Sockapaloooza: the big finish
I am done with my sockapaloooza socks! I am a bit late, but I hope my sock pal will forgive me. This is my first real design. I mean, I've "freehanded" plenty of stuff, but I haven't ever actually had to follow my own directions. :) She gave me a lot of freedom and I really took advantage of it.
I dubbed these socks Bobble Bing! after Omar and I spent awhile debating various machinations of every pun possible :)
Thank you to my lovely foot model, Ms. Bestitched! We know these Born-and-Fluevog loving tootsies are used to high fashion! As Nick kept saying on Project Runway, my models are my muses!
A close up of the bobbles, picot, and slip-stitch cuff:
These will be washed tonight, dry overnight, and go out in the post tomorrow!
I will be publishing the pattern on the blog soon. Right now I have a bunch of jumbly notes, and it's going to take some serious alchemy to turn it into pattern gold.
But that's not all! My sock pal, unlike me, was very timely. I received my socks on Thursday. I like the colors and they fit nicely. Thank you, Elsbeth!
I'm working on some wee little baby socks to detox from the pressure of Sockapaloooza. Then it's back to the grind, I've got a lot of knitting deadlines coming up. I need my Knitpicks order to arrive so I can start working on the felted basket for my friend's wedding.
Comments
They came out so nice! And Ms. B is a great model - look at that toe extension! Nice close-up of the cuff, too.
Posted by: grumperina | May 8, 2006 12:38 AM
I'm glad they made it there okay -- I just barely finished, I was sewing in ends on Tuesday morning ...
Posted by: Elspeth | May 8, 2006 1:14 AM
I love those socks you finished. You know, they felt and looked so great, I was thinking about keeping them...
Posted by: diana | May 8, 2006 7:43 AM
i love those soooo much!!!
Posted by: pippi | May 8, 2006 9:14 AM
ha! surprised i didn't look for this before! and you show your knitting on your knitting blog -- novel idea! i'm working on the broadripple socks, and i think i might actually show my progress soon.
i'm anxiously awaiting the release of your fixation pattern -- love that pattern and love that stuff!!!
Posted by: Michelle | May 8, 2006 12:05 PM
Betsy! I love my socks! The color is perfect-and they fit perfectly. I appreciate all the hard work you put into them, and I will be looking forward to seeing the pattern you created for this pair on your blog soon.
Hey! It is raining like crazy up here in Maine- are you getting all rained out???
Posted by: Julie | May 16, 2006 4:24 PM