Squeaking By
The first round of Sock Madness 2 was to end at midnight on Tuesday, March 25. The website didn’t say what time zone, so I’m hoping I was able to squeak into the winner’s circle as I finished my Zombies at about 11 p.m. CDT, and then couldn’t remember how to load the photos on Flickr, so it took a little extra time. I finally uploaded a photo and sent the required email at about 11:15 p.m. CDT. I think the folks who run the Sock Madness are on the East coast, so they may have intended it to be EDT - which means that they may not allow my entry. The Sock Madness website and group totals do not reflect that I have finished, but I’m hoping that they just went to bed early….
Here’s my finished Zombie socks:
Not the best photo, but I was trying to hurry to get the post done to make it before the deadline.
I have to say I’m not a fan of color pooling. While I love the look of varigated yarns while in the hank or skein, I’m not too wild with how they look knitted up. I’m also more a fan of the symmetrical pair of socks or mittens, etc., so when the colors pool differently so I can’t make the pair look very similar I get irritated. These did not match, although as a pair I think they’re kind of funky! 
For those of my fellow Sock Madness folks who stopped by to encourage me and cheer me on, I give you a heartfelt “thanks.” It sure made me feel like continuing to knit on these, even though they went sooooo slooow. Thanks for being my ‘cheerleader!’
April 3rd, 2008 at 5:44 am
Hope you are fully recovered and tackled the second Madness!
I agree with you on colour pooling and have stopped buying anything but solids or semi-solids in hand-dyed yarn.
I don’t mind the patterning in commercial yarns, since it seems to work properly when knitting (says something about spacing of the colours doesn’t it?)