My MIL and I checked out a yarn shop on Christmas Eve. Tammy, the owner of Yarnivore was pleasant and gave us the two penny tour. The shop was well-organized and more pleasant than the photos online make it look. Due to her use of whitespace, it looked kind of sterile, but in reality, it was warm and inviting and she had a really nice selection. I ended up with some really cool stuff that I’d not seen before like Tecido Trico ribbon yarn and some sock yarn with elastic in it that I look forward to trying.

So, if you are in San Antonio, Texas and would like to hit an LYS, I recommend you check it out!

(I have the flu, so I’m posting a Christmas story.)
Let us first note that my brother’s wife (J) had until last fall, never commented on the blog. I assumed she was not a reader. So, I posted pics of the completed socks she was getting for Christmas and didn’t post a blog link on Facebook. No worries. Then, out of nowhere, J commented on HER socks! I thought something to the effect of “Sons of Biscuits! What are the odds?!?” but never said anything.
the rest of the story.
I handed J a Christmas package and she said, “OH! I hope it’s socks!”
me: “It’s better than socks?”
J: as she’s opening, “better than socks?” like she can’t imagine there is such a thing.
She opens the package and is surprised to find the socks that she admired on the blog.
me: “They’re award winning socks! They won honorable mention at the Texas State Fair.”
J was thrilled and immediately kicked off her shoes to try them on. They fit beautifully. WINNING!


At this point, she told me that she did not remember picking out the yarn (I can’t really imagine such a thing, but that’s what she claims) and thinking when she saw the really pretty socks on the blog that they were for one of my other sister’s in law, she was jealous and loved them. I was VERY pleased to have surprised her after all.

Ps. If you fancy a pair of Annetrelac socks for yourself, you might want to buy yourself some Schaefer Anne yarn. I’ve heard that the genius dyer at Schaefer is retiring.

I’m kind of cheating because this isn’t my finished object, but it is super cool and Turtle said I could blog it, so here we go.
She used this tutorial for a double-pointed needle holder to make me my very own one of a kind…….

Knitzi Holder!

I’m super excited because my Knitzis are really pretty wooden handmade sock in progress holders that The Husband has given me and I hate to think of them getting dusty on my hobby room shelves in between socks.
Didn’t she do a fantastic job?!? I love it! Thank you, Turtle!!!

Ps. Check out what others have finished at Tami’s Amis and Wisdom begins in Wonder and Natural Suburbia