March is almost over. It's snowing to beat the band outside - it would, don't you think, just when it's time for spring to be here. I think there ought to be a law against snow during daylight savings time. I know I shouldn't complain - when you think about it, here on the Canadian prairies we've had a relatively mild winter. Oh, it was cold, but we didn't have much snow and we didn't have a single snow day. The worst snow I had was during one visit to Ontario, when our Nine Lessons and Carols was snowed out.
See the photo. The photo is March's sock output - well, not quite. I didn't include the Solstice Slip socks from Blue Moon's Rockin Sock Club that I finally finished. Not quite sure why, except that they were red and I realized that I really had been going through a blue/green phase.
If you look, you'll see an off-white pair of socks almost hidden beneath the blue and green ones. The yarn is nothing special - Patons Kroy, which is the only sock yarn I can actually buy in this city (I could rant about that, but am rather sure that to do so would result in there being NO sock yarn available in this city.) and was a test knit for a sock for The Unique Sheep. (And for anyone who is curious, it wasn't that I had no sock yarn, but I did realize I had no sock yarn that would show off stitches. My stash is primarily hand-dyes, which are wonderful and European self-stripes that knit up fast and fine in a plain sock.) Hence the trip to Michaels, which I'm ashamed to say, is the only place I can buy sock yarn in Brandon.
Anyway, the test yarn is here, the sock has been cast on, my fingers are working on the pattern and this is great fun!!
