I finally took my Trekking sock on a little trek yesterday afternoon. We didn’t get far — just to my favorite bit of bay beach near Sag Harbor. We didn’t stay long either — as you can see, the sock was a bit uncomfortable! The air was so damp and dreary, and the wind was so stiff, that we decided to pack up and head for town and the post office.
Here is the intrepid sock, Trekking XXL Color 67, getting out of the wind behind a boulder. It would really rather be inside its special sock bag made by Trek, don’t you think?
And here, the increasingly damp and bedraggled sock is being used to gauge wind speed (that would make it a windsock, I suppose). This is not a trick photograph, the sock will have you know!
I had to make another trip to the post office this afternoon when I heard that the first Sundara Yarns Petals Collection packages had begun to arrive.
The first offering to us fortunate Petals Collection members is “Calla Lily.” When the light is better (in other words, when this two-day-old fog lifts) I’ll take better pictures of the yarn. This will do for now. There’s the yarn, of course, a photograph of Sundara’s inspiration, a little treat, and a Welcome letter. Then there’s the pattern. It’s presented in the most ingenious way — it’s printed on several sheets of card stock, which will make it so easy to read and carry, and it comes in a beautiful mossy-green envelope. The pattern itself looks like it will be a pleasure to knit, too. Its heel is not your usual flap heel, its lace is placed in an unusual way, and its cuff is not your mother’s basic sock cuff. I can’t wait to get started on it! I love Sundara’s yarn — I used her DK Silky Merino for my Sunny Day Clapotis.
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I’d say it’s been a hard, but good, day all in all. I think I’ve ordered enough of the right books for the big holiday weekend. I have to let it go though, because there’s nothing more I can do until next week. It’s certainly been a stressful day, but having that beautiful package to open, and an evening to smile at it while I work on my Lagoon scarf and my Flower Basket shawl, will do a fine job of unkinking my shoulders. Oh! Before I forget — thanks for all the lovely comments and blogiversary wishes, everyone!
Not Plain Jane 
