End of Socktober

So, I didn't update for a good chunk of this month, for lots of good reasons, like a sick dog (calcified disc in her neck causing really bad pain, and a couple hundred bucks in medical bills...), kicking my roommate's deadbeat ass out - and another $250 gone fixing the rugs (which were brand new when I moved in in July) he grossed up in the second bedroom... and I'm still on the search for a new roommate. Sigh.

Then, I got through 13 of the 14 pattern repeats on my sister's Harry Potter scarf... and ran out of the yarn, which is a color currently out of stock at elann. Sigh.

But, hey, it is socktober. So I did do some sock knitting. In fact, 2 pairs are completed in just the past few days:




Mexico Disco or something like that - it's got glittery bits, and Lion Brand Magic Stripes in the jelly bean colorway. I have to say, I did like knitting with the Magic Stripes more than I thought I would. The yarn doesn't split easy and is nice and sturdy - almost feels a bit like cotton to me. I suppose now we'll see how they wear... although from the knitting experience itself, I wish that they made it more colors that I like.


And because it's socktober, how bout a sock stash pic?


Some Opal, Regia, elann esprit, elann puzzle, Cherry Tree Hill, Knitpicks Dancing and knitpicks memory/sock garden, a little bit of lorna's laces sport, Sockotta, a few other random german brands and a few skeins of hand-dyed at the top. I have a lot of sock yarn for someone who's been only knitting socks for about 2 years. Oh, of course - this doesn't include everything that's currently on the needles, either.