Dude, check out my stash...

Haha! --Actually, this is only my sock yarn to date. I have a ton of heavier weights in my craft room, and 9 new sock weight hanks on the way! 

In the pic:

• Cherry Tree Hill: "Orange Marmalade" (dk wt), Earth, Water, Blueberry Hill
• sport weight lime and lavender; can't remember the manufacturer
• Bernat Baby fingering pink, yellow, and white.
• Fingering weight orange
• Dale Babby Ull: green, gold, burgundy
• Grignasco Seiutilla in lavender/yellow
• Austerman Step: "Whiskey"
• Red Heart Luster Sheen: Autumn
• Lion brand magic stipes: 3
• Sockotta
• Lorna's Laces: Bee Stripe
• Woolgirl
• Fleece Artist
• Blue Moon Fiber Arts
• Union Center knits
• Zen String
• Knit Picks: SHimmer, Gossamer, Alpaca Cloud
• Fortissima Socka
• Sweet Sheep Sweet Sock
• Sunshine Yarns: Weasley's Wizarding Wheezes
  

Coming Soon:

• Knit Picks Essential Tweed in Russet (2)
• Claudia Hand Painted in Pink Posies (2)
• Ruby Saphire (1)
• Koigu (1)
• Faery Fiber in "The Boy Who Lived" (1)
• Faery Fiber in "Ron" (1)
• Cosmic Fiber's "The Dark Defender" (1)

Fire & Water: harnessing the elements

Here are the finished pics of my Fawkes socks. It was a tumultuous struggle, but I think I came out on top!  The pattern was easy enough; but the yardage scared me to death, all for not. I actually get to walk away with several leftover yards! How's that for irony!  I'm pleased, however, with the end result. I would have liked to have added a repeat or two of the lace pattern to each sock, rather than have the leftover yarn, but... on the other hand, I completed a pair of socks in only 4 freakin' days! hah! ;)

mmm...yarn cake!

Hooray for cake! Here are the latest pics of my newest stash recruits! I have my freshly wound cake of CTH's Orange Marmalade in supersock dk from the Loopy Ewe, my new purchase from YarnMaiden on Ravelry: Knit Picks' Gossamer in the Leprechaun color way, as well as some "cupcakes" from Lambyknits' leftovers. 

Just playing the waiting game....

Well, I just spent a lot of money (that I shouldn't have) on yarn and notions yesterday. I found the most adorable HP stitch markers on Etsy and had to have them. Also, I needed a new pair of circs after having just frogged my latest socks *GGRRRRR!!!* so I ordered a new pair of #2s on Knit Picks. I also found some awesome new yarns, on their site! I ordered: Shimmer in Turquoise Splender, Alpaca Cloud in Iris Heather, Essential Tweed in Russet, Gossamer in Sweet Pea ( I wanted Leprechaun too but it was all gone). I also ordered a hank of Cherry Tree Hill in Orange Marmalade for my Fawkes socks from the Loopy Ewe.