Socktoberfest

To celebrate this revered, holy month of socks, pictures of handknit socks are being posted far and wide. They do not, however, bring me joy. No, they bring me pain, for I only own 1 pair of handknit socks, and alas, they're a bit big and only worn around the house. To be fair, I've knit 10 individual socks:

  1. My pair
  2. of Jaywalkers,
  3. a pair of socks that were felted into slippers (accidentally)
  4. for my littlest brother
  5. a pair of socks that were felted into slippers (on purpose)
  6. for my other little brother
  7. a pair of socks that were felted into slippers (on purpose)
  8. for my mother
  9. 1 UT orange sock
  10. 1 blue/green sock (which my mother promptly claimed)
So it's clear that my goal for Socktoberfest is to knit myself some socks! I've got kneehighs on the needles, although I'm starting to worry that I'll run out of yarn, so those might be put on hold. I also have the second blue/green sock as my car knitting, since it'll be a Christmas gift. I have a single Koigu sock ready for a heel turn (but I need another pair of US 0s unless I take the needles out of the knee highs). I also have the remaining yarn for the match to the orange sock (#9 above), 2 skeins of Koigu, 1 skein of Lorna's lace (with my own handpainted Jaywalker leftovers for the toes and heels). Hmmm...obvioulsy, I need to prioritize:
  1. Mom's Christmas sock mate: remains car knitting
  2. Kneehighs: conquer my fear of running out and knit the rest of the ball and then decide on a plan of attack from there
  3. Buy some more US0s so I can get back to the Koigu sock.
  4. If there's time, cast on for second UT orange sock
My main goal, really, is to have a finished pair of socks FOR ME at the end of the month. I'd love it if they're the knee highs, but if I run out of yarn, I'm moving on to the Koigu!

6 comments:

sheep#100 said...

Rooting for you from chez trek!

Zarzuela said...

You can dooooo eeeeeeeit!!! :)

Jessica
http://zarzuelaknitsandcrochets.com/blog

Scoutj said...

I can dye you more.....shoot. Did I write that down? lol

Jennifer said...

You can do it! I'm setting a goal of just one pair of socks too.

Anonymous said...

you can do it ; )

S said...

Go for it! I say finish the knee highs first--this is the perfect time to wear them!! I just finished a pair and LOVE them.