The Shop On Blossom Street

That's not the name of my new knititng project but a BOOK that I am reading. A new member just joined one of our knitting groups in the library & she told me of this book that she is reading & how good it was. Immediately, I checked with the library & it was right there on the shelf.......

....took it home & has not been able to put it down. It's a beautiful book about a yarn shop called A Good Yarn (isn't this a nice name), the owner of the shop & the lives of 3 ladies who never knitted before but joined a beginners' knitting class to knit a Baby Blanket. The wonderful thing about this book is to read about the owner's love of knitting & how this simple craft brings people together - this is something that all of us knitters can associate with! For those of you who have not read this book, do look it up when you are in the library. You can also check out Debbie Macomber for more of her books as I am going to read another of her books after I have finished this.

On the knitting front, I cast on a sock, Falling Leaves as I wanted to use my 4 ply merino from The Knittery & at the same time try a different toe-up method - it's a YO when turning short rows instead of wrapping the stitch - it was quite interesting & it's much easier than wrapping & unwrapping stitches like I used too & the shaping of the toe looks really neat .....

My only issue is that the toe is a little bit more pointy than what I liked (altho' it fitted perfectly) but now that I know this method, I can adjust the number of stitches for the toe & make it less pointy. I am really pleased with myself as I am really addicted to sock knitting!