Presents in the mailbox rule

First off, a big thanks to my secret pal!

She (?) sent me some sock yarn AND a nerd rope!! yessss…. And they match each other. Perhaps i shall design a nerd-ropey sock pattern for the yarn…. What would that be like? Anyone have any ideas…

I started another sock project shortly before receiving this yarn. It is the Chuck’s Sockspattern in Louet Gems yarn.

Wow. It’s really photogenic. I figured the pattern will be too big for my foot (I have munchkin feet) and the yarn i am using is pretty fine, so I thought using smaller needles would size the pattern down for me. Even though I was focussing on keeping the floats loose, when I started with the brown, the sock got tight. So i sized up the needles, and ditched the DPN’s for two circulars and that helped a lot. Unfortunately, I am coming pretty close to not being able to get this one on my foot. i should have ripped it back, but I couldn’t bear to do it, so I will just have to yank this one on. Hopefully the second sock will be better.

bunchkin says:

July 6, 2006 at 5:49 pm

Wow, your socks are beautiful! I started the Chucks socks, too. The 2s were too big so I had to rip back and use 1s. I’m hoping that will work. It’s a beautiful pattern, but it keeps you on your toes! By the way, Nerds Rope? Score! Those are so good. Yum.

Secret Pal says:

July 7, 2006 at 7:18 pm

wow… I love the Chuck’s socks. I need to make me some o’ that! (where’s the pattern lurking. I’ve been busy of late and seem to have missed all sorts of things).

Meanwhile, I’ve gone and lost your address again… so the next collection of goodies (already growing) is looking for where it will go…I’m SUCH a bad pal!