Summer of Socks 2007

The weather’s cooler (a little, anyway) and the needles are still a-clickin’ away. Read on about the sock-a-rific progress these folks are making…
Beth a/k/a Bossygirl

From Melinda’s group:

Pat’s vacation socks were missed in the week 9 update with all the technical
difficulties I have been having of late.
Pat while on
vacation in mid august, managed to finish her Setesdal Socks using Cherry
Tree Hill Supersock Merino yarn in Champlain Sunset and Natural. They’re
a piece of art!
This week Pat has finished her “I Love Gansey” socks by Janine Le Cras
using Silja Superwash Yarn and has three more pairs of socks on the
needles. The patterns for two of the three pairs are: Fair Game by Robyn
Gallimore using Lana Grossa Bosco and Stile Yarn as well as Maia’s
Mystery Socks in Posh Yarn “Emily” Arcadia colourway. Fingers crossed
they will be done by the 21st!
Pam has had
a rough few weeks of late, but is back to knitting starting with a pair of
Jaywalkers. She hopes to finish the Jaywalkers this week along with her
second chocolate cherry sock. These two pairs will add to a grand total of 11
pairs of socks so far. Not bad for a gal who only started to knit socks at
the beginning of this years SOS. Way to go Pam!

From Carole Knits group:

Just another wee report from this group. Carole knit Loksins! in the perfect shade of green.

And Bridget finished a beautiful pair of Charade socks in the much coveted Wollmeise.

Just one more week to get those updates in!

From Worsted Knitt’s group:

Two little updates: Tina knit a pair of silky socks to her mother-in-law in Whisper Lace, and Worsted Knitt finished her first Sauna-sock and loves it.

From Dee’s group:

Once again, I have just one entry for this week. I present … Victor!

Victor is insanely happy to have his own pair of Jaywalkers in a nice bright Opal yarn. Go check out what’s making Victor so happy and while you are there, take a moment to congratulate him on his new job! Congrats, Victor!

From April’s group:

Another short update as the Summer of Socks nears its close.

Before jetting off to Hawaii, Adelle started work on Roza’s sock pattern from the Spring 2007 Interweave Knits. Aloha!

Adrienne has two more pairs of socks to show us this week. Well, sort of. She can’t show us the entire socks because they are off to Blue Moon Fiber Arts first. She’s made 5 this summer, 2 of which she is able to keep.

And now for more fair news. Amy J. won first prize at the Dakota County Fair for her Child’s French Socks. She’s also made a lot of progress on her Plain Jane socks. We’ve now had 2 SOS-ers rock the fair. Congratulations, Amy!

Jen has finished her Liebchen (aka Baby Cable Rib) socks just in time for her trans-Atlantic move. Good luck, Jen.

Amanda has finished her Granite Jaywalkers and is working on her last SOS pair, Sunset Socks.

Angela Marie has made some progress on her second Dream Sock, and has begun another pair of Monkey Socks.

Aquaknits has some gorgeous photos this week of her Eleanor Socks. She’s also started on Little Child’s Socks from Knitting Vintage Socks.

Anna had some time to work on her current pair of her “Knittin’ like a Rock Star Handspun” socks this week. She even had a chance to work on them at a faculty retreat she attended. They look great.

From Barb’s group:

Beth has a finished pair WTG!!
Barb has finished a pair of Vog On from Knitty for her Sock it Too Me sock pal, a pic will be up soon!!

From Jeanie’s group:

Holly, back from a family vacation in China, found socks in progress that she thought were left on the airplane. You’ll never guess where they were . . . but you can find out on her blog!

Janelle started a new pair, Grumperina’s Roza Socks in gray Koigu. You can see them at the beach on her blog.

Becky finished her Broadripple socks and started a pair of cable rib socks from Interweave’s Favorite Socks book.

That’s it for this week!

From Megan’s group:

This week, Miss Scarlett shares some posts about her most recent sock in progress, Nagini. Monica shows us a finished pair of Baudelaires in the most luscious of colors. How does she turn these out so quickly? Lovely work, ladies!

From Tina’s group:

Just one update today: Shannon H. is showing off her new sock yarn and her lovely Ravelry Summer Camp Swap package!

