![Confession Time with Katie:
Playing Mario Kart has made me a worse driver. As I drove to lunch with a friend, I wished for a flashing star so I could be invincible and drive through everything.
Also, we're eating bagels for lunch because throwing rules out windows is my new favorite hobby.
Speaking of hobbies, I started a Constellate Hat in the colorway, African Violets by LolaBean Yarn. The first Constellate took me nineteen months so surely i can beat that!
LOL. @marz1pan thought I was knitting a sock for someone with HUGE calves!
In writing news, I plan to send a short story before mid-December so join my Inner Circle Email List if you need a dopamine hit right about now.
I hope you have the Monday you need, Crew! I love you!!!!
[ID: Veggie rosemary bagel and tuna salad sesame seed bagel with a purple hat in progress.]
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A rare thing has happened. I looked at a pattern, pictured a color, discussed it with a friend, she agreed, then, and this is the kicker, I dove into my stash and surfaced with a hank that I LOVED for these socks.
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This NEVER happens. Here’s the usual turn of events:
I pick a color, a friend (or two) convince me that another color would be wiser, I root around in the stash, change my mind 5 times, take 3 colors to The Husband. He picks one. I solidify my preference for a different shade and cast on.
![IMG_9549[1]](http://www.metzroth.com/katie/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/IMG_95491-300x300.jpg)
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So, even though these socks and I took a couple of wrong turns (How long have I been knitting socks? I forgot to turn a heel. I’m convinced I was distracted by my excitement over the color), I am in love!
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Yarn: Dragonfly Fibers Djinni Sock (purchased at The Yarn Spot in Silver Spring, Maryland)
Colorway: Dragon berry
Needles: 2.25mm Signature Needle Arts DPN’s
Pattern: Complect by Hunter Hammersen
Mine raveled here
Tags: complect, Djinni sock yarn, Dragonfly Fibers, hunter hammersen, knit, knit socks, knitting, sock yarn, socks
I can see how you easily fell in love with this skein. It’s gorgeous! However, I may be biased. I recently bought a scarlet colored skein of sock for a similar pair. :-D
Ooh, these are great! I wear red socks a lot. What usually happens in my life is that I find a pattern and end up ordering a skein of yarn rather than using stash!