Sunday, July 13, 2025

What a Beauty

I ask you, how gorgeous is this yarn?



I splurged on it, and as it was a preorder, I had to be patient (not my strongest suit). But it came!

Beast Mode, indeed: 1200 yards is a lot! And with those colors I want to use every bit of it. Alison, I'm thinking of making your Nina's Ann Arbor Shawl; I should be able to use it all in that, it looks like.

Speaking of rainbows, I took a photo of the sock after I finished the toe:
The second sock is started and past the cuff, so it's ready for the trip.

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Unrelated question: Did anyone who reads my blog recently write on their own blog about making a recipe from the So Easy So Good cookbook?

I had to wait for it a few weeks from the library, and now I can't remember where I read about it!

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Don't miss my rant from yesterday about prescription drug prices. I turned off the auto-refills through Optum, so I can take the prescriptions to Publix going forward. I'm still dumbfounded that mail order costs so much more than Publix.

7 comments:

  1. It is beautiful yarn but when you wrote Beast Mode, I wondered why you were writing about Marshawn Lynch. LOL

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    1. That does sound vaguely familiar! Funny cross-talk there.

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  2. I adore that sock! And I have a long-hoarded skein exactly like the one in your top picture.

    If I were designing those shawls now, I would do a three stitch i-cord for the neck edge, pick up along the long edge and then the cast-on edge to make a curved, sturdier edge with more cushioning against the neck. Either way. Have a great time, and thank you so much, whatever you end up doing!

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  3. (Your usual Anonymous up there. Oops.)

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  4. I'm pretty sure it was Birchwood Pie that talked about this book? Maybe I'm wrong? But I have the same cookbook on order at the library after reading that same blog post - ha! I'm still waiting, but extra excited to get it and try it out now.

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    1. Yes, thank you! I found it, she did the Take In Beef with Broccoli a few weeks back. Looks good!

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