From Jen’s group:

‘m a little sad that Summer is winding down. I’ve found great inspiration in reading about everyone’s socks. Some folks are still going strong, though, and I suspect that not just a few of you will transition to Socktoberfest quite easily.

Up this week, FOs abound.

Super Summer of Socks hostess, Jessica, whipped up a pair of stockinette beauties in Cascade Fixation for her mom. The picot bind-off for the toe-up socks is a nice, girly touch. Later in the week she wrapped up her stunning Denmark socks, a Nancy Bush pattern from “Knitting on the Road.” Check out the little details on the cuff - something you don’t see too often.

Jeanne also completed a pair of Nancy Bush socks. Check out her Child’s First Socks from “Knitting Vintage Socks.” These don’t technically count for Summer of Socks socks since she started them in March, but who cares? They’re gorgeous in Sophie’s Toes Waterlilly colorway. Jeanne’s not quite done yet. She’s got a cute little beaded number on the needles in Lorna’s Laces.

Mathgirl finished up a pair of Jaywalkers in a rawkin’ cool pink, white and black. This is the best pair of Jaywalkers I’ve ever seen.

And of course Jeannie is still going strong. She cranked out four pairs of socks since my last report, bringing her total up to 34 pairs! If you’re looking for holiday inspiration, check out Jeannie’s piratey Jack Sparrow socks (#31) and her Trick or Treat stripey socks in LoveSticks yarn (#32).

Jessica E. knit a pair of the knew Wendy Knits pattern, Double Eyelit Ribbed Socks. Like, I love the hot pink. For sure. She’s got her eighth SoS pair on the needles in the latest Rockin’ Sock Club yarn.

Jo finally finished her Fawkes socks. She even convinced herself to undo the grafting on the toe of one sock in order to make it a smidge bigger. Way to be tenacious! Not sure I have it in me to undo grafted toes.

Some are still hard at it, aiming for a big finish next week.

Jen of Legal Needles has been battling a busy Summer, and hasn’t quite finished a pair of socks yet. She hasn’t given up, though. Her Clementine socks are still on the docket and now she’s got Gigi Silva’s Gwen on the needles, which she’s knitting using the magic loop technique for the first time. Jen, you’ve still got time! We’re rooting for you!

Itchy Fingers Jess ended up frogging her toe-up socks, and has turned her attention to some “no-think” socks in a cute yarn from Dashing Dachs. And she’s still plugging away at her Double Eyetlit Ribbed Socks.

Jessica is gearing up for her next pair of socks. She’s got her new Woolgirl Sock Club yarn and KnitPicks Harmony needles itching to cast on.

And last but not least, Tua Bella Jen volunteered to be a Sockapalooza Sock Savior. She’s mulling over a few Cookie A. patterns, which are sure to cheer up her abandoned pal

From Manda’s group:

In no particular order…

Melissa finished two pairs of socks this week!

Lorette shows us a gorgeous pair of Wollmeise socks.

Malin gives us two finished pairs of socks this week as well.

Lynette finished some Simply Lovely Lace socks.

Meghann finished some “Purple Rainbow” socks… I think they’re very pretty!!

LynnK shows us some socky progress.

Manda finished her Soutwestern Socks, finallY!

From Cecilie’s group:

Chelsea has posted some pictures of socks in want of mates and written quite a bit of posts on socks lately.

Chewyknits frogged one sock, but finished her 7th, 8th and 9th pair for the summer

We’ ve been having some technology challenges with Melinda’s updates…they tend to not play well with the other updates (there’s a gremlin in the works somewhere). So…this week, the update has to be on it’s own. Here you go!
Beth

Only two updates this week!
Neuroknitter in the
past two weeks has fished two more pairs of socks. Monkeys in Socks
That Rock “Fairgrounds” colourway and Monkey Fish Socks in See
Jayne Knit Yarns “Fishy Wishy in a Dishy” colourway. There may
already be another pair of monkey socks on her needles. They’re
both so very pretty!
Obsidian
Knitter has started her sixth pair of socks, called Birthday Mini
Diamond. Life has been a bit chaotic this past week with the move
into her new place, but what a great new home it is. Congrats on the
new pad!

