What to do with the left-over yarn....

.....I've discovered a great new use for it. Mini-socks. They are so fun and go so fast. I love it.

Why do we do what we do?

......especially, I am still wondering why I love to knit socks. Why do people love dogs....or golf....or have passions for movies, or books etc. etc. etc. I still wonder to this day as I start a sock why it gives me such a thrill....and more....when I contemplate what the next pair of socks will be or when I get to finally block the finished sock and wait for it to dry flat....erasing all the flaws....it's like putting my signature on a painting. Anyway, I guess I will forever be wondering why. As we were in Panguitch, luck of all luck there was a yarn store called "Lilo in Stitches" just across the street from a gift shop we were in. But....we were out of luck as it wasn't opened. We bummed around for an hour waiting for it to possibly open...all the town folk said they thought she would open sometime soon....we kept waiting....but finally I couldn't ask Joyce to go back by it one more time so we left. As I was relating this story to Lauri, she said "that must be your hell".....and it truly is. Just as we were passing through a small town in Kansas and once again found a little yarn store (by the way, "I break for yarn stores") the same thing happened. It was called "The Red Door" and, you guessed it....it was closed on Monday and we were passing through there on a Monday, possibly never ever to return again. Pure hell....ya gotta know. I'm over it now....but always wondering what treasure I would have found in either one of those stores and continually looking at them and dreaming of owning my own. I know I never will but it's a dream, something to think about, what would I name it, where would it be, how is it really done....you get the idea. It gives me something to think about in an otherwise very ordinary, borderline boring life.

But I knit.....mostly socks.....and I love it. I'm especially loving the "self-striping" yarn and I'm getting pretty good at matching the stripes so if you don't mind my bragging a bit I've posted my two latest babies.

There must be others that feel the way I do. I really want to go to this. Click on the logo to learn more about it and if there's anyone out there interested in joining me, let me know.