Courtesy Of Knitting Arts

Today's Sock Yarn Of The Day is brought to you courtesy of my favorite LYS, Knitting Arts. About seven or eight months ago I wrote a little rant in my blog about a new employee of Knitting Arts. I was less than impressed with her customer service skills. The manager of the store, Jan, heard about my rant.

Although I never specifically named her store in my rant, apparently it was QUITE obvious to the other employees of her store who I was talking about. However, rather than take me to task for slamming her store, she rewarded me with a very generous gift certificate for bringing the issue to her attention. Which I promptly lost.

I looked everywhere. EVERYWHERE. It was nowhere to be found. And I didn't want to ask for a replacement. After all, it wasn't as though anyone had forked over some cold, hard cash for this gift certificate. Easy come, easy go, right? But it was an awful LOT of money. So I finally sucked it up and sent Jan an e-mail explaining what a bozo I was. "No problemo," she said and I picked up the new certificate tonight.

And you, my little Contest Monkeys get to share in the wealth. Yes, that is Koigu KPPPM you see there. In a colorway that makes my heart sing.

But I had to get something for ME TOO!

Magic needles in US size 4! Yay! I love Magic Needles. Because they have nice, pointy ends, perfect for lace. And they're smooth and they feel really, really good. Plus "25 Favorite Socks; Timeless Designs From Interweave." There are 19 patterns in here that are reprints from previous issues of Interweave Knits and 6 new patterns. Since I don't have all the back issues of IK it was obvious I needed to own this book. Well obvious to me, anyways.