February is for socks


Will winter ever end? Will I ever finish a project?

So, last night a bunch of us took Rebekah out for her birthday (yes, it was 3 weeks ago), and it was a really good time, and I got to see a lot of people I haven't talked to much in a while. Shootin the shit, laughing our butts off...yeah. It had been a long time since I had really been out "drinkin", but last night, I daresay I got really shitfaced. Ah, it brings back memories. (By the way, Rebex is not as depressed as her blog would have you believe. She's just been playing a computer game...but you didn't hear that from me.)

Gosh, it's been a long time since I've finished a project, and yet I keep starting new ones. Terrible. But look, I finally finished one of my green church socks:


Yeah, that picture took a bit of stretching to take. I am quite proud of this sock. It's retro and green and fabulous, and there are no holes at the heel-turn. I'm going to be totally irresponsible now, and cast on a completely different sock. Excuse me for a hot minute...*scuttling away from computer*




...*scuttling back*

Here we are:


You know, it's hard to do a dpn cast-on with a hangover.

That's the Bernat "Sox" yarn that my mom got me for Christmas. Props to my mom for finding me sock yarn in suburban chicago retail country. Yeah, it's acrylic, but, for a garment that will spend its life sandwiched between my sweaty feet and my boots, who cares? The colors of this yarn are excitingly candylike, but I'm disappointed that they wont stripe. I'm hoping that the mish mash of colors will come out looking maybe a bit Missoni-like. No, seriously.

I need to name these socks, and I think I will go with "SoX Nouveau!", like it says on the french side of the label. You know... like art nouveau, but more hip and exciting....ehm, yeah. I usually get annoyed at use of letters as abbreviations (like "sox" or "thanx" or "c u l8r"), and even more so at excessive use of exclamation marks, but, kind of like tacky clothes, stupid stuff like that can come back into style just because it's amusing. soX nouveau!!

I have a lot to do today, and it involves writing solutions for and marking a midterm. Sigh... I feel like the executioner's apprentice.

Posted: Sat - February 26, 2005 at 09:32 AM        

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