12.25.06
Palm Sunday
Wait, wrong holiday?
The “benefit” of sharing our house with wee four legged savages is the occasional surreal treat of stepping on an eyeball in the fog of a groggy morn. It was startling realistic at 0530 in the morning peeking from between my toes.
I believe it came from one of the many mangled stuffed toys around here. If I find the poor thing, I’ll make it an eyepatch.
No, probably not.
On a cute, not creepy note:
A wee short row toe, which became quite shortly thereafter
A ridiculous pair of baby socks in one of my tidepool colorways, with a ruffle like a sea anenome.
They look very goofy and very Dr. Suessish-shaped, because of the ribbing pulling it in at the arch and ankles–I wanted them to be unkickoffable. The sole of the foot looks like a peanut because of this, with the short row toe and the short row heel and the ribbing in between.
I used some store bought baby socks as a sizing guide, the feet measure 4 inches long, with a circumference of 3.5 inches, although the ribbing flexes them out to wider.
I used 22 grams of sportweight yarn (Louet Gems Opal, 1,024 yds/lb). About 50 yards of yarn if my math is right…so definitely something to eat up the leftovers…
So, it’s not so much a pattern as a recipe, if you’d like it here’s the pdf. The short row toe hoopla takes up most of the space, but don’t let that turn you off a short row toe. Seriously: favorite.sock.method.ever.
I also made the short row toe thing a pdf so it would be printable without all the other crud of my blog on it. It is here.
BTW–this post was composed and posted using a plug-in I was twigged to by KnitSteph. The editor is awesome and I can set my categories from here. Freaking cool. Go Mozilla!
Merry Christmas & Happy Monday!
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Nancy said,
December 25, 2006 at 11:32 am
The socks of adorableness - I die!
Juno said,
December 26, 2006 at 6:04 am
Oh yeah, the performancing thing is amazing. I like that I can blog on the fly as I think of it at work, without feeling like I’ve wandered too far from what I ought to be doing.
I kind of like the third eye in the palm of your hand. Very mystical.
KnitSteph said,
December 26, 2006 at 8:32 am
Adorable sockies!!
I’m really liking performancing too. I see you got the image upload thing working.
Michelle said,
December 27, 2006 at 7:17 am
I love the socks! I think the stores are sadly lacking in Dr. Suessish outfits for ninos. Brilliant!
At least you got an eyeball for Christmas instead of a pile of dog poo in your shoe. For real. Hope you had a really great one!
Stella said,
December 27, 2006 at 4:53 pm
Most adorable! Dude, I can’t keep up with you blogging every day, but I”m readin’, I swear. Your baby socks are inspiring me to make some out of leftover yarn. I wish I knew some babies.
Amy Boogie said,
December 28, 2006 at 9:51 am
Super cute sockies
performancing? I need to check this out.
Monica said,
December 28, 2006 at 1:11 pm
Love the colors!
Barbara said,
December 29, 2006 at 6:27 pm
gosh, those booties are sooo little and cute - the color combo is dazzling!
dharma said,
January 1, 2007 at 12:53 am
Aw, your house sounds like our house. I just dispensed with some “eyes” the other day from the Frosty our dog killed.
Love the sock/bootie things. Definitely saving that one.
Cristina (CrissyPo) said,
January 2, 2007 at 6:33 pm
Love those and the color too!
RogueTess said,
February 1, 2007 at 10:31 pm
Fabulous little sockie things! I want to make some! I couldn’t get the pdf link to work though.
Is there a fix or another source?
Gracias in advance!