Please don’t adjust your set…there’s nothing wrong on your end. It’s me that’s oh-so-late, to be explained by oh-so-much-schoolwork. No whining here–I’m loving our new group of 7th graders in our brand new middle school!–but the reality has set in that I’m back in the classroom BIG TIME (after being a librarian for 7 years. I was certainly busy all that time…but now I’m remembering the pace of being on the front lines, as it were.) “And this affects me how???” you may be asking. Well, check the date…I’m a bit behind in my Week 10 updates. My valiant blog readers were right on time, God bless them every one. Aren’t they awesome? Fortunately, it looks like there are many listed below who are busy as well…busy knitting, that is. Read on!
Until next week,

Beth a/k/a/Bossygirl

PS: I know you’re all busy knitting, but did anyone else notice that 1) Ohio State won (Go Bucks!!!) and 2) Michigan LOST???? To Appalachian State??? Boy, did we, some 105,000 Buckeye fans, enjoy that announcement at the OSU stadium on Saturday afternoon…*sigh*. Life is good. *g* (To those of you who 1) aren’t football fans or 2) couldn’t care less…I had to say something. I think it’s in the Buckeye Alumni Code or something.)

From Dee’s group:

Debi has been busy knitting. She just finished up a pair of pink Twin Rib socks from the Sensational Knitted Socks book. She’s not taking a break though. She’s already started into Breeze socklets from the current issue of Knitty.

Eleanor is feeling Saucy. She’s finished up a pair of Saucy socks in variagated pinks. Very pretty, Ellie!

Head on over to Victor’s blog to see how he scored some beautiful sock yarn and a spindle. The photos make me want some Wollmeise yar

From Jen’s group:

These last few days of August seem to be pretty quiet in Sock Land. I have but a few highlights this week.

Mea culpa! In my mammoth three-week report last week, I somehow overlooked Jo’s completed Pomatomus socks. She knit them in a lovely pale green, a perfect complement for the rich hues of her homeland. She’s also working on The Anniversary Socks from “Favorite Socks” and Gigi Silva’s Fawkes in her own hand-dyed yarn.

And on to this week…

Jess of the bugs is working on stripey Worsted Stocking Knave socks and some cotton/bamboo blend “reggae” socks to combat the heat down South. All fruits ripe, mon.

Also down in Dixie, Jessica picked up the new Cat Bordhi book, “New Pathways for Sock Knitters,” and has already finished a pair of practice socks. Jessica agrees with Cat that the new techniques are so different, it’s worth working the practice socks before tackling adult sizes.

Itchy Fingers Jess finished her striped Vesper Socks - way to match the stripes, Jess! She had a little trouble with the yarn, but the end result is fabulous. Now she’s following the On Your Toes pattern from this Summer’s “Interweave Knits” to teach herself to knit toe-up, and knitting a pair of Monkey socks.

Speedy Jeannie is battling power outages again this week, but she still managed to complete two more pairs of socks. This time around she’s designed her own socks in Zen String and Colinette Jitterbug. Jeannie also picked up the new Cat Bordhi book, and has decided to dive right into an adult pair. She’s knitting on the edge, but Jeannie’s a pro so I’m sure they’ll be great.

The Traveling Knitter shows off her fourth pair of SOS socks, and is threatening that they’ll be her last this Summer. Jeanie’s River Rapids are stunning in fire engine red. This can’t be the last pair, Jeanie!

Joanna is making good progress on her Campanula socks, but they’re taking a back seat to a lovely, beaded stole she’s knitting for her night with “The Phantom of the Opera.”

Our dedicated SOS leader, Jessica, took her current socks-in-progress to Madame Tussaud’s wax museum. Check out her socks with Oprah and Bono! I’m kinda shocked that they let you get THAT close to the statues.

The Esoteric Knitter knit her first pair of socks in her own hand-dyed yarn. She thinks they’re fugly, but I kinda like them.

Jennifer has been busy in the Knitting Kitchen. In addition to cranking out knitted flowers, a bag, and a sweater, she’s wrapping up a pair of cute purple stripey socks.

Jessica had a funny dog food smell in her bathroom this week, but hasn’t let that distract her from her Double Eyelet Rib socks in shocking red. They’re coming along nicely.

