Woolgirl Oz Sock Club - Dorothy

The second kit in my Woolgirl Oz sock club has arrived, this time based on Dorothy herself. I convinced the reluctant postal worker to check for a held package for me even though I hadn't been home yet to get the official slip of paper saying I had one. I was just sure that it should be there by yesterday and that was the only opportunity to get my hands on it before the Post Office closed. Fortunately the kit was there and waiting for me so that I didn't get any more annoyed looks from said postal worker - whew!

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So here it is with all of its little extras:

The brown and red corduroy fabric is a reversible project bag with handles from Sheila D - sort of like a sewn version of a paper lunch bag with handles. Although it doesn't have any snaps or drawstrings to close it, the fabric is definitely more my taste than the bag from the Over the Rainbow kit. There are lots of stickers and magnets, a nice pen with the phrase "There's no place like home...", and a very tiny and adorable Dorothy stitch marker.

I'm looking forward to working with this soft and squishy yarn, Sport weight Superwash Merino from Dashing Dachs:

But, I stuck to working on the baby blanket last night, so the kit will have to wait for at least a little bit. I love the look of the included kit pattern, though - neat little cables down the sides with the basket weave pattern - should be pretty simple but fun.

This kit came with coupons for both Sheila D and Woolgirl, too, so we'll see how well I can control my knitting spending with that extra temptation!