So, I lied about no yarn buying in Seattle. Not more than two days into our trip to Seattle and I found myself at yarn store "just to look" ya know. About an hour later, I walked out with 3 balls of red Cascade Fixation and a copy of Vogue Knitting, Fall 2006. Oops. You see, it's just that I'd seen and fallen in love with the idea of these knee socks in Lolly's post here (at bottom of post) and then from there, these ones here. And then there I was, in my first and favorite yarn store, where they had both the yarn and the back issue, so....well...you get the idea. Casting on wasn't more than a few hours behind that. One and a half socks down already and then onto the (hopefully) fun part, the embroidery.
As for the sock on the right, it's the project I brought along to work on while in Seattle. It's one of a pair that may or may not end up being for a friend of my mom. I sent this one off with my mom when she left on a hiking trip so that her friend, who she was going with, could try it on. The plan was, if it did fit, then I'd make the other one and send it off in the mail to her. I'm waiting to hear about it and I think they get back home from their trip today. Problem is, I forgot to take a row counts for between the toe and heel and for the leg section. Guess I'll have to wait until they get back and have my mom send this sock back to me so the second one can be matched to it. Whoops.
