Wow what a week for the sockapaloooza! The theme this week: big.

First, I had to rip out and restart my first sockapaloooza sock, because, you guessed it, it was too big. It fit me and my calves are bigger than the average bear's! Plus, my sock pal is rather on the thin side, so it wasn't going to work. Still, after casting on again, I made my 8 inches for the week.

 
can you see how the calf decreases have changed the variegation?

And now (get ready, it's big!) the most enormous update ever, in reverse order this week...

Finished Sockers!

Pilar has finished her socks! Sorry Pilar, I don't speak Spanish so can't give many more details, but take a look at her blog for the finished objects.
A zebra can't change its stripes but CraftyLily's socks will surely change your mind about trying Cascade Fixation. She shares some insight on her blog about how to conquer this tricky yarn.
Weeza's finished! And she proudly declares that they even match (no small feet, I mean feat). Hey, what's that sock yarn lurking behind the sheep's right elbow?
Wooliedi is done too and she knit some lovely New England Socks from Knitting on the Road. Unfortunately no pics...so you know what that means...this week's placeholder.
Sheryl is done with her lovely ice cream striped socks.
Opportunityknits finished Juani's Braided Cable Sock in Regia Silk.
Patrice switched patterns and in short order conquered the short-row heel and finished Priscilla's Dream Socks!
Margie has finished her socks! She is calling them the rightside-upside down socks. She assures me we'll understand why when she gets a good picture of them.
Marti is patting herself on the back for finishing up her lovely socks so early. No pics yet (perhaps because she's been tending to her poor little sick ones). Go send her a big shout out though, because she's already signed on to knit a make-up pair for a socker who's had to drop out.
Katie's Glad Raggs socks are done - and they're beautiful!
Diane finished her pal's socks on the first day of spring!.
Dragonfly Judy has finished her Boysenberry Pie Socks!
Yay Bliss! Not only did she finish her socks, she had her puppies help model them. Trop mignon, Remy, trop mignon.
Ann has finished her cabled gun-metal Fleece Artist socks. I'm sure her sock pal will be as smitten with them as she is!

Highlights

Mary's beginners are having some fun!
Erin has started her socks. She's learning the Turkish Cast on and Magic Loop and it's her first pair of toe up socks. No wonder she's hyperventilating!
Pat has finished one sock. Check out her blog to see how far that sock has travelled.

And with Lisa as their sock sister, you know this group is having a blast:
Dani has got second sock syndrome (SSS), but her first Trekking sock is a beauty. You can't tell the colorway from this picture as it was taken on a fairly typical dreary, Northeastern March day. Now this is more like it! Want to venture a guess at the colorway?
Check back in a few days and Carrie will have some pictures to post of her sock progress "blogger uploadus interuptus" has struck again. But who the heck cares...the pictures of baby Santa are so stinkin' cute.
Trish has finished her first fluid bandsman, footed bastion, flitted bandied, fluent bagpipes...socks...all kidding aside, this one's a keeper and so Spring-y!

Jenipurr's got some first-sock finishers:
Rachel has finished her first blue striped River Rapids sock.
Rose has finished her first sock, with a lovely lace inset down the side.
Shannon has finished her first deep purple-blue Denmark sock.
Sarah G has finished her first sock (see picture for sneak peek of the colors).

Sock sister Ina is un-venting beaded rib with beads socks in Cherry Tree Hill Supersock.
Miss Sarah has discovered the secret to making socks double in size!
Olga had many adventures in NYC and made progress on her socks.
Parikha took a break from blogging anout her incredible European vacation (be sure to check out her great pix!) to start her Embossed Leaves.

Colorful updates rom Erin:
Lori B.'s elastic arrived last week and she has been knitting on only her sock pal's socks ever since. She is all the way to the foot, hopes to have one sock finished this week and cast-on for the other. She is really enjoying the pattern with all its color changes.
Lisa C has almost finished her sockpal socks. We see them here hangin' with the daffodils.

Donna has one fabulous highlight for everyone this week:
Kara's fabulous Fair Isle socks are almost finished - whee (and wow)!

Sock Sister Cathy has finally started her neon mermaid socks on 2 circulars!
Jenny needs your help. If you have a foot circumference of 9" you can help her with sizing.
Judy is working on an amazing cabley Beehive sock!

Highlights from Carry's group, which has surged ahead with the most number of finishers so far:
Donna has plenty of socks to show off, including her pal's socks.
Heather J has finished her pal's first sock and has done her FIRST EVER after thought heel, way to go!
Heather O has finished the first SUPER COOL Dragon Scale socks and is working her way through all of the HP dragons, anyone like to join her?

