Happenings & SoS/SU&KYCC Socks

Well I finally made it home. Finally. I was gone WAY too long.

It was awful not seeing my Honey and Kitty for so many days. Missed them muchly. I also missed having email access to my Cookie whenever I wanted. That was hard, but it always is. It was also weird not seeing my Florrie and MonkeySocks for so many days. Thankfully I got to see them and lots of other people I missed and adore muchly on Saturday. I was with MonkeySocks from abut 9:20 in the morning until 10:00 at night or so. Good thing we enjoy one another's company so much. *L*

One of the things MonkeySocks and I did  Saturday was attend a really kickass birthday party for a very special friend of ours. It was SOOOOOOOOOO much fun. :D T was turning 70 and her Daughters planned a superb party. Well they claim she was turning 70. Hard to buy it though. She doesn't look 50 much less 70. o.0 Knitting must keep you young cause I know several other people who claim a certain age but don't look anywhere damn near it. Or act it either I should add.

MonkeySocks and I have decided to start lying about our ages. Only we'll round up instead of down. The funny thing is I've been joking with Cookie for years along those lines. I look GREAT for 82!! *L* That combined with the fact I act like I'm 12 half the time and I'll be young forever. W00T!

The party was at a Mexican Restaurant and the food and drinks were super yummy. :D In addition to having her family come in from all over her daughters invited her friends and knitting family. Florrie even closed the shop up early to get there on time. It was the best birthday party ever. It was muchly fun to see all the knitting peoples. (well most, Rachel wasn't able to show up) Especially since a few very special ones will be gone for most or part of the summer. Damnit people. Don't they know they're supposed to hang around handy and accessible for my amusement.

:P

MonkeySocks drove me home so I was able to partake in Resolution #10 freely. Wheeee!!

I did that a lot on my travels. Well when I was with my brother I did. Not too much, but way more than my normal everyday life. Since I was sick most of May I'd hardly had anything to drink. *sigh* I never was that great at keeping New Years Resolutions.

I'll just have to try harder. ;^)

Here is my sock in AnnLand having a few drinkies. Clickety Biggety!

Have y'all noticed that my socks like to drink in AnnLand. Heh. Sadly I wasn't able to see the actual Ann while there this time. See you in the Autumn, my sweet!

Oh and we were sharing the beers so that we could try several. Never even made it to the Otter Head. So much to drink and so little time. *sigh*

Here's a clearer shot of my Dave Socks in Progress. The colorway is Campfire from the Cabin Cove Mercantile and the pattern is Tropicana by Sabine Riefler from MagKnits.

I am loving these soooooooooo much. I was a bit concerned about the pattern at first. Cookie pointed out that we generally wear 72 stitch socks. That is true, but the gauge on these things is so big that it makes up for the lack of stitches. I think I had to use US 5's to get gauge that's how crazy it is. *L* The pattern moves between 11 and 17 stitches for the pattern repeats, so you go from 55 to 85 stitches. Magically it works. *L*

Because they don't have any ribbing on to the top they look kinda big even. One lady recently asked in a shocked manner why my sock was so big. (See now I'd think that was a dumb thing to ask somebody, or at least sorta rude/clueless, what if I had huge feet and ankles and I was uncomfortable about it and she'd said that. o.0 Dear Humans, please think before opening your yappy heads. Thanks, The Rest Of Us. The Common Sense is not so much common these days eh...) They fit very comfortably so far, though If my feet were smaller than average I'd say you'd have to adjust them to be less big though, either through stitch count or needle size and a smaller gauge.

I love how these are knitting up SO MUCH that I'd recommend anyone who got any of the awesome yarns from Dave's Summer Collection to try this pattern with them. It's like they were made for each other. I think they are cool enough yet not too detailed that you could make these for a guy and it'd be okay. I know a lot of people think guys can only wear plain socks, but it's not like their penis will fall off with a little extra flair. :P

These socks fit into two of the KAL's that I'm currently Participating in. The Shut Up and Knit Your Cabin Cove Knit Along which is rapidly drawing to a close, so let Cookie know if you'd have anything going or whatever. These also count towards the Summer of Socks Knit Along.

I started these on June 14th. Cast on during Takeoff. *L* Well the final cast on was during take off. It wasn't until I understood how many stitches I would have during each of the pattern repeats that I finally got it. Well I'd always had it... I just thought I'd messed up. *blush*

Since I cast on a week prior to the start on the 21st I asked my Blog Reader Jody if that was okay to do these socks as part of the KAL. I also explained I wasn't doing the most socks knit part of the KAL. She said that was fine since I wasn't in that portion of the KAL. My hope is that I finish these socks by the time the SoS is done. Although after seeing Cookie's recent Traveler Socks I really REALLY wanna make those. Lots of new stuff to learn with that pattern and they are uber cute. :D So Maybe my personal SoS Challenge will be to finish these socks, the honey socks and the traveler socks. I also still have my second Socktober Sock to finish. Just haven't been inspired by Autumn Colors since last year. I imagine I'll take care of those in August when I start getting Autumn Fever. :D

I've also got the Coral Sweater going and I'd like to finish that up. I've got a bit at the bottom to do yet and then the sleeves and collar. *Happy Otter Dance* I'm so happy with how this is coming out. I may not even mind weaving in all those ends. Heh.

Comments

[Stacey]

Welcome back! I can't wait until the magic man starts dyeing again! :) I hate you and Cookie for showing all of these nice patterns. My list is getting too long.

[Adrienne]

Those are some great patterns!!! TFS!

[Dave Daniels]

Great post, and lots going on. I'll have to look for Otter Ale and let you know how it is.
And that sock made from the CCM yarn looks pretty damned good, they compliment each other so well.
And, yes, I can attest to the fact that non-plain socks will not make a man's weiner fall off. I wear beight and/or hand knit socks all the time. I can't attest to OTHER side effects, though. ;)

[Devorah]

Welcome back! You have been a very busy otter and those are lovely socks! Hope your honey and your kitty are happy to have you back.

[Ann]

My dear...the only way socks can survive in the cornfields and not lose their mind is by drinking! I have the drunkenest socks in the knitting blogospher.

I like that pattern a lot...printed it out to pretend I may actually make them.

Sorry I missed you..next trip for sure!

[Deluxe Yarns Etc.]

Hello knittyotter, love your garden. Ok how has the green thumb? I want to sample your pease
florrie