Sunday, July 6, 2008

First Pair Done, Not Looking Good for Winning the Most Knit

I started knitting the first pair of socks for Summer of Socks 2008 on June 21. I thought this would be breeze but I never counted on the fact that I was knitting manly-man socks. They are SO BIG! On July 3 this is what I had done.



The entries for the first two weeks closed at 10:00 PM July 4. That morning this is what I had.



Not looking very promising. But by the deadline, with a little time to spare I did it!



Mr. Truck now thinks he's a foot model and is demanding pay for future shots, but the socks are for the BIL, Swimming Man. They're done in Trekking pro natura, and I loved the yarn, on size 2 needles. 72 stitches around, I thought I'd never get done. I've since started Monkey socks for me. It's going much quicker. And just for the fun of it, I wanted to show you Reese's new sunglasses.

5 comments:

sara said...

The socks look great!
Love the baby pic!

Anonymous said...

Ooh, she's so cute. Great socks!

Stacie said...

Great socks, Susan. I'm glad you're already on another pair, this time for you! Reese is a doll. How can you knit when you're busy kissing a little g'daughter?

Anonymous said...

I love the color of the socks - very manly. =)
And your baby is so cute in her new glasses!

Aim said...

The sunglasses pic rocks! so jammin'!