Woolgirl Oz Sock Club - Ruby Slippers

The Ruby Slippers kit arrived at the end of last week, so it's time to share.

************ Spoilers from this point on! ************

Still wrapped up:

It arrived packed in a larger box this time, so I wasn't sure what swag to expect.

Unpacked:

I didn't get a photo of the pattern this time, but it includes beads on top of the sparkly yarn, so flashy socks.

This time the bag is more of a black vinyl makeup case with ruby slippers sparkling on the front of it.  I can't see myself using it for knitting really, so it's going in the pile of swag for kids to play with.  The elongated slipper fabric case, though, is a small DPN case with divided pockets inside.  That will certainly see some use, as will the Oz Club fob with the small crochet hook attached, which will be nice to include in smaller project bags for fixing mistakes.

There's also another Oz-themed bookmark hidden behind the yarn in the photo and another great notepad, this time with Dorothy's Shopping List!

TIN MAN: Oil Change
LION: Catnip
SCARECROW: Encyclopedia
TOTO: Pooper Scooper
WICKED WITCH: Valium

Again, probably my favorite part of the whole kit.

The stuffed Dorothy bag is apparently a lavender sachet -- not something easily recognizable for an Anosmic like me, but according to Woolgirl it was intended to grace our sock drawers to help keep pesky moths away.

And the yarn/stitch marker close-up:

Amazing that it includes the tiny ruby sparkling glitter!

Now I know you can't please everyone all of the time, but I have to admit I was really disappointed by the yarn in this kit.  As Xandermommy can attest from our shopping at Stitches Midwest, I'm often drawn to shades of red and of all of the kits listed for the Oz Club, Ruby Slippers seemed to promise a gorgeous red.  So while this is a lovely base yarn and the silver sparkles are totally fitting, the color is really mostly a dusty rose and not even what I would consider a light red.  It's my own fault for having any expectations at all, I suppose, but it's the first time that I have an Oz kit that I don't really want to cast on at all.

So, rather than trying to force myself to want to knit the Ruby Slippers socks, I'm going to put them in time out for awhile.  I still have ambitions to knit every Oz kit, but I'm not sure when I'll be over the disappointment and ready to come back to these.  At this point I think I might go back to the Enchanted Forest socks that got pushed aside when I wasn't quite keeping up with a new kit every month, although I'm working on finishing up my first Socks That Rock socks first.