After having forced all of you to vote on her old Sockapalooza sock, Sock Sister Ashley refused to listen to the overwhelming majority opinion and cast on for something entirely new! But she's giving away the old yarn, which so many of you inexplicably liked! Hi! Free yarn, people! (Sock Sister Ashley promises not to put herself in the highlights section next week, and to stop talking about herself in the third person ASAP.)
Carrie's got one purple sock all done, and an adorable sleepy schmoo.
Carrie has one blue Embossed Leaf sock finished, and has tastefully coordinated it with some lovely jelly beans.

And from me:
Allena had a capital P problem with her capital P, little o, m, a, oh, you know, the socks from Knitty.
Check out Allison's knee-highs and high heels look. It's hot! Oh and she's making progress on her sock pal socks too.
Beth has FINALLY found the right sock pattern for her pal, Juta's Stocking from Folk Knitting in Estonia. Go read the whole saga and make sure she doesn't talk herself into starting something else!

(click on "more" for the BIG update!)

Update-a-loooza!
(did I mention that it was big?)

Sock sister Mary writes:
Jen has bought the yarn for her socks - Lorna's Laces in Tuscany.
Laura's first sock is almost done. She's promising us pictures tonight...
Peacock has completed the cuff of her stranded colourwork sock.
Rebecca has started her first Jaywalker.
Rebecca number 2 has started her first pair of socks. She's planning to take them to her knitting group if she runs into any problems.
Sharon has started her socks. No pictures yet, but she tells us they will be nice and stripey.
Krista has switched from Lorna's Laces to Regia and is loving her socks.
Kim has finished one sock.

Sock sister Jenipurr reports:
Rebekkah has started the first Mamluke sock from Folk Socks.
Sandra has started on her multicolored Simply Lovely Lace Socks.
Scout has picked some lovely purple handpainted yarn for her sockpal's socks.
Sherry is making great progress on her first sock (as well as lots of other socks too).

Sock sister Ina's group is working hard to regain the lead in finished socks:
Meredith has switched to Jawoll Cotton Superwash and Fluted Bannister socks, working two at once!
Mia is starting Simply Lovely Lace socks from IK Spring 2006.
Mindy has worked about six inches (15 cm) after completely frogging her sock.
After a two-week hiatus, Minnie has resumed knitting on toothpicks and doing the math. Can she finish in the time remaining?
Molly has tried innumerable stitch patterns, perfected her short-row heels and toes, shopped all her LYSs at least twice, and has started Twin Rib Socks from Sensational Knitted Socksin Koigu.
Nicole has turned the heel and checked the fit on her cable and rib socks.
Pansar has started Fancy Socks in red Marias garn.
Patty has finished one sock, cast on the second and is taking the lucky socks to Italy.
After some extreme knitting, PinkHebe has turned the heel on one sock. She also received a professional award.

Sock sister Erin has a ton of other updates for us but would first off like to thank all of her sock sisters for helping her with her update this week! She really appreciates it. Also, she has to report that she is back to square one with her sock pal's socks. She thought the River Rapids might be too lacy, and thought her pal might like some more color. She found some lovely Koigu and is now using fellow sockapalooozer Tuulia's pattern.
Laura F. is battling broken sock mojo, and has finally reached the halfway point on her first sock, after three attempts. Hang in there, Laura.
Lavendersheep is relieved to find that her newly spun sock yarn is in fact superwash. She had bought a back up though, and now has a decision to make.
Lelah reports that she is very close to finishing sock number one.
It sounds like Lesley seems to also be suffering from some stress-induced bad sock mojo. She is halfway done with the upper part of sock #2 and am expecting to rip it all out, because her gauge is drastically smaller than on first sock. She has decided she either has to wait until stress ceases to complete sock or go up a needle size.
Lexa has decided to make her pal some Yukon Leaves socks.
Lindsey P. has finished one new england sock from knitting on the road in white regia and have started checkered textures from knit socks! in regia cotton. She had planned to send both pairs to her pal, but has come down with a case of serious sock envy.
Linz tells us she is making progress on her Jaywalkers. She has lost her usb cable so no pictures just yet.
Lisa H. is making a feather and fan pattern in the cobalt bloom colorway in Socks that Rock. She has one and a half socks done and is really enjoying the process.
Luanne is taking advantage of her Spring break, by starting her Embossed Leaves.
Lydia Z. has decided on the Montana Wheat sock pattern by Mountain Colors using their Bearfoot yarn in the shade of elderberry. I cannot wait to see those.
Lyme is EXTREMELY close to finishing her socks. Sounds like she'll have a few battle scars to remember them by.
Lynne has been at home with the flu this week, She started her sock pal socks, using the Interweave Knits Easy Lace socks...and ripped out the easy lace three times! She's back on track now and really pleased with ohow they are turning out.
Manda is having issues with her socks. They keep coming out too big!
Margene is zipping along on her second sock., with and without her trusty ipod.
MaryAlice has been working on the gussett of her first sock . She has taken a break to reflect on how the pattern will work with the decreases. She plans to give them her full attention when she finishes her Pi shawl edging.

