Socks 'til I drop

My sock focus was maintained until the weekend.  More self-striping, a bit of Cookie A., and now I'm a cheatin' fool!

Plunge pair #37, as promised, were completed immediately after my last post.  Lookie the girlie, stripey, goodness:

[I love them so.  I made them too small for my canoes on purpose, so I wouldn't be tempted to keep them.]

#38, another "Millie" (shortened Millicent) in Sockina Colori.  It reminds me a bit of the Silkie Socks that Rock in its colour runs, multi twisted with solid grey.  Not as luxurious, but a sturdy, pretty, bright pair of socks.  I love the asymmetry of the rib down the foot, which doesn't show so well in the photo.

Pair #39 started out as generic "socks for a dude", but as the striped poured from the skein, it became obvious these were colours for Mr. Pharm.  A nice long sock, toe-up, plain stockinette, slowed down only by his request to make the leg of the finished sock a bit longer.  In a show of my love for him, I unpicked the grafted bind-off and added the better part of a repeat.  #2 will be done sometime today.

#40 is my laceless Thelonious in Tofutsies.  I started the pattern as written.  The combination of the colour runs, the wandering rib and the lace panels looked just a bit too fussy, so I ripped back and changed the lace panel stitches to a continuation of the established rib.  I love the effect.  The pattern is awesome exactly as written if you opt for a solid (like the recommended Louet Gems Merino fingering weight - I did mine in sage green), but I think this is a nice compromise.

[Eek!  Someone needs a pedi!]

All of these socks had to inspire a cheat, so in the name of stashbusting, I took a bit of a sock break over the weekend.

Pomotamus cap in (finally) the last of my Knitpicks Mainline.

Emma's backpack just needs straps, finishing and felting.

And the beginnings of a Christmas pressie for my BFF Nancy.  I started in Ravelry, surfing for any lace scarf/shawl I could find.  Fed up with my inability to choose a pattern, I went to Google and entered "fingering weight shawl".  The first result?  Sivia Harding's brilliant Diamond Fantasy, which can be worked in a scarf size from my single hank of Lucy Neatby Celestial Merino.

Next up, socks.  And cheating.  In no particular order.

Comments

[Nicole]

You amaze me. I have no idea how you can get so much knit in so short a time.

The socks look great, and the 'cheats' look like a bunch of fun, too!

[heddy]

I like the new blog look -- very purple! The socks are looking awesome and seem to be multiplying like rabbits! LOL!

[Terra]

Nice new look. Very slick.

Good progress. I don't know how you do it. I have the DFS pattern too, and plan to make it in some black alpaca that I have in the stash perhaps...

[Helen]

You've been busy I see. I am absolutely in love with pair #37, they are awesome!!!

[Jen]

Oh, that is a whole lot of knitting. You are a knitting wonder woman! Everything looks great. I especially love the cap!

[Mary]

Wow, that's a lot of socks!

[Fredabeth]

Where did you get the pattern for the pomotamus cap?