Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Yarn Prize

I finished my Devon socks for the Sock Innovation Knit-Along in May and actually won one of the prizes for the month!  (Any socks entered as finished for the month are included in a drawing by random number generator to determine who wins a prize.)

I was out of town when they announced that I won, but soon found out that I would receive yarn from LittleFreak Yarns.  I was anticipating a lovely skein of a new yarn I hadn't tried before, so I was truly surprised when this arrived last week:
4 skeins!

Not one but four lovely new yarns to try!

LittleSocks by LittleFreak Yarns -a Fingering / 4 ply of 75% Wool, 25% Nylon (my skein was labeled as 440 yards)
Cody



BabyKisses by LittleFreak Yarns - a Light Fingering / 3 ply of 100% Alpaca (my skein was labeled as 460 yards)
Roan

CushyLittleSocks by LittleFreak Yarns - 100% Merino (420 yards)
Rose

Precious by Shameless Twist - a Fingering / 4 ply of 63% Merino, 20% Silk, 15% Nylon, 2% Other (420 yards)
Enchanted

And so my stash expands again, although I didn't spend a penny this time!  So while the Sock Innovation KAL itself is over, it only seems appropriate that I set at least one of these skeins aside for a Sock Innovation pattern that I haven't knit yet.  Any suggestions for which pattern would really shine with one of these new yarns?

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