New socks, two socks, whose socks? My socks!!

I have quite a bit of sock yarn in my stash. I love it. It's so pretty and soft. Plus, there are colorways that I wouldn't touch for projects I'll wear next to my face but, for socks, anything goes. I love it all.

Ironically, though, with all this sock yarn in my stash I never knit socks. Oh, I cast on a pair for Emma once and even turned the heel but, after doing such a crappy job at picking up stitches for the gusset I frogged the thing.

Then, Ravelympics came along. For those who don't know, the Ravelympics corresponded with the Summer Olympic games. You join a team (I was on the Give 'Em Hill team), pick an event, and cast on during the opening ceremonies. To win a medal you have to bind off by the time the closing ceremonies, well, close.

I chose the Sock Put as my event. The Ravelympics gave me just the push I needed to knit my socks. I used a great colorway, Give 'Em Hill (blue for the Democratic party and yellow for Hillary Clinton's favorite color) and knit, knit, knit. With three days to spare, I finished my socks! I'll be editing this post later to include a picture; frickin' Firefox keeps crashing every time I try to insert an image into my post. Suffice to say I'm happy with the socks (though my kitchener stitch needs some serious work!) and I've already cast on another pair, this time for Emma. I'm using Lisa Souza's Sock! Merino in Berry Poppins. If you don't know Lisa Souza, by all means go here and check out her beautiful yarns. Drool away. And buy! For $18 you get like 520 yards or something awesome like that. Great deal and great yarn.

Commercial over. And it's time for bed. Pictures of my socks to come...