one sock done!

Yahoo! I love the way it fits, which is weird, because I didn't think it would fit at all. As you can see by the "off" position, it looks really long and skinny:


But when I put it on, it fit just right:


At first I wasn't so sure about the striping. I mean, they're not exactly uniform color repeats but they ended up being uniformly irregular, if that makes any sense. The silk makes the yarn really soft, and the colors muted. I got these two balls as part of my vacation yarn buying in L.A.

Spanky was kind enough to drive me around the various neighborhoods of Los Angeles looking for yarn stores. I got these at Unwind, which is the yarn store that was featured in "Six Feet Under". Unfortunately, I got there at the end of a long, hot day of driving, so I only had a few minutes to check it out, but I really liked it. I think the yarn was pretty pricey compared to NYC, but there were good sale buckets, and it seemed like a very friendly place to go hang out. PLUS, they have tons of really cool events. I wish we had a place like that here. Most of the shops here seem to have the basic classes, but the people in the shops are all so uptight and pinched or snootier than thou. I really liked the vibe of that place.

Anyway, I digress. The sock is awesome, and I don't think I'm going to have any trouble doing the second one, since this one only took me a week of nightly knitting--a couple of hours a night for five days, and then three or four hours saturday and sunday. But I also have to finish the sushi wallet and start on the kiddie knitting. Oh bejeezus, don't even get me started on that! Actually, that's going to be my next post. Maybe I'll take this second sock on the plane to London with me in two weeks, if they'll let me on with the metal dpns...