Returning home (well, Jaime's home) was such a relief. I didn't drive one bit but even still, as soon as we got home, I collapsed into bed and slept for two hours. And those two hours gave me the strength I needed to kitchener stitch up the toe of the completed sock and ply 8 ounces of yarn. Whuff!
Behold, the sock!
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| Ignore my goofy toddler-shaped feets. |
Yes, one sock. The other is in progress and at the rate I knit socks it should be done in time for next winter. And that'll be nice because this is an absurdly warm sock. I knit it out of Patons Kroy Sock on US 1 (2.5mm) needles. I'm a tight knitter and that sock is about 7200 tiny stitches, making them very thick socks indeed. It's 72F (22C) outside... my foot is sweltering.
I spun and spun and spun and produced 500 yards of beautiful 2-ply fingering yarn, spun from fluffy romney sheepies grown here in North Carolina.
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| Again, my feets. |
It's currently in two skeins of roughly the same size but I'm thinking I might split it into 5 100 yard mini skeins and dye each skein a different shade of blue. I'm imagining a beautiful, lacy gradient shawl, going from pale to dark blue.
... after I finish this sock.
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