As LT and I sat, drinking coffee along the Streets Of Tanasbourne, a cow wearing a red and black dress and a string of blue pearls walked by our table. I have no idea why.
Disturbingly enough, I think it was a guy in that costume.
I think this one will have to be filed under the keeping Portland weird heading.
I blame the blurry, bad shot on surprise. OK… and maybe too much coffee.
And yes, Alice, the Trekking socks are done. (C’mon… I know you’re checking.)
I didn’t get them finished before midnight, that’s true. I made a valiant effort, but fell asleep in my chair and woke up to hear the bell tolling the witching hour. Unfortunately it was one of those times when I didn’t continue knitting in my sleep, and there was still about an inch of ribbing on the top to do.
I finished them up this morning.
They’re a simple 4×1 rib, with a 1×1 rib at the top. The heel flaps are in heel stitch, with garter edges. I used my standard sock no-pattern.
It might be better that I didn’t keep knitting. Sometimes when I do that I wake up to find that I’ve been knitting an entirely different object than I was knitting when I nodded off. But ribbing… maybe I could have handled that.
I have cast on the pair of men’s socks that are next on the Socktober list. I think I might do the Father and Son Socks in the Fall, 2006 issues of Interweave Knits.
Except backwards, of course.
15 days to finish this pair… and the race is on!
Those Trekkings look great … I love those colours.
1Remark from Dave — Sunday, 10/1/2006 @ 9:55 PM
Thanks! That’s Trekking in colorway 101. #1 Son likes his socks to be fraternal (like you could actually match Trekking anyway), so I knit from both ends of the skein. This also served my lazy bone my not requiring me to roll the yarn into new balls to do both at once.
2Remark from Judy — Sunday, 10/1/2006 @ 10:33 PM
Very nice! The colors are so earthy 🙂
3Remark from Kathy — Sunday, 10/1/2006 @ 10:41 PM
TREKKING is such satisfactory knit! they look great! I totally relate to knitting late at night. I now have to cut bottom of the sleeves on a sweater to fix a wrong color sequence- and that’s just one mishap. but so little time in the day…
4Remark from hpny knits — Monday, 10/2/2006 @ 3:32 AM
Ah, that’s Maggie Moo, of Maggie Moo’s Ice Cream. Next time you come to Tanasbourne, give them a try (they’re tucked in somewhere between Gymboree and Macy’s). It’s like Cold Stone, only I think the ice cream itself is better, and they have some different mix-ins. Kind of pricy, but worth an occasional splurge.
5Remark from Sharon Hurlbut — Monday, 10/2/2006 @ 1:21 PM
Maggie Moo, eh? 😀 Thanks! You learn something new every day!
6Remark from Judy — Monday, 10/2/2006 @ 4:07 PM
Might have been checking – but had no doubts they would be done, they look great. Does son like them? See you this evening!!! Alice
7Remark from alice — Thursday, 10/5/2006 @ 8:00 AM
I love your Trekking socks for your son. That pattern looks a lot better than the one I chose for DH’s socks in the same colorway.
I’m interested to know how you go about changing a pattern from cuff down to toe-up.
8Remark from ~Kristie — Monday, 10/9/2006 @ 1:38 PM