From the CaroleKnits Group:

Bridget has a really beautiful pair of finished socks on her blog this week. The pattern is called “Fake Argyle” but they are prettier than any real pair of argyles I’ve ever seen. Love ‘em, Bridget.

Amy is generously knitting socks for her cousin to wear while she’s in labor. One pink, one blue, both pretty.

And I found a clever way to combine back to school shopping and knitting that resulted in a finished pair of socks. Hooray!

From April’s group:

The summer is winding down and we’re in the final stretch of SOS. Let’s see how our knitters are doing this week.

This week begins with Deb, who hasn’t made much sock progress this week, but she’s hoping to finish a third pair by the end of Summer of Socks.

In very exciting news, Abby has finished her first pair of socks this summer. Congratulations Abby!

Adelle is working on new socks from the Socks that Rock August kit. She only posted a small picture, so no spoilers there.

Calling all designers! Adrienne needs your help! SOS will have to cancel the design contest if there are not enough entries. So move your butts and get those entries in before the deadline!

Jen is one busy bee this week. She’s scheduled to fly back to the US mid-month. She hasn’t made too much progress on her current socks, but she’s still plugging along.

Within a week or two it looks like Alexis will be ready to show off her new socks, too. These will be the only crocheted socks in our group (since I am a slacker!) and I can’t wait to see them.

Amy is currently working on Embossed Leaves Socks. Truly stunning pattern/yarn combination. Take a peek. She’s finished with her first sock and hopes to start the second one soon.

Angela Marie’s weekly Sock it to Me Sunday post is full of eye candy this week, as usual. She’s made lots of progress on her Dream Sock and Jaywalker.

Ruth is almost finished with the leg on her Slipped Stitch Rib Sock for her honey. How sweet! It’ even fits his leg well. Can’t wait to see the finished product.

Though she doesn’t have photos yet, Anne has managed to finish some Regia Bamboo ankle socks, my RSC Solstice Slip socks, a pair of Wendy’s Eyelet Rib Socks. I hope I didn’t miss any.

And finally, Anna has an FO to show off to the world. She’s completed her Cross-Hatch Lace Socks, and they’re looking great! She also received her August Rockin’ Sock Club yarn. If you haven’t yet received yours, she has a great pic on her site.

From Worsted Knitt’s group:

Trish has finished the Baby Cable Rib Socks, and has started working on the
Twisted Flower Socks again.

Worsted Knitt is almost done with the Ankle socks for the hubby, and she has picked up the Sauna-sock again.

From Melinda’s group:

Note: Rasa’s update from last week somehow got missed in transit from my e-mail to Beth. So sorry Rasa!

Since her last update from week 4,

Paula has finished two pairs of socks, her Feather and Fan socks and the Watermelon Stripe Chevron Socks. She also has started yet another pair using Colinette Jitterbug yarn with a wonderful pattern she found on Ravelry. So pretty!

Obsidian Knitter has finished her fifth pair of socks. They are her own design and the stitch pattern is lovely. Friends of Obsidian are test knitting the pattern as we speak. Great job!

Neuroknitter finished her Fairground Monkeys this week, and is currently working on her Fishy Wishy in a Dish Monkeys. I suspect someone is a Cookie A fan-I am starting to see a pattern here.

From Vera’s group:

Susanna finished up a darling pair of anklets this week, and is ready for another challenge. — I’m sure you’re up for it.

Tammany has harvested a cool pair of socks. They will look great with clogs.

Tempe’s Fractured Lattice socks are complete, and they are a beauty. They are her own design, and she’s entering them in a local fair.

Tempe is pleased with her Embossed Leaves socks. She should be. They are quite lovely in the Claudia’s Handpaint.

Teresa’s Monkeys really rock in the STR Lucy in the Sky colorway. The picot edge adds a nice touch.

Three is a magic number for Tienne. I’m in awe.

Stacey has finished the leg on her Turret sock. Wouldn’t these be great to wear to a Ren Faire?

I’m taking it from the toe and showing some team spirit too.

From Jeanie’s group:

I can’t believe another week has flown by and there are only three sock-knitting weeks left in the summer!

