Not bad for a 3 hour shopping trip (of which half the time was spent waiting for or on buses):

and for once most of the money didn't go on yarn. I won't bore you with the specifications of the hiking boots but the yarn is 6 balls Patons Washed Haze in denim for a tank in Rebecca No. 27. 2 balls Reqia Jacquard (I never knew that Regia was made by Coats but what yarn don't they make?) and bamboo dpns and a stitch holder (cos you can never have too many of them). I also got 2 patterns for Patons Washed Haze and Jaeger Booklet JB25 which contains some lovely designs. A good haul wouldn't you say?

On my short break from Tricot I haven't just been knitting a sock. I've decided that it is about time that I sorted out my stash of ebay "bargains" and have started a stripey jumper:

Yes, another indistinct and blurred photo. That's 3 colours of Phildar Brisant. I didn't think I had enough of the darker yarn to knit a whole jumper (hence the stripes). Knowing now what sort of yardage you can get out of a 50g ball I probably have enough to do a one colour jumper. The plan is to do a polo neck but it may become one of those jumpers that I stop working on after I've finished the back.

Posted an update on the Tricotalong blog.
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You don't have to get yarn for it to be a good mail day. Sometimes, all it takes is some new patterns: