So clearly I need to confess that I gave Jesse a card for a yarn store with the details of the yarn I might like (including colour number) on the back. It was enough for me that he went and got it! I still think he’s clever, but no, he probably wouldn’t know what to choose if confronted with an entire yarn store and no instructions.

I have spent much of the last 24 hours obsessing over socks and sock yarn. I am thinking about Retro Rib, Go With the Flow, Spearfish and some sort of leaf lace. I have been looking at Kroy socks, the only colour I can be fairly confident I would like is the Regatta Blue used for the Retro Rib shown in IK. Also Sisu I am thinking olive green (9544) and maybe pink (4503). I have been looking at Opal Uni Solids in pink (#11) and green (#40), the pink could be nice but it could be awful, it’s such a fine line with pink and so hard to tell online. There is also Jaeger Matchmaker 4 ply, it’s not sock yarn but can you believe how gorgeous that “strawberry” colour is and “crush” could be the pink I am looking for (if I can believe my screen). Finally there is Lang Jawoll Superwash, but the postage from the only place that seem to have the colours I want is about 3 times the price of the yarn - yikes! Of course I have a hankering to order some Koigu or Lorna’s Laces but I am finding their colours harder to come to terms with online. Oh and I have been looking at Nature’s Palette, which I would love in New Leaf, but they seem to be out of that colour and their shopping cart won’t work on my Mac.

So I am think I will order enough yarn for four pairs of socks (since I have four patterns on my list) I want something blue, something pink, something green and something red. Most likely the blue will be the Kroy in Regatta Blue and the red will be the Jaeger in Strawberry. Any advice on the green or the pink?