I've tried to put almost everything I've knit up on Ravelry but, every once in a while, I run across something in a drawer and realize I had totally forgotten about it.

The other day was sock laundry day and I found a few pairs that had yet to be ravelized.

Girly Stripe Socks

Yarn: Lorna's Laces Girly Stripe
Needle: ??
Knit: 2006??

These are some of the best fitting early socks I finished and some of the very few pairs of my handknit socks that have been tested inside a shoe. They have held up pretty well-- a little felting/pilling action on the heel and bottom of the foot but no holes or anything and given they were probably knit at a very loose gauge (as many of my early socks were..) I'd say they have stood the test of time. I really like the pattern as well. I don't remember where I saw it but it was a simple yo, k1, yo, knit a few, triple decrease, knit a few kind of things.

Next up, some truly horrible socks:

Yarn: KPPPM
Needles: probably a two.
Knit: 2006ish

These really don't look all that bad on but holy crap are they huge. Heres a comparison to the Girly Stripe socks that fit really well to the giant koigu socks:

yikes. Thats at least an inch difference.

Last up:

Pomatomus
Yarn: KP Essential
Needles: 1ish?
Knit: I actually distinctly remember knitting these at my many doctors appointments while pregnant. So that would put them in the first half of 2006.

I really like these socks. The pattern was great--it was one of the first (and really only) complicated socks patterns I've knit and I've even considered knitting it again. I'm not completely crazy with the yarn; I think its a touch scratchy and, unlike a noro yarn that I've used for other socks, there isn't any awesome color benefit to weigh out the scratch factor. It is a pretty hardy yarn though, these socks don't show a lick of wear after all this time.

Rogue is steaming along:

I've worked my way a little bit into the hood chart--only 70 more rows to go!

This does beg the question though: how do you block a sweater with a hood? Do you block the different parts separately? It just doesnt seem like I"ll be able to lay it all out flat at once to block the cables in all the different areas. Anyone have suggestions??