State of the Socks

So I've had a few more moments here and there to work on the Sockapalooza sock. When the girls are busy playing, I can sometimes sit back and knit a round before someone needs a nose wiped or something. Anyway, the sock looks alright, although the lace pattern is certainly hard to photograph effectively. I put it on my foot just before doing the toe decreases - my pal's foot is much shorter than my own, so I can't put it on once complete.



I finished that puppy up this evening, though. It's a fun knit - the lace pattern is super easy to memorize, and it became almost mindless knitting.



It totally freaks me out to have one sock done and the other not even started. As I was finishing this up, I was itching to start the second sock, but I had some other factors to consider. I've got that lace sock class starting next week, and it's been a few months since I knit up the two samples that are up in the store. Talk about two more socks without mates - totally out of character for me.

So I'm setting aside the Sockapaloozas. Just so I can work up the mates to the shop models along with my students. It's time to pick up the luscious blue Koigu and cast on another Pomatomus.



Oh, and because there is no such thing as too many socks on the needles, let's take a brief look at the bread-and-butter - the stockinette socks that I must always have available for totally, utterly autopilot knitting. Lately these have come in handy when I've been stuck in the nursery trying to get Sophie back to sleep. I can sit there and work them in the dark while Sophie fusses.





Okay, I'm off to start that fishy sock before bed.