I've been a sock knitting fiend the last few weeks!! I have so many going that it seems like each one is its own little black hole of knitting time and energy but I know that, at some point, the knitting gods will reveal that the hours and hours i've spent working on them this week has actually resulted in progress (despite what my stupid tape measure says). I'm realizing now what a serious undertaking knitting 52 pairs of socks in a single year is going to be....I see a lot of heavyweight and baby socks in my future come next spring.

I finally finished the RSC socks:

All in all, I hate to say it, but I'm not thrilled with these socks. The colors aren't really me and the pattern is a bit of a pain since the cabling makes the cuff of the sock so tight you can barely pass it over your heel. Surprisingly, I do like the garter stitch heel and toe though--maybe not for socks I'll wear with shoes but for nice warm wintery socks, they are great.

I also finished a second pair for the 52 Pair Plunge:

The baby RPM's. These would be modeled by Miss S but she is a little crabby today. These were a super fast knit and I could definately see myself making another pair of these once she outgrows this pair.

I'm nearly done with the third pair:

I'm past the heel turn on the second sock, so I'm in the home stretch. I was hoping to get them done this weekend but it just didn't happen.

The next few pairs are all on the needles already:

a nice plan stockinette sock in "derby girl" from dyeabolical yarns--a great etsy find.

and...

A lacy sock (pattern in "more sensational knitted socks") in the georgetown colorway from Lorna's Laces on size 0's. This pattern is nice--an easily memorizable pattern and it looks really good on (there are yarn overs in the pattern that aren't showing up well in the photo). Its slow going though, what with the 10ish st/inch.

I've also been working on twisted flower but I've only done about four more rows. I'm dying to cast on some monkey socks but I have so many things going at the moment. Maybe once I finsih up the flourescent socks.

I've also done a little stash enhancing--

Thanks lime and violet!!

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in other news, the exercise/dieting thing is still going well. Bad foods were finding their way back into my diet so I restarted my food journal to whip my diet into shape. Its so much easier to say no to something or make better food choices when you know you have to account for it in writing. I know it doesnt work for everyone, but it does work for me. I think since last time I posted here about this, I've lost another 4 or 5 pounds--woohoo! I still have a long way to go but I'm making measurable progress and that really helps keep the motivation up.

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The 52 Pair Plunge has begun!

I haven't actually finished any socks yet (although others have already finished their second pair! Do you believe it?). I'm working on it though. I went through my sock yarn and decided it needed a little weeding and reorganization. I think I'm going to go by color this time instead of brand:

I've also got a few pairs all balled up and ready to go!

And a few on the needles that I'll be finishing soon and adding to the tally!

The Socks that Rock:

and the Flourescent Socks for a friend of mine:

Oh--and I also cast on for Twisted Flower--one of Cookie A's Patterns in Louet Gems light blue color--but I'm only about two inches in, so thats less than exciting. Maybe it will be picture worthy next time!

Happy Socking!

PS--I'll be finishing up the second baby RPM this week and I'll post the pattern in the sidebar! It was such a cute little quick knit!

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Its been absolutely beautiful out lately. This is our first spring in Georgia and I couldn't be more pleased with the weather. I know we are in for some hot days when summer finally arrives but, for now, I'm just enjoying the great scenery.

I've been chugging along on a few KAL projects lately. First up are the Rocking Sock Club socks.

I've finished the first and, though I'm not ready to rip it out, I do admit the cableing does making the cuff rather tight. Its fine once you get it on but getting it over your heel is a bit of a problem.

I used 2mm for the foot, 2.5 for the heel and most of the leg and 3 mm for the top of the leg. I tried it on after I'd done three cable crossings (1.5 pattern repeats) and decided it was going to be too tight if I continued with another cable crossing, so I did a few inches of ribbing and called it a day. I'm pretty happy with it--its a sock I would have never chosen to make if I hadn't joined the club and that was my whole goal in signing up.

Second, a pair of socks for Socktopia.

The theme I chose for march was "whats on TV?" I took inspriration from my current favorite show, Survivorman. This guy is great--he's like Steve Irwin but, instead of animals, he is a survivalist. He usually spends about 1/3 of the show trying to make a fire, so I whipped up some Flame Wave socks (from the new Favorite Socks book) in Lorna's Laces Flame colorway.

Finally, I started a pair of socks for Miss S. I had some leftovers of the Lemongrass Socks that Rock from my RPM's so what better than mini-RPMs?

Miss S, by the way, is an excellent sock model--so good she can do it all in her sleep.

Anybody interested in the pattern? Its really adorable. If you are, just leave a comment and I'll type it up and post it to the site.

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