Twisted Loops

There has been a bit of stash enhancement lately, all sock yarn.  First up is the yarn I purchased in Madison over Memorial Day weekend.  At Lakeside Fibers, I purchased Tofutsies in the color 724, Foot the Bill.  When I compare the size of the ball of Tofutsies with any of my other sock yarns, I find it difficult to believe that it has 425m.  The ball of yarn is very small and dense.  But, the yarn feels super soft, and I can’t wait to work with it.

At ‘Tis the Season, in Middleton, I purchased some Trekking XXL in color 69.  I haven’t decided if this will become socks for me or not.  It’s a little drab compared to most of my sock yarn.  Perhaps it will become socks for my husband.

Finally, this last one doesn’t really count as stash enhancement.  Back at the end of March, KTog had a yarn swap party.  At the party, Donna made me an offer I couldn’t refuse.  She offered up some of her custom dyed yarn from her Etsy shop, MySmallWonders, in exchange for some handdyed loopy mohair that I had.  I finally picked the yarn that I wanted, and Donna brought it to KTog on Tuesday.  This is the Dew on the Violets colorway of her fingering weight yarn, with about 383 yards.  It is an 80% Wool, 20% Nylon blend.  I was wonderfully suprised by how soft it is.  I may just need to get more yarn from her.

Now, there have been times in the past that where I’ve tended to buy sock yarn with similar colors, but nothing like this has happened before.  I can’t believe how close in color these two yarns are.  The yarn from MySmallWonders does have a bit more variation in color than the Tofutsies, with some subtle pinks and yellows mixed in.  But, all I see when I look at them is green, turquoise, and purple.