They're done! I can't find the sock blockers that I made a while back though. If I can find 2 more wire hangers in the house (unlikely), I might make another pair. Otherwise these will arrive in Krissy's mailbox unblocked.
This is a funky pattern. I love the leaves, and I love the knit purl cast on, however those first two rows sucked, and in my opinion, totally unnecessary. I'm also not fond of the heel (flat stockinette) or the closing of the toe. But I decided to follow the pattern exactly.. and more important, Kris seems to like them! These were finished at about 1:30 AM.

(Dark crappy picture alert) Why so late? Well, I was at the urgent care center with Cassidy until nearly 9PM. There she received 5 stitches in her knee, and now will be wearing this leg imobulizer for the next few days (to prevent the stitches from popping by bending her knee)
So the whole night was set back a little. Shes being a trooper now, but you would have never known it yesterday.
Apparently she and Daddy were horsing around while they were at the market. You know, bumping into each other and such. Daddy stopped and Cassidy kept going..right into a metal shelf in the store. Ouch!

While we sat in the backed up waiting room, I started a new pair of socks. Basic 2x1 rib, top down socks with ONLine Supersocke 100 (fun color #764) You would think I'd have gotten more done, but I kept trying to start toe up socks and kept disliking them, ripping, and restarting. Finally I just cast on for a top down.
The yarn? Umm, firstly, its a lot like Opal, and after knitting with Socks That Rock, knitting this stuff can be compared to knitting with scratchy jute twine. Also the colors.. I purchased this skein because the sample sock at the store was knit in the same colorway. THIS sock is not even coming close to resembling the sample sock. I'll keep knitting to see if my favor changes, but for now, the jury is still out and leaning towards conviction.
Now with that said.. I'm going to need to do some shopping around for sock yarn. I've been knitting lots of socks this past year, and not replenishing my stash. At this point, the choices are few. Any suggestions? Any new hand dye sock yarns out there that are not prone to pooling? (A girl can dream, right?)

Around a year ago on this day..

• Blocked socks! - 2007
• Mute Button - 2007
• Pajama Mommy - 2007
• And oh yeah... - 2005
• Something I've wanted to do for a long time... - 2005