow is Martin Luther King Day, so we will not be homeschooling. I may even knit a pair of socks for me. You know that I have never knit a pair of socks for myself. I give them all away to family and friends.

I have my eyes on some of this week's colorways. I might go for a pair of gorgeous Whirly Pops, in plain stockinette. The yarn is so beautiful, I just want to let it do all the "talking"!

Am I Willy Wonka?!

Yarn is just like candy. Sweet, colorful, it makes you feel warm, fuzzy and happy... It is mesmerizing. This week, there will be swirling lollipops, everlasting gobstoppers, and other magical bonbon colorways!
I will be a little like Willy Wonka, working with mysterious Oompa Loompas in my fantastic and secret yarn studio! Will you come and join me for a ride on Sunday on the SockPixie Site?

Yeti Spotted in Boston

You guessed right! Here is the abominable snow man, or woman rather. It was fun! The packages made it safely to the post office.
I'll do it again...

It's a Nor'Easter!

It's a Nor'easter! The kids and I are jumping up and down. Rolfe, on the other hand, does not feel as happy as we do. He has to go to work. On the bright side he is using public transportation. Driving when it is snowing 1-2 inches per hour is no cup of tea! It can take people 6 hours to travel a distance they would normally cover in 10 minutes!
The only thing for me is my daily post office trip to ship all your packages. Rolfe has been insisting for some time now that I should have the post office pick up, instead of going to the post office every day. But I like the 40 minute round-trip walk!
So what should I do? Pack the packages safely in my weather-proof cart, bundle up, and do my own impersonation of the Yeti, or give in and ask for pick-up? Can you guess what I will do? How about a poll? Check in tonight to see what I decided to do!

The New Tiffany Colors...New Tiffany Socks

All the new colors are up, and as I do every Sunday, I always breathe a sigh of relief. There were no computer problems, the camera worked, I did not run out of batteries, the yarn dried on time, and we did not run out of coffee!
The picture above is one of a new Bamboo colorway called Apple Blossom .

The new pattern for the Tiffany Socks is almost ready, and as always I am too cross-eyed to post it tonight but it will be up tomorrow. For now here is the picture.

Website Problems Fixed

It seems that my SockPixie website has been temporarily unavailable due to host problems.
Everything is OK now! Thank you to the technical team!

Tiffany's?

What do you think of Tiffany studio lamps? The colors are just incredible. I am so inspired by the contrast, and the glow. Have you guessed what this week's inspiration will be? That's right, Tiffany lamps!
I see 15 new colorways, in merino, bamboo, cashmere, and my newest addition cashmino, a blend of merino and cashmere!
There is also a new pattern, which will of course be called Tiffany.

Now that the colors are designed, it's off to hanking, and dyeing...