It was mid December, and I had, for reasons we shall not go into here, much vacation time to use up before December 31st. Thus I left my fiber stash and my pet sheep in the kindly hands of my sister, and traveled northward, to join with friends and relations for the winter holidays. At this juncture, something sadly not completely unexpected occurred-a government shutdown. I was, as aforementioned, on holiday at the time, so while I sympathized with the plight of my fellows (and complained about the setback this would create in my own work), I thought little of it until the new year. I had planned to return to my sheep and my stash in that first week of the new year, but my sister is a very capable wooden sheep watcher, so I decided I would remain amongst friends in the north until such time as I was required again at work. However, there was something I had failed to take into account in this decision, namely the lack of access to my fiber stash. You see, I had only planned for a trip of two weeks, so I’d brought along enough yarn for only around 8 pairs of socks, a shawl, and three scarves. During the holidays my most excellent mother did help to augment my fiber supply, with some cashmere worsted and a cone of white sock yarn, however what I realized shortly after starting Mosaic 36 was that I did not have any more yarn for mosaic socks. Sure, I still had my scarf, shawl, and other sock yarns, but I didn’t have two yarns with enough contrast that were not already earmarked for a specific project. Imagine the horror! Particularly as I had made it a goal in the new year to use up yarn I already had! This is why, dear reader, I am forced to pause the progress on the mosaic knitting project, and show you pictures of these other socks instead. I’m also hoping to use this as an opportunity to get some of the scarves and shawl finished.
The yarn is Lucky 13 fibers, 75% superwash merino, and 25% merino. The socks are for me!
