My little Sock Problem.....

I have a problem.  I love socks.  I've always loved socks.  When my kids were little, their dad used to take them shopping for me and they'd pick out some funny, goofy pair of socks and I always loved them.  I wasn't acting- I really LOVED them!  I still have the black ones with the fur cuffs that Paul gave me when he was about 10 and the pair with hot pink bikinis on them that Steve gave me when I started doing water aerobics about 6 or 8 years ago.  They make me smile.

So now.... in addition to my quilting addiction.... I have developed another little problem.  About a year and a half ago, I knitted my first pair of socks.  It's been downhill ever since.  In the last 18 months, I've made 21 pairs of socks, and I have 4 pair currently in some sort of partial completion.  I can't stop myself!  **sigh**  I guess we all have our little problems and this isn't such a terrible problem to have.  So here I sit.... on a warm summer day.... blogging in my bare feet....

Here are my last few pair that I haven't shown you yet:

I'm working my way through the book, "Knit.Sock.Love" by Cookie A.  I've posted the first 2 before.  This is the 3rd... called Thelonious.  This was a challenging pattern but I LOVE them!  The yarn is String Theory Caper Sock, color Sandy River.

 This pattern is called, "Mona".  I think this is my new favorite "go to" sock pattern.  It was a quick knit and looks and fits great.  This yarn was great, too.  It's from Barking Dog Yarns.... hand dyed by Suzan O'Brien.

And my most recent sock from the book is called, "Rhombus".  SHEESH!  This one was a challenge!  One word- Cables.  The yarn is also from Barking Dog Yarns.  Suzan calls this colorway "Robin's Hood".   Now that they're finished, I LOVE these socks.

These were designed by Wendy Gaal of Knitters Brewing Company.  This is one of her wonderful hand dyed colorways called Cosmopolitan.  The pattern is called Family Jewels.  It looks complicated, but it really wasn't too bad.  She does videos on her Ravelry page to help knitters through the tough spots.  

Here's the back.  Pretty.

Wendy has a great summer Knit Along going right now on her Ravelry group. I'll show you a picture when I finish knitting it.  It a commemorative sock for the 2011 Sock Summit event in Portland this summer.  Yes.  It's a convention for people who knit socks (and other things).  Yes.  There really are enough people in the world to have a major convention for people who knit socks.  Really.

 

And another one designed by Wendy.  These are called "Hang Ten" and the colorway is called "Sex on the Beach".  All of Wendy's "Sock-aholic" yarns are named after cocktails.  The Hang Ten socks have ocean waves and surfboard designs on it so I thought the colorway was a fun choice.  I call these "Socks on the Beach".  :-)   Sex on the Beach is the name of a cocktail.  This has not become an X-rated blog.

So there you have it.  I'm addicted to sock knitting.  I just cast on another pair last night.  **sigh**

If you're a knitter on Ravery, my screen name is SueHauser.  Creative- I know.  Check out my profile on Rav and "friend" me.