Sock-a-holic

I’m been meaning to blog all week. I still don’t feel 100% normal as my flu has morphed into this icky cough. Nothing like being sick while you were on vacation - your birthday vacation no less. At least these delicious cupcakes from the White Flower Cake Shoppe made me feel elated. Real buttercream - yum!

I managed to get a ton of dyeing done. Now it’s mocking me, hanging, just waiting for the reskeinning fun. I also decided to do a hand paint last weekend. I don’t do very many of these but I am very happy with the way it came out. I even knit a test swatch.

I started a run of the mill 2×2 ribbed sock in Funky Carolina’s Lily Pad. The first sock was actually finished last night and I’m already onto the mate. I haven’t had time to take a picture but the foot looks completely different from the cuff.

It’s so bright, flowery and cheery. You cannot go wrong with a ribbed sock.

Big thanks need to go out this week to Jen at Piddleloop for helping me get my pattern pdfs to loose some much need file size weight. I had no idea they were that big in comparison to normal pattern pdf size. So if anyone wants a new copy of a pattern they purchased from me, let me know and I will send you the new slimmer version. Nothing text wise has changed.

More thanks to Olivia, who sent me this wonderful blue Madeline Tosh mini sock. It made my day!

It has an honored place on my sock blocker keychain. Now I want to knit some of these. Lord knows I have enough leftover sock yarn laying around.

The last thanks goes to Manon for finishing the test knit of the Chain Lightning sock pattern. I have a few things I have to fix it as I’m not sure what fumes I was inhaling when I wrote a certain part. Then it will be off to the copyright office for registering. Her sock looks gorgeous and I think they put my blue Wollmeise pair to shame!