Winter

It's June 1, which is the first day of Winter. It's been raining lightly half the day, which is good for the reservoirs, and nice and chilly. We hopped off to the Post Office early this morning to post a "picture" to Byron's "Grandma C" and some yarn to a Raveler. Jasmine was asleep again after that 10-minute drive, so Byron and I went over the road to deliver the tiny shoes and Mousie 2.

The sister's socks are finished, and delivered last Saturday, which was her birthday.

and so I started some more...

I was in the mood for something bright. The black strip is going to be yanked to make a Peasant Heel. You pull out the waste yarn, pick up the live stitches each side, and knit a "toe". Sounds simple. Not sure why all heels are not done this way! lol. I don't much care for short-row heels, and I haven't tried gusset heels with toe-ups yet.

If anyone was wondering about the cushion, it was the toe of Kel's second sock. I realized, after a while, that it was much pointier than the first sock... I'd cast on 16 instead of 24. So I turned it into a teeny cushion. I hate frogging things Ü

And surprise, surprise; I got some yarn. Bendigo Woollen Mills sent me a card with samples of the new Alpaca Rich yarn (55% alpaca and 45% wool). I rang them and got some in "apple" and "denim" and "mocha" the next day!

I just need to finish some WIP's so I can use up some of this stuff. hehe. I need to make a bit of space for whatever I'm getting in Bendigo next month. Perhaps I should be on a Yarn Diet until then... :?