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YOP: Week 2

    Happy New Year!  I've been under the weather, but I'm starting to feel better now.  

    The yarn I ordered from the Miss Babs sale arrived last Saturday.   

Then the yarn I ordered while I was in Syracuse arrived during the week.

As well as my swap package from the Hot Beverage swap:

I hid all the goodies so my kids couldn't eat everything while I was sick.  My appetite still hasn't returned so everything remains hidden.  

I also got some more Malabrigo Mechita in a destash and that arrived as well.  I didn't do any knitting while I was sick but I finally felt good enough to do a little knitting last evening.  I was able to finish my son's socks.

He was very excited for them to be done.

I wove in the ends but didn't trim them yet. I'd like to give these a quick bath before I call them 100% done.  My son already put the socks in his sock drawer, so I'll have to fish them back out.  

Now I have to decide what to do next.  Since all my new yarn has come in for multiple projects I'm not sure what to pick...



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  1. MaureenHDJanuary 16, 2025 at 11:47 AM

    Your son's socks are fantastic. So colorful. I can see why he couldn't wait to wear them. I love Miss Babs yarns. They also provide excellent customer service when trying to pick colors. Glad to hear you are starting to feel better.

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  2. nypeapodJanuary 16, 2025 at 10:19 PM

    Oh look at all that lovely yarn! The socks turned out super cute.

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