could it be I’ve stumbled on the pattern? (if so, this is great, cuz I was having a damned hard time trying to figure out what my booth-bought socks were doing.) here. see those gorgeous pink poodle sock skirt socks? yeah. I need to make them. next. well maybe two pairs from now. (I told dh his socks would be next in line. and then I started a new pair. oops. so two pairs from now.)

the socks I started last night are a pattern that I’m test knitting for Rae, so I’m not sure how much of them you’ll be seeing. I couldn’t decide which yarn to use (my sock stash is severely lacking in solid colors) so went with some KnitPicks Bare, which I’ll probably dye after the socks are knit. (it’s hard to dye the yarn when you’ve decided you must knit NOW at 10pm.) anywho, I’m making reasonable progress on the toe - it’s a short-row toe, which I haven’t done before, which is cool. I think I like it better than the figure-8 toe that the red toe-ups have. I’m sure it’ll go much better once I remember how to pick up the wraps. (you’d think after doing 2 1/2 short-row heels on the red pair, I’d remember). I’m using a size 2 KP circ, but haven’t checked the gauge yet.

(on a side note, winding a hank of KP Bare is a huge pain in the arse. I couldn’t get it to tension right as I was winding so some parts are really tight and others are ‘normal’. and both my arms are sore, cuz I was trying to spin the swift while winding the ball in an attempt to keep it from being too tight. ah, well. if I had to join a million smaller balls in, I’d be complaining about that ;) )