Janet just reported in with four pairs finished so far AND she is working on her first pair of toe-up socks. But when she attempted to knit a short-row heel, there was a little problem involving wine, and she finally came to the conclusion that she’d better wait until the next day to attempt short-rows for the first time. Probably a very prudent knitting decision!

Gladys finished her Pomatomus socks, after a bit of frogging, and reports that she really likes them.

Ina took her socks in progress to the U.S. Open! Honest, you can see a picture on her blog! Right now she is working against the clock on an entry for the design contest. Good luck, Ina!

Frieda finished some beautiful Monkey socks using Trekking XXL and started another pair, but says life keeps getting in the way of sock knitting, so she hasn’t been as prolific with sock knitting as she hoped this summer.

Janelle is finishing up a pair of husband socks this weekend and plans to cast on immediately for her next pair, which will also be entered in the Ravelry September sock knit-along.

From Megan to her group:

I don’t have any socky progress to report this week, but I do need to extend a big apology to Gail/Neuroknitter, whose attempts to send me updates landed in my spam folder where I didn’t see them until nearly a month later. Fortunately, another blog reader adopted her and got all her updates posted. Thanks, Melinda!

A note to my group - if you emailed me within the first few days of the SOS kickoff in June, I added you to my address book and your updates should be reaching me. Anyone who tried to contact me for the first time during week 2 or later may have been missed like Gail was. If this happened to you, I am so sorry! Try emailing me again - I’ll be keeping a closer watch from here on out. Thanks for your understanding, ladies.

From Tina’s group:
Wow! Welcome to September, everyone!

Sockergirl has a lot of yarny goodness going on over at her blog - not only socks, but Kool-Aid dyeing and stash enhancement and lovely animals (ok, maybe they’re a few steps away from yarn, but hey.).

Stacey has some very cool colorwork socks on the needles, plus teeny puppy pictures! So cute!

Sue has finished 2 and almost three pairs of socks this week. They all look great, but I think I’m going to have to add Nancy Bush’s Denmark to my queue now that I’ve seen hers!

From Kathy’s group:

Linda at Boogie Socks has done both toes for her first ToeUpSocks using Lornas Laces Black Purl and has both cuffs done for Jane’s Hedgerow Socks from Knitter’s Review using Fleece Artist Blackberry. She’s hunting for the right yarn to start the Snowflake socks from IK Fall magazine. Serious case of Startitis! You knit, girl!

Leigh at Rock On KnitPrOn is continuing to work on her Jitterbug socks and Karin of Kucki’s Cookies has finished a pair, ready to be gifted.

Liz K of Crossroad Knits has completed a pair of Roza’s Socks in Fleece Artist Sea Wool and has a single sock done in the New England pattern in Koigu.

From Barb’s group:

Beth has finished the Cable Sweat Socks WTG!! they look great
Barb has finished a pair WTG!!
Barb has finished a pair too WTG!!

From Cecilie’s group:

Chewyknits frogs and knits her socks (to be fair she finishes and starts a lot of pairs as well). But let me say that the fair isle socks she’s making are gorgeous! Absolutely stunning!

Cynthia finished a yummy pair of purple socks. She has good sock mojo

Cindy finished a pair of socks and went on a sock-crawl. Hope you had fun Cindy

Crochetcompulsive has been away at a lake, hiking in the mountains and watched children. But, yes, she finished socks. Go and give her a virtual hug though, life is making sock knitting hard.

Tekopp finished her bright bellatrix socks and is now frogging and reknitting the same too simple sock.

From Jody’s group:

Lucinda is THIS CLOSE to finishing a pair of vacation socks. So close!

Lynette posted some Socks-In-Progress, but doesn’t give us any completed socks this week.

Maia gives us some Mystery Socks this week. Read her blog for more info!
There was lots of finishing going on this week:

Kelly has finished up a pair of fair isle socks!. She used up leftovers and they turned out beautifully!

Jean channeled EZ, knitting through the crisis of losing her cat (go give her some love) and finished a beautiful pair of socks in Claudia Handpainted.

Kimberly finished up her Sockapalooza socks — also in a fair isle pattern.

And Kristin finished a pair of embossed leaves for her mom’s birthday.

From Manda’s group:
Manda makes a list & checks it twice. She also shows us some WIPs in the form of Monkey socks and the latest Rockin’ Sock Club pattern, Summer of Love Lace.

