Secrets

I've been quiet lately because I've been knitting a lot. I've started a few new projects and finished one, but that's a secret design project that I can't show. But I can show a tiny peek, which is really more of a picture of the stitch marker.



I'm not posting the full sock details yet, but it was .26 miles towards my Sock Marathon, which puts me at .91 miles. I'm getting there!

See that cute stitch marker? One of the Salem knitters, Patch, made it for me. I thought it looked like a little goth spike so just because I was so enamored she gave me a pair of them. I'm thrilled!

And the yarn is from a Salem knitter too... Stephania. She has an etsy shop and this is the Cauldron sock. It's a newer base for her so there isn't a lot, but there is another one in this color.

Speaking of those awesome Salem knitters, they had a little goodbye knitting night for me last night. I've been selfishly declaring "supplementary" knitting nights to accommodate my crazy back and forth schedule between Seattle and Salem lately, and they've been really nice about showing up for them. This time, though, my trip to Seattle is a little more permanent.

Salem is only a train ride away, and my mom lives there, so I'm sure I'll be back to visit now and then. Still, I'll miss them. And apparently they'll miss me since they gave me some lovely blue Cascade Heritage and a Starbucks gift card last night, along with a super cute card with a yarny star on it and really nice notes to me inside. I'm so happy I got to meet all of them even though I wasn't in Salem for long. :)

OK, that's almost enough of me being sappy about the Salem knitting group, except I have two new pairs of twin socks with two of the Salem knitters... (Sorry MJ!) I'm making Horcrux socks with Harry Potter Opal yarn in Draco with Eloise and a pair of fraternal twins with Snarfy - we got some yarn at the Superbowl sale that was the same type. Hers is lime green and yellow, mine is shades of blue, mostly a brightish turquoise. We each wound off a bit of our skein for the other person and we'll have contrasting cuffs and toes, and maybe heels.