Summer of Socks

I knit socks all summer. They just didn't survive. Finally, I found some keepers. These are KD's - and she made sure of it by requesting that the colors run in opposite directions, a mod that I would never wear:


I used the leftover bits to make baby socks:



This was a kit Akasha gave me, since the colors weren't to her taste. The pattern was one of the most challenging I've done (not definition 1. easily messed up, but 2. pat-with-one-hand, rub-with-the-other intriguing/interesting). The yarn was super-comfy, and the shaping - particularly the arch shaping - made for an incredibly comfy sock. So I tried the same pattern in some Koigu from my stash:



You can see how far I got with that. More on that sock attempt later.

And finally, proof that KD's socks were knitted on vacation (thanks, Stewart!):

Mermaid Rock photos, finally

Thanks to NKD, I have some lovely pictures of Mermaid Rock to rotate through, some even with knitting content (stolen right out of my bag!). I don't know how well it comes across (the web still lacking good 3D rendering - get on that, son, would you?) that this rock is a veritable armchair of a rock, with a backrest, comfy ledge, and lovely golden sand to rest ones feet/tail in at the bottom of the lake.



It was one of my favorite summer spots as a child, and the "happy place" I chose to visualize in those childbirth classes. When the big tree that anchored it went over a few years ago, I was devastated. But the rock and the lake are still there, and if it's a tad harder for me to reach these days, that's just incentive to stay active and agile.