Margaret gets guilt-tripped into starting a long overdue second sock. Let’s cheer her on!

Margene gives us some baby socks! I ♥ baby socks!

Margie shows us some gorgeous Monkeys-in-progress.

Tah-Dah!!! Week 9! Once again, our amazing force of blog readers has sent along a whack of updates from sock knitters near and far. Well done, team…and kudos to all of you still picking up that wool when the heat and humidity are telling you otherwise. Good luck with the start of the school year…think of all of us teachers and students as we trot back to the hallowed halls of learning once again. Fall is not too far away…soon it will be time to pull out those freshly-knit, warm and cozy socks you’ve been sweating over the last couple of weeks.

Oops…there’s the bell! Gotta run.

Beth a/k/a Bossygirl

P.S. Melinda’s blog report is experiencing some technical difficulties, and will be remedied soon, we hope. Thanks for your patience.

From Vera’s group:

Gosh, this summer is flying by….

Susan has finished her first toe up sock, and is feeling the love for toe ups.

Stacey is working on a Turret–just smashing!

She didn’t mean for it to happen, but Suzanne’s socks turned out to be knee highs. Her next may be anklets.

Karen whipped up some adorable baby socks, and her Swirl Socks are looking good.

Even on vaction, Tiennie gets a pair of socks done.

I managed to finish a pair of toe ups (with some beautiful Yantini), start another pair (Go Panthers!), and work on a second pair of Breeze socks!

Tammany finished one pair of socks, and harvested another.

Tanya’s Solstice Slip Socks are hot! She also made some bright and beautiful socks for her sockpal.

Tempe is making nice progress on her Fractured Lattice sock.

Teresa C. took her socks to see a star.

Terry is knitting Socks for Soilders. I really like the touch of red, white, and blue at the top..

It’s sock #10 and #11 for Theresa.

Heddy is working on a cool pair of socks with Austerman Step yarn.

From Worsted Knitt’s group:

First of all, Wendy has had her baby! Let’s all congratulate her - great job! And has managed even to make sock progress. Now that’s really something!

Trish finished the Campfire Socks and started Baby Cable Rib Trekking socks. She already has the first sock of the pair completed. The Twisted Flower sock remains on the needles.

The Baudelaire socks Tina was making are finished! And they are utterly gorgeous.

Worsted Knitt has made a pair of felted house shoes / bootees to her boyfriend - not quite a sock, but footwear anyway! And her first ever (succeeded) felted object.

From April’s group:

Another great week has come and gone in the realm of sock knitting. We’re 2/3 of the way through Summer of Socks 2007, and some of us have hit a milestone this week, with our first pairs completed.

This week begins with Deb, who found herself knitting very early in the morning this week. She’s almost ready to turn the heels. They’re very pretty and I love the striping.

Last Friday, Adrienne finally finished her first pair, and they’re just beauties! Congratulations, Adrienne! She also shows off some pretty stylish looking black and white socks. And does some serious stash enhancement. Do take a peek.

Agnes finished her twisted flower socks. She’s very happy with the end results. And I agree—the color is really beautiful.

Jen finished her Mom’s lemon-lime Swirl Socks. It’s difficult to see the pattern design, but the colors are absolutely amazing. It makes me wish I was drinking some lime-aid right now. Oh, who are we kidding. I wish I was drinking a Margarita! Jen also cast on some Wollmeise for her step mother in law’s socks in a beautiful colorway. She is sad to report that she missed the deadline for her Socks on Vacation photos, which is unfortunate because we’ve all come to adore her creative photo taking this summer.

Be sure to check out Amanda’s lovely Rococo socks in a smokey grey colorway. Sexy little socks! Congrats on completing your first toe-up socks, Amanda. She also worked a bit on her Monkeys as well.

Our other Amanda finished her sixth pair this summer. Yes, I said sixth pair! She used Apple Laine, which is made up of mohair, silk and nylon. It’s no wonder why these could be her favorite pair. Have fun on your honeymoon, sweetie!

Amy P. is working on the last pair of socks for her Mom. They’re coming out really beautiful, Amy using Regia Silk and a Nancