Yarn Yarn and Yet More Yarn

I've been very bad this week. I couldn't resist getting more yarn. First, I bought some yarn from Grand River Yarns. I have 2 more grandchildren on the way and I want to knit the Sweet Dreams Baby Blanket for both of the new arrivals. It's become sort of a tradition with me. I love this pattern so much that I make it for most people when I want to give them a baby gift.

The yarn from Grand River Yarns is a fingering weight sock yarn. I bought it in 3 colours - 600 grams of the cream and 300 grams each of the plum and green. When the cost is only 3 cents per gram, how can you go wrong? The cream I am going to use for the blankets and I think I am going to knit a shawl from the other two colours. I haven't quite decided yet. The yarn isn't as soft as I would like but I am going to knit a swatch with it and see if it softens up in the wash. Then I'll know better if I will definitely use it for the baby blankets or not. I do like the twist on the yarn. It doesn't look like it will split easily when knitting with it. I'll report more on my experience once I actually start my next sock.

I went to Mary's Yarns on Thursday for their first Sock Club night. I bought the Fleece Artist sock yarn then in 3 colours. Maggie brought some to our SnB on Tuesday night and this stuff is amazing. It is really really soft and it knits up into great socks. My daughter wears a size 10 shoe and I can still make a decent size cuff. From what I understand one skein goes a long way.

Finally, I managed to finish the second sock for two pairs of socks this week. I designed both of these myself. You can't really see the pattern on the colourful too well but I like the way both of them turned out (exept for the short row heel). I've started another pair from some Kroy self patterning yarn I had in my stash. Once I finish this pair I'll give the Grand River Yarn a try.