Gardening, Sock Yarn, and a New Sweater on the Needles

It seems that we have a lot of enthusiastic gardeners reading this blog, so I have some more photos to share with you. Right now the grapefruit, orange, lemon, lime, and tangerine trees are all in bloom. The smell of the blossoms is absolutely intoxicating! I just love it. It's an  fragrance that I only get to enjoy once a year. The Meyer lemons have all been eaten.  I gave away several to my neighbors and knitting friends. I may buy another tree, because growing them saves me so much money. Lemons are very expensive here.

The blood oranges are getting riper and sweeter. They are just delicious. This periwinkle is a ground cover that works well in drought conditions. I have to be careful with it, though. It's  invasive. I trim it back each year. It helps to prevent weeds, which grow rampantly in my back lot.

I found an excellent deal on the Tofuties sock yarn today. It's the pink variegated variety that  I just used on the lace socks designed by Winwick Mum. Even though I swore that I would not buy any more yarn, I just purchased some in bulk. I rationalized it by figuring out what I paid for one skein of this yarn when I was up in the mountains. If I were to drive back up there and pay the list price,  I could have bought two more skeins. This way I am getting fourteen skeins for the same price!  (I'm including the cost of my gas for the three hour car trip in my calculations.) I plan to knit a pair for a give away here, and possibly sell some of the yarn in my etsy shop. I love buying yarn on Etsy, and I think it might be fun to sell some of this gorgeous sock yarn there.  I really like how the blend of wool, cotton, silk, and soy feels on my feet. I was worried that the socks had stretched out too much after wearing them, , but they sprang back  into shape perfectly after hand washing them last night. They have a nice elasticity, and are very cool and comfortable. 

I've been working on the Carbeth sweater. I'm going to make mine a little bit  longer than the designer did;hers hit right at the waist. I have several skeins of this luscious grey yarn, and I'm eager to use it. Since I'm long waisted, it helps to add an inch or more to the sweaters that I knit. That's one thing that I love about knitting your own clothes, you can customize them so that they fit you exactly.

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