I am officially attending the Sock Summit 2009! I’ve been thinking about it since it was announced, but I officially have a roommate, and hotel room, so it is all real!

I just need to wait until it isn’t Easter weekend so I can book my flights.

In anticipation of Sock Summit, even before I had a place to stay, I started some projects. The obnoxious socks in the last post are one, and this is another (and probably more practical that wool socks in summer).

I traded for this yarn, which means it was essentially free, which means more money for the Summit Marketplace. It is Louet 100% linen, and I’m using it to make the market bag from the Spring 2009 IK.

As I have three colours, I decided to start with the darkest for the base, then the next lightest, then the very lightest. I’m hoping to do the first 28 squares in dark purple. There are 72 squares total, but the 28 would give it a nice symmetry I think.

I actually took these photos a while ago, I’m on square 13 now, and was on square 7 in the photo.

As you can see, I’ve been using my Revolutionary Stitch Markers. That gold one is dual purpose; it is on the right side of the work, and it is marking square #1. I’ve since moved on to a slightly more advanced system, marking the first square of each set of four (the base is worked in sets of 4). I’ve been using these markers as alphabet markers, number markers, you name it. I was one of those kids whose pencil crayons were always in rainbow order, so I know that with these markers pink is #1 or A (it’s the closest to red), orange is #2/B, gold/yellow is #3 etc.

My work now has a pink, an orange, and a gold on it. I’m working on the square that should have a green, but I don’t think I’ll need to actually put it on the work.

In but 4 months, this bag will be full of yarny goodness at SS09. I can’t wait.