Look, Joansie! I'm posting socks!
I'm posting my Personal Sock Club ~ September Socks to be exact.
Forgot about them, didn't you?
It's okay. I did, too, until I found them while looking for handknit socks to wash the other day. I finished them, wore them and never got around to talking about them.
/sigh
They are ShuBuiKnits Sock yarn, which is 100% superwash wool, in Orchid. (Next time, I want to use a more semi-solid colorway with this yarn.) I won the yarn a couple/few years ago at Kris's blog for some reason that I can't remember at this point.
The yarn is soft and squishy and lovely. However, it hated me and refused to knit up in tidy strips. In the end, I gave in and just knit 1x1 ribbing cuff down with CCSR heels and toes on a US2/2.75mm circular.
I did the toes differently this time and I think I really like it. Instead of starting the toes on the bottom of the foot and kitchenering on the top of the foot, I did it other way round. While they do look nice, it was nice to know that no one would ever see the grafting point. That removed some of the pressure from me. It's been a while since I last kitchenered anything and part of me always fears that I've gotten rusty.
What? I'm a worrier. Leave me alone. I'm good at it.
I cast on for this pair on September 1 and cast off on September 12. Not a record, but not too bad, either.
Oh, and I made some yarn...
That is 790 yards of 2-ply solar dyed corriedale (I think) wool that I spindle spun and plied using a gorgeous Golding ring spindle. (I bought four ounces of roving, but haven't weighed the yarn yet. Waiting for my drug dealer scale to arrive. :p)
Can I get a Woo Hoo!?