Apparently the postal service is currently operating a new system where mail travels across the seas in a rocket. The July shipment of the Waterloo Wools Sock Yarn Club arrived on my doormat yesterday morning, just four days after it was posted in Canada.
And to tenuously bring this together, this month’s gorgeous, purple-infused colourway is called “Purple Peony” and is inspired by fireworks. As each colourway is inspired by a photo, I thought I’d also post the picture that inspired this month’s yarn:
The base yarn this month is 100% merino, so this is another yarn for the non-sock pile. The colours are so rich and warm that I’m already toying with the idea of an autumn shawl. And I know it’s still summer. 
I know – what’s going on? I received a package from New York in three days!?! And I live in a remote rural area, where a letter from London can take a week! Love the colours of that yarn – mmmm!
Oooh that’s pretty! You can totally see how the yarn was inspired by the photo.
That yarn is beautiful! Amazing how they captured the feeling of a firework! It looks lovely to knit with too. (I rarely used the word lovely before I began knitting. Now I love to use it!)
… i think it would make a beautiful autumn shawl
You don’t do Merino socks?????
Lovely colours there! Whatever you make is going to look beautiful! Btw, have you seen that Alice Starmore is doing a workshop at IKnit in September?
Unfortunately, whatever rocket the the US postal service is using has apparently broken down…been expecting shoes from my sister for two weeks now…
That yarn is lovely- I love autumn colours, and peonies are my favourite flower!