Yes, I'm obsessed with socks

Yes, you did read that title right -- I am obsessed with socks...well, actually with handknitting my own socks. My obsession started sometime in Fall 2007 and to date, I have knit 37 pairs -- some as gifts but most of them for me. I am proud to say that I have managed to get rid of most of my store bought socks and have replaced them with handknit socks. I finished four pairs in the month of May. This pair is sock #33 for me. I used the Slippery Socks pattern on Knitty.com.

Pair #34 was also for me. Risata (from KnitPicks) may be one of my new favorite yarns. I love the stretch. Now if only there were more color choices. I love bright and multicolored yarns -- if anything just so I can oooh and aaah over my stash of yarn. This pattern is from Socks From the Toe Up by Wendy Johnson. I love her new book and of course I had to join a knitalong on ravelry.com to knit more patterns from her book.

It took Ed awhile to decide that he wanted socks for himself but now that he has decided yes, he seems to think I can crank them out like a factory. Unfortunately for his feet, I am easily knit-distracted. While working on his 3rd pair of socks, I started knitting 3 afghans. But this above pair is #35 for me and #2 for him.

I offered to teach my friend, Jennifer, how to knit so she could knit her own socks. But she is very smart and has decided to stick to crocheting because she knows I will knit socks for her, especially if she keeps telling me how pretty my socks are. So she received pair #36. Technically it is the 2nd pair I've knit for her, but one of her daughters took the first pair I knit. This pattern is the same as pair #34 making us fraternal sock twins :-)

I spend a fair amount of time looking at patterns on ravelry.com -- it is an illness and one day I will post some pictures of my favorite closet in the house -- my yarn closet.

This post is dedicated to Monica, my personal knitting enabler who very kindly sent me a list of yarn shops to visit while we were vacationing in Vermont -- how evil of her! :-)

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