January 24, 2006 Sockapalooza!

I've signed up for Sockapalooza! Its an exchange organized by Alison (of the Blue Blog) whereby knitters are assigned a "partner" for whom she (or he) makes a pair of socks. This is a good motivation for me since I've been contemplating making a pair of socks for a while and this is just the inspiration I need. Assignments go out on February 1 and knitters have 3 months to finish their pair. I'm excited- both to make socks as well as to get a nice pair of handmade ones from someone else out there in knittingland. I just hope I can measure up. Luckily there's a beginning and an experienced category, so I'll be exchanging with another beginning sockmaker. Now I'll just have to figure out what to make- I've requested a sock book from the library, Knitting on the Road: Sock Patterns for the Travelling Knitter, by Nancy Bush, but I'll also check out my lys and see what kinds of patterns they have around. I know they just got a big stock of Koigu- perfect!