Supernova!

Went to the Wool Cabin last night for the first night of Susan's Sock Design class. I learned like five new ways to cast on, which pretty much doubles my repertoire.

Also bought some yarn-Wool Cabin's just started carrying this Spunky Eclectic yarn. Isn't the colorway astounding? It's Super Nova in colorway "I heart fall". It looks like spring tulips to me. I fell hard for this yarn, let me tell you.

I worked on my swatch last night, long enough to feel quite stupid. I didn't like the very simple lace pattern with the ribbing I added to make it stretchy for socks, and I was quite annoyed it looked nothing like the picture in the book. This morning's revelation: there's an error in the book I copied the chart from. I fooled around with it enough to realize that I want something even simpler for what I have in mind, so I'm switching back to baby cables or baby shells and solid color yarn. And I'm thinking I'll make a scarf or something of this SE yarn, something I can wear close to my face.