socks make the world go round

here's my gratuitous shot of tvyarn.

i'm making socks for maggie.
pattern is shock wave.

melana

next shipment soon

Hi everyone! The next shipment of our tvyarn "Chick Flicks" sock club will be December 3 '07. I'll send email soon to ask you for your weight preference (fingering or sport) and to give your your hint, for those that want that.

Now that it's finally cool here in NC, I've been knitting like crazy and actually have some FOs, finally! hope your knitting is joyous also. more soon, Jana

A winner!

Hi everyone!
I had a wonderful, exciting, and exhausting trip to New Mexico last week; my flights home were supposed to take 5 hours total but ended up taking 14 hours! whew! I was very glad to get home.

But then I had to count all those yarn skeins! So the total number of skeins of yarn in my dye studio is.... 698 skeins! Laura's guess at 723 was the closest, so Laura I'll be sending you the prize - congratulations!

Today my parents are flying here from Michigan to stay with us for 10 days. They came for Grandparent's Day at my son's school and they also came to help me at my booth at the Southeastern Animal Fiber Festival in Asheville, NC. We'll be staying at a cabin near the Blue Ridge Parkway; I can't wait to see the Fall colors.

When I get back from Asheville I do some fun things on this blog, Jana

Socks Done!

I finished my Thelma & Louise socks... also known as Roza's Socks:



Yarn: White Oak Studio TVyarn in Thelma & Louise
Pattern: Roza's Socks from IK Spring 2007
Needles: Size 1.5

I totally love the way that the colors came out, and if you have not worked with this pattern before, you must. Very easy and fun at the same time!

Sporty

I got the sport weight this time around and I love it. I can't wait to cast on! So many socks, so little time...

Got my package!!

WOW!! I LOVE it! I have taken pictures but not posted them on my blog yet so no spoilers from here. But I love the colorway and it's one of my most favorite movies! YAY!!!

A contest!

Hi everyone! well I decided not to wait for a contest; I'm ready for some fun now! The picture above is the prize - the book Better Living Through Television: the Guide to Life. Hey this is what tvyarn is all about! Finally someone else recognizes how much wisdom we gain from watching television! Here's some quotes from the book:

"when guys are persistent, it's romantic. They make movies about that. When it's a woman, then they cast Glenn Close" - Clista Flockhart as Ally McBeal on Ally McBeal

"I wanna do it, Gus. I wanna see that country, before the bankers and lawyers all git it." Tommy Lee Jones as Woodrow Call on Lonesome Dove

"My wife had left me, which was very painful. Then she came back to me, which was excruciating". Kelsey Grammer as Fraiser Crane on Fraiser

ok, so here's the contest question: how many skeins of yarn do I have in my downstairs dye studio right now? I don't know the answer yet but I need to do some inventory next week. I have quite a bit of undyed yarn to dye since I have the SAFF fiber festival to prepare for. I also have some dyed yarn inventory built up to sell there. And I have an order for Woolgirl to ship out on Monday, so that is down there too. This will only be yarn that I intend to sell, not yarn in my personal stash.

Also, remember that for fingering, I sell 2 skeins (350 yrds) to make one pair of socks, and for sport weight, I sell 1 skein (225 yds) for one pair of socks.

You can put your guess in the comments or send me email, which ever you prefer whiteoakstudio at yahoo dot com You have until 5pm Sat Oct 13 to guess.

Good Luck! Jana

My Thelma & Louise Socks

I have been wondering what patterns people have been using with their tv sock yarn. With the Thelma & Louise yarn, I decided to work on Roza's socks from the Spring 2007 Issue of IK:



As you can tell, my dog Kasey seriously enjoys getting into most of my photos...

Adelle

Packages mailed

Hi everyone! Here's the packages ready to mail; they were sent out yesterday. How do you like my mighty guard dog? She had to take her morning nap. That's my gorgeous girl Scout.

I'm out of town this Sunday through Saturday, so if there's any problems I'll make it right when I return. And we'll have a contest then too.

Hope you like this shipment! Enjoy! Jana

October Shipment

Hi everyone! I'm working on the October shipment and I'll send out an email about it today. We have some new members to welcome.

Jana

Contest winner and poll for next series

Hi everyone! I've been enjoying reading your posts here, on your blogs and on ravelry. I'm so glad you are enjoying the "Thelma & Louise" shipment!

I entered names in the contest, as promised, and the winner is Jen J. ! Congratulations Jen!

I'll be sending Jen a set of these stitch markers and the handy-dandy container for them.

I'm already thinking about the NEXT tvyarn club series and I need a theme so I can start ordering the goodies! I'd love some input, so let's see if this poll helps. The next series will begin early next year (and please vote for fun, no obligation to do the next series, of course).

It should be safe to post pictures now:)

So I can't tell you enough how much I enjoyed this first installment Jana - Thank you!
There are duplicate pictures on my blog too:)
http://www.purlsjustwannahavefun.typepad.com/

Ready For A Road Trip

Well I am, and the destination looks like the southwest! Received my kit a few days ago. The yarn and goodies were such a treat. I felt like a kid at Christmas! Beautiful texture and colors to the yarn. I'm thinking possibly the monkey socks or crusoe socks from knitty.com

Love Thelma and Louise!

I received the first sock kit and just love everything! I posted a pic up on my blog. The colorway is gorgeous and is helping me get through all the gray knitting I've been doing lately!

in the mood for a road trip!

Got my shipment yesterday... So thrilled! I don't know why, but the sunglasses put this sock club installment over the top for me. The whole themed club thing just puts a smile on my face!

I wish I had known Thelma and Louise was on TV recently; I would have tivo'd it and watched it while I cast on with the new yarn. I don't yet know what I'll pick pattern-wise, but I've got to get a few other socks off of the needles first!