Sock sister Donna has a lotta updates too:
Julia is rocking the pink for her pal - she's halfway through her first mystery sock.
Karola is halfway through her second sock - she could finish by next week!
Kat is mulling over her short row technique and creating what looks like a beautiful sock in the process.
Kat has started her sockpal socks and it looks like Bogey the dog is keeping her company.
Katherine is feeling the Koigu love with her blue Conwys - they're lovely!
Kate's Lovely Lace Socks are not agreeing with her yarn choice - should she start over? Give her your opinion!
Katieis having More Fun Than Cables knitting her beautiful sockpal socks - nice!
Kelly is almost done with her pair of pink Pomatomi - will she finish this week? (Bonus: check out the awesome bunny hat in that entry).
Kim's pink sock (a Knitting Vintage Socks pattern) is coming along nicely - lucky pal!
Kim finished one pair of splendid socks and has started her sockpal's socks - they're pretty and very cleverly constructed!
Kira's experimenting with different cast-ons and toe-up socks - where will it take her?
Kira might be another Simply Lovely Lace socker, but she's not sure - if you love that pattern, go cheer her on!

Sock sister Cathy reports:
Jen is getting started but needed to visit the frog pond!
jenny has picked out the most gorgeous red colorway of Artyarns Ultramerino for her pal!
has started her pal's Crusoe Jenn is making all sorts of socks and has started a Pomatomus sock for her pal.
Jenny is almost done with her first Jaywalker sock.
Holly is finished with one pretty blue sock.
Janine has one Embossed Leaves sock done and a second started.
Jessica has stopped avoiding her second sock, which is great since the first one is beautiful!
Juliehas finished a "test" pair of Embossed Leaves sock and is casting on for the "real" ones.

Sock Sister Carry is making slow but steady progress on her socks and reports:
Elisabeth has a sock she can "live with", check out the colors.
Elspeth is showing off her WIPs including her sockpal socks (the orangey-yellow yarn on the right).
Erin has her pal's yarn, some Koigu resting in the Seattle sun.
After some challanges and ripping out, Flan is about to turn the heel on her first toe up jaywalker for her pal.
Grumperina has settled on a sock pattern for her pal, a simple but interesting pattern.
Gwen has finished her first Jaywalker sock for her pal.

Sock sister Ashley has moved her blog and has even MORE updates for us!
Brynne started some Conwys in Socks that Rock for her pal—she's down to the heel already!
Carla's making progress on her Badcauls - and whipped out some yummy-looking muffins.
Carola is flying her Pomatomus flag. (And had a seriously weird day yesterday!)
Catherine took a break from educational New England field trips (Hi, coffee milk! Miss you!) to cast on for her Jaywalkers.
Celia cast on in her pajamas!
Chawne is knitting her socks in a very bad-ass colorway: Slayer!
ChiaLea experienced a Yarnukkah Miracle while knitting her sock.
Constance writes in that she'll be going with Cascading Leaves, and will send pictures soon.
CrissyPo has six inches done of her Baby Rib socks; she's planning some very complicated sounding sock choreography!
Danielle has some Jaywalkers underway…or are they alligators? Or, er, something else entirely? (I'll never look at mine the same way again.)
Daphne has some pretty blue-green-purple cotton socks underway. 100% cotton! Take good care of your hands, Daphne!
After trying out a bunch of different patterns, Dawn has some pretty Savannah Socks underway.

Sock momma Alison knows that no one has read this far. I can hear the crickets chirping out there! So I'm keeping it short this week:
Adrienne has started her socks in Socks that Rock Rose Quartz. Ooooooh, pretty.
Allison admits to being a little slow - she's almost decided on a pattern for her pal! Check out her fabby pink anklets though - they rock!
Poor Alynda struggled last week with the heels on her socks, thought she was on the right track, but has now realized that the socks are just too tight. She did some swatching ("crazy talk!" - her words!) and cast on again. She reports that she's now "the proud producer of a pair of tiny toes." Hang in there, Alynda!
Amy (in China!) just started a blog and her rockin sock pal socks.
You gotta see the pink pirate socks that Anmiryam has started!
Bev is getting a jump on second sock syndrome by starting the second sock before the first one is done! She's doing a cool job modifying the Embossed Leaves Socks from Interweave Knits.

Phew! No go do some knitting....