Must Knit Socks

Me socks keep sliding down to me toes.  Must knit more socks.

Who would have thought that I would ever say such a thing?  When I started having sock-knitting urges I could not understand why.  I never objected to the principle of knitting socks, my objection was purely practical:  I don’t, or didn’t at least, wear socks except to the gym or in the garden; that was before I had hand-knitted socks.  The socks I made don’t slide down my foot into my toes.  Even with the extra fullness between the heel and arch, they fit better than any I have had before.  I want to wear them every day.  Must knit more socks.

I admit I never objected to pantyhose.  For a long time I had corporate and office type jobs where a suit or business clothes were de rigueur.  Knee-highs always also slipped down to my toes, decidedly not professional looking, pantyhose, being firmly attached at the waist, do not, so I always wore pantyhose with either skirts or slacks and have continued the habit.  But my life is much more casual now. I am home much more.  I have arthritis in my metatarsal joints and some days socks and loafers or sneaks are perfect.  But socks always slide down to my toes.  Most annoying.  Except the new hand-made socks. I want to wear them every day.  Must knit more socks.

I even wore socks to NYC on Friday, unusual for me.  But I didn’t wear MY socks; big mistake.  They kept slipping down my feet (I wore the hand-knit socks the day before and they weren’t dry yet when I had to leave to catch the train).   Walk a block, stop, pull up socks, walk another block, repeat until end.  Must knit more socks.

Of course, once again being sock-brained, I started looking around at sock books.  Yesterday, my order from Amazon arrived:

A bit of an excess I know as I have only knit one pair of socks Lucy Neatby’s book could keep me happily knitting for a long while yet.  Although I do want to knit all the socks in that book and try all the techniques, I am a fickle knitter.  I might not want to knit those socks at any given time.  Hence more books.. Don’t anticipate that I will work through them in any orderly fashion.  The Anna Zilboorg books is mostly inspirational.  I had seen it before and been totally smitten with the colors and patterns but talked myself out of it because it was a sock book.  It does not seem to be so much of a practical book, as the others are.  I know I will enjoy them all.   I have been thrilled with poring through the books last night and occasionally today and am really looking forward to starting some more socks, although I am not yet ready to have multiple projects on the needle again, like a recovering alcoholic I still feel the need for restraint.  However since socks are so portable you know they will get started eventually.

Of course, in order to knit socks I need to purchase sock yarn as the sock-weight-yarn cupboard is bare.  Well, two skeins of Trekking XXL don’t count as a full cupboard do they?  I didn’t think so.  This leads to more opportunities for stash enhancement. More shopping to come.  I’ll keep you informed.