I’m doing socks for Dennis; they’re in Claudia’s Handpainted wool. I’m making it up as I go along; the foot is sort-of like the Phallic Sock, but not exactly since I did the sole in plain stockinette. I just finished turning the heel; I love garter stitch toes and heels, because I am FREAKING LAZY and you don’t have to deal with the wraps if you’re using garter.

I’m calling this one the Festaroo Sock, since my intention was to finish them in time for Dennis’ music festival season. Yeah, not so much, since Bonnaroo is long over. Maybe he can take them to the one he’s covering in October. Anyway, I think I found a cool cable pattern to run up the back of the sock, so I’m excited about starting the leg.

This is kind of a sporadic project, since I mostly knit it away from home. Socks are so portable, and this one has the added bonus that knitting it in public lets people wonder if I’m making a penis cozy. I’ve knit a lot of it in the pumping room at work while extracting milk. Ok, it’s a storage closet and there’s a little sign to put on the door when you’re using it. There’s a picture of a cow on the sign. Of course there is.

Seriously.

The sock is the first one for the Rockin’ Socks Club 2007. Rita thought the colors of the yarn looked like me, so she gave me the kit. I did the first one on dpns, and I’m doing the second on two circulars. I think I’ll be doing circulars going forward. Although I’m an Addi Turbo devotee, I couldn’t really justify buying four sets of tiny Addis before I knew if I’d even like doing socks on them, so I tried the knitpicks ones. I really like them! They have a very soft cord, which may or may not prove to be as durable as the Addi cord, and the needles and the join are very smooth. So yay!