the blue blog archives: stocking feet

The first sock is done! And with the foot part, it finally looks like a knee-high sock and not just some sort of funky sleeve. Rather than waste time by celebrating my accomplishment, I pulled out the other sock, turned the heel, and whipped through the gussets.

posted by alison at 7:59 am | in sockapaloooza

Comments

Way to go. I like that heel detail to much!

Posted by: trek at April 28, 2006 8:10 AM

Hooray! You can do it, Alison!

Posted by: kristin at April 28, 2006 8:28 AM

Is this for sockapaloooza?? If so I don't feel so bad now as I am behind! I am on the heel flap of #1, I can do a sock in 3 nights if I give it a ago, so I'm going to finish mine by sunday! Wish me luck!

Posted by: pixie at April 28, 2006 8:35 AM

YAY! I really, really, really love these socks.

Posted by: Ashley at April 28, 2006 8:45 AM

Great job!

Posted by: Scout at April 28, 2006 8:46 AM

ooo pretty.

Posted by: erin at April 28, 2006 8:50 AM

The cable you added really compliments the varigated yarn! Go girl!

Posted by: Leslie at April 28, 2006 8:58 AM

Hey, you'll make it, I'm sure :)

Posted by: Helene at April 28, 2006 8:59 AM

Go go go go go go!

Posted by: Chris at April 28, 2006 9:13 AM

Beautiful!

Posted by: Sheri at April 28, 2006 9:47 AM

wauhhhh, these socks are soooo coool .....lucky lucky sockapalooza!

Posted by: malle at April 28, 2006 9:56 AM

Lovely... & what a lucky sockpal you have!

Posted by: Heather at April 28, 2006 10:32 AM

Those are so beautiful.

Posted by: Beverly at April 28, 2006 10:42 AM

Oh, very pretty. I like that pattern so much, and would never have thought to make it in a variegated yarn . . . Hmmm . . . .(grin)

Posted by: --Deb at April 28, 2006 11:05 AM

wow, you knit fast.

Posted by: D R E W at April 28, 2006 11:16 AM

Such beautiful socks--and I like the color so much! Now take a deep breath and knit that final toe!

I'm excited about sending my socks off to my sock pal. This has been so much fun, thanks to you Alison and all your helpers.

Posted by: Katherine at April 28, 2006 12:06 PM

wow! i mean wow. they are beautiful. such a lucky pal :)

Posted by: lesley at April 28, 2006 12:14 PM

Amazing! Didn't you just rip out and re-do the cabling on one leg? You're sailing right along on these!

Man, I sure wish they were for me, but the odds of that are slim... 1 in 606...

Posted by: Beth S. at April 28, 2006 12:17 PM

They are beautiful!

Posted by: amanda at April 28, 2006 3:28 PM

I just love these sox. Wish I had the patience to knit knee high sox. The pattern is great.

Posted by: shonze at April 28, 2006 4:37 PM

Nice socks!

I wore my new nothin' but a T-shirt for the first time today. A high school student even told me it was "cool!" Thanks for the cute design!

Posted by: Heather at April 28, 2006 6:45 PM

Wow! They look great!

Posted by: Jess at April 28, 2006 9:44 PM

way to go

Posted by: wendy at April 29, 2006 12:14 PM

Those are very nice!

How do they fit along the leg? I'm curious because there doesn't seem to be much shaping in the pattern. Is it just more subtle than the shaping some other knee sock patterns call for?

Posted by: laughingrat at April 29, 2006 12:24 PM

They fit great along the leg. There's a lot of decreases in there! (Even more in the original pattern that calls for a longer leg.) Just check out the crazy swirly pooling that the constant change in stitch count caused on the upper part of the leg!

Posted by: alison at April 29, 2006 12:54 PM