Retraction, and a Knitty-riffic week

With lots of blog hits, the addition of Back to Basics to many Ravelry queues and even some new subscribers, it's been a great blogging week.  Unless you count the total lack of blogging.  Picky, picky.

First off, thanks to all for the nice comments re. the Back to Basics pattern.  It percolated in my wee brain for some time after meeting Cat Bordhi, who first proposed moving around a sock's construction elements.  Several prototypes later, voila!

I'd love to see photos of your finished socks, and will start a gallery if I get enough FO photos.

I'll also post a slightly smaller version of the pattern shortly.  My feet really are larger than all of yours!

In other sock news, I hereby retract my goal of completing the Plunge at the 6 month mark.  Could I do it?  Probably.  Could I do it without going out of my freaking mind?  Not likely.  I'm so bored with socks, I could poke a sock needle in my eye.

But in the interest of sharing, here are the projects provoking such sick thoughts.

Pair 46 in their eye-gouging glory, Cookie A's Titania's Revenge in Louet Gems Pearl, citrus orange colourway.  Keeping the pattern while shaping was a major bitch, but I love the wandering mock cable and will use it again.

[Don't feel badly if you don't like the look of them.  They're a bit on the fugly side, I must admit.]

47, plain, slightly ribbed socks for my manager at work.  He has a size 12 foot, so there's a great deal of real estate on the feet of these.  I am bored beyond description, but the yarn (obtained at KOL swap night) is nice to work with.

48 is in my new Posh Lucia from the Toronto caper.  I love the yarn, I love that the colourway makes me think of pink lemonade, and I love the way Kate Gilbert writes patterns.

I think I'll give myself a sock vacation and work on some neglected projects, perhaps Thermal or Sea Lettuce.  I'm PEI bound this week, and hope to get some quality knitting done between meetings and kid wrangling.

Did somebody say, "gratuitous kid shot"?

[I thought you had.  My bad.]

Comments

[Nicole]

I'd love to see Thermal again. Eventually I will knit that one, and hearing about someone else knitting it might be an inspiration for me. (Of course, only knit it now - rather than later - if you want to. But that's my 2 cents.)

[Terra]

So, I was reading your Back to Basics pattern earlier...brilliant construction! I printed it out, I think it would make for an awesome pair of socks for Mr Moe (and would look great in trekking)

[Jen]

I love the Titania's Revenge socks. I don't think they are fugly at all. :)

[Samantha]

Yay! Another pharmacist who likes knitting socks :D I actually think that the Titania's Revenge socks are pretty neat looking. The colour isn't quite me, but I do like the design. I bought that pattern a while ago because I liked the mock cable, but I like how the solid colour brings out the lace work more than the varigated does.

[Lesley]

*I* said gratuitous kid shot.

[Mary]

My size 5 feet and I are very excited that you plan on posting a slightly smaller version of the pattern!

[Rebecca]

Your Citrus Orange socks are not Fugly - they are gorgeous! I hate that the top of a shoe has to cover the most beautiful part - that "cabling" across the top of the foot - they are awesome!

I have a size 9 foot & I get extrememly bored during the foot process. Have stopped it one too many times & my toes are scrunched in the sock - darn it!

[Caitlan]

Back to Basics is excellent, it looks like wearing a Robin Hood slipper over, you know, hose.

[turtlegirl76]

I was thrilled to see your Back to Basics pattern and plan on making it very soon! Did you get your markers yet? I've had some shipping woes it seems so I'm wondering if yours got there fine. Let me know!

[stell from nz]

retraction happily accepted, we want you totally sane so you can invent more mad and clever sock patterns!

[Pixie]

I so love your Back to Basics pattern, just completed my first pair and I know more will be knitted this way.. my son wants some and at 17 that is good :)
Thank you for making this pattern available and hope more like this..
I wish you luck in your sock challenge, the ones I have seen are gorgeous and I love the orange ones.