So, if I’d been up-to-date in my blogging, instead of burying myself in running The Loopy Ewe Swap and trying to get the last of the reviews up for Classic-Horror.com’s Shocktober Classics event (including this fabulous, pun-tastic review of Black Sheep), I’d have mentioned that I received my Yarn Pirate Booty Club package.

Since we’re still trying to introduce the entire cast, I’ve asked Snuggles to model for me. There’s not much to say about Snuggles, except that he’s a Cthulhu and that he’s blue. Everyone should have a blue Cthulhu. Now, before we get to the really good stuff, Snuggles would like to show you the needles that came with the package:

Yup, those are bright, pink needles. I’m not too sure what I’m going to do with them, actually, since I don’t knit magic loop if I can help it, or if I have the option of stabbing my eye out with a fork. However, my Options set doesn’t go that low, so I’m going to hold onto it in case of lace emergencies. For those interested, I think she’s planning on selling them at her Etsy shop in the future.

The needles were awesome, but the highlight of the shipment was, of course, the yarn. This is my first Booty Club package, so I had no idea what to expect. Neither Snuggles or myself could contain our excitement!

Yup…. that’s it. The color is called Killer Bees and grey, black, yellow and, if you’re seeing what I’m seeing, lime green. Truthfully, I’m not sure what I think of this. I keep oscillating between incredulous and hopeful. However, there’s some interesting photographs at the Flickr group over here, so I’m going to wait until I actually knit something before I make a final judgment. I think these may be destined to be mitts, however, rather than socks. Here’s a closer look at the colors:

In other exciting news, I have killed my first person… with socks!

The Sock Wars socks are finally finished and, since I didn’t make it to the post office on Friday, will be making it towards their New York target via First Class mail tomorrow. I know most people are sending them Priority, but I am poor and $3.00 buys a lot of ramen noodles. I also apologize for the picture quality, and the random appearance of Sassy’s right side. I can’t put them on to really show off the pattern, because, sadly, my target has freakishly small feet.

Wilbur isn’t too keen on socks, but that’s what he gets for thwarting my ingenious naming attempts and insisting he be called after some pig.

Grrrrrrrrraaargh! How do these things work? Brrrgh!

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