I'm having some foot problems. With the trip to Germany scheduled for next week, I'm off to see a podiatrist this afternoon to get it dealt with asap. Meanwhile, I'm thinking happy foot thoughts by doing a little sock knitting.

While teaching a sock class this month, I surprised myself by finishing my sample sock. I actually started knitting this pair of socks four years ago (the yarn came from my Dye-o-rama Sock Yarn Swap buddy). For some reason, back in June of '06, I'd put the first sock down right before the heel. Soon thereafter, I taught a sock class, found the sock and decided to use it to demonstrate heel and toe techniques. Then the sock got buried in my teaching bag, only coming out for a quick patched on heel and toe in each successive sock class. Until this time. We had an extra week in sock class this time and so I knit the foot. For real. (Up to now, I'd just done a heel and like a quarter inch of foot and then skipped to the toe.) Giddy with success, I cast on for sock number two and finished it the following week. Pretty blue socks that match my blue blog.

A belated thanks to my Dye-o-Rama buddy all those years ago for some now much needed sock therapy.