Rather Cross

I'd rather knit on my new sock than do anything, including the essay that's due on Thursday. What new sock, you ask? Well. Here's the pair I made for my grandma, which I horrible messed up on. The second sock turned out a size smaller than the first one; I can barely get it on my smaller foot. Yes, I have two different sized feet: the left is a 9 1/2 and the right is a 10. Can you tell?

I went to Hobby Lobby and got some fingerweight yarn to make socks. It is Beautiful. Here are pics: The yellow is a tad more pastel, the blues (I got two) more of a grey blue, the others, incredibly, are almost true to color. I've already started knitting one of the light blues; I'm making Clessidra from the new edition of www.knitty.com (go to patterns, last on the list). I love it. I've knit four inches of it in two days. I've got the pattern pretty much memorized. I was using a toothpick for a cable needle, but when I went to class today I forgot it, so I started using a kilt pin I had on my bag. (Don't ask.) I like the kilt pin better, even though it is really sharp. The yarn is Red Heart Luster Sheen in Spa Blue, 100% acrylic, but it feels a little like cotton but with more give. The yellow yarn is the same brand, color Buttercup, as is the purple, pink, and yellow pastel multicolored, color Serenity. I know. They're going to by my Serenity socks and I will make them when I watch Serenity and wear them when I watch Serenity.

(If you have no idea what I'm talking about, click here http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0379786/ and then watch the movie. Seriously. Best ever.)

The other two yarns are Lion Brand Magic Stripes, 75% superwash wool and

25% nylon. Don't know the names of them, though.

I'll post pics of the sock in the next post, since I have so many in this post.