The Land Of "Yarn Play"

This is my dear friend Thea.  I met Thea at Friday Social Knitting at Ann's By Design though it is a wonder we hadn't met before.  Thea was an elementary teacher for Adrian Public Schools; I was Assistant Superintendent at Lenawee Intermediate School District.  Dave (Thea's husband) and Dick played in Master's (Old Men's) Basketball together.  Thea is an avid knitter; I am an avid knitter.  We know a lot of the same people.  Adrian is not that big.  Why didn't our paths cross before April 2015?!?!?  Thea and I have made up for lost time.  It is like we are carbon copies.  We both are addicted to knitting needles.  We buy whatever new needles have come out. We both prefer knitting with smaller needles.  We both love expensive, yummy, high end, exquisite yarn.  Thea's license plate says, "KN1TR.'  Isn't that the best! We both bought Knit The Sky on the weekend it was released.  I could go on and on.  I look forward to Fridays and spending a couple of hours knitting with Thea at Friday Social Knitting.  

​Thea just did something so fun.  As a matter of fact, she called it "playing."  She tried to see how many items she could knit out of a ball of Cascade Heritage Prints which is a self-striping sock yarn.

This is the colorway Thea chose.  Isn't it pretty!?!?!?!  It is so springy, so girly.  I just love it.  But I must admit I have never knit with Heritage Prints.  I do have this small aversion to knitting socks which I hope I can over come with the Cement and Tulips sock yarn from Caterpillar Green, but that is another story.  So off, Thea went to see exactly how much she could knit from a ball of Heritage Prints. 

When I told Thea I wanted to write about her project, she sent me this picture.  These are all of the things you can knit from one ball of Cascade Heritage Print sock yarn.  Now let me introduce you to each of these little beauties.  

This is an adorable little baby hat that Thea loves to make.  I don't think I would be exaggerating by much if I said she has made hundreds of these little cuties.  Every time a new colorway of Heritage Prints comes in, Thea is making a new baby hat.  Sometime last summer, Thea's daughter Katie who lives in Fort Collins, CO, delivered the adorable Arlo.  He is the cutest baby.  Cubby cheeks that you just want to reach through the picture and touch, amazing hair that sort of stands up and a bright smile.  He is cute.  Over the past year I have been amazed at the number of baby things (not all of them for Arlo) Thea has made.  Thea also has a granddaughter Sage who looks like a fairy princess.  They are so lucky to have such a loving grandma who loves so much to knit.

Next came two pair of baby sockies.  They are so cute.  Can't you just see a little baby laying on her back, putting her feet in the air and trying to get her toes with these little sockies? Now maybe if I started with socks this size, I could over come my aversion.  It may be about tiny, double pointed needles and watching stitches slip of each end.

No, this isn't a baby sweater.  It is a wine bottle sweater.  What a great way to gift a bottle of wine!  It makes it a little more special than handing over a bottle in a paper bag.  

This is an eye glass case.  Sometimes you just need something to slip your glasses in before they go in your purse.  I really don't like clunky eye glass carriers.  They are way too big in a purse, but this would be perfect.  

​Thea realized that she might have enough left to make more, so she made . . . 

Do you have any idea what these are?  The top one is a drip catcher for a wine bottle and the bottom one is a hat to match the wine bottle sweater.  Needless to say, Thea is a fun-loving, whimsical problem-solver who is addicted to knitting. 

After all is said and done, this is how much yarn was left in the Cascade Heritage Prints ball of yarn

​Thea is visiting her two adorable grandchildren and their very special mother and father right now.  Fridays are never the same when Thea is out of town.  Thea has so much fun when visiting Katie, Lance and the kids.  I can feel the smile on her face all of the way from Fort Collins to Adrian.  She visits the Loopy Ewe while she's there which is a fabulous LYS and internet shop.  Those shops that do both are really something special.  It's seems like a long time until September 6 when Thea will be home.  Maybe I should to up to the Stash Studio and pick out something exciting to work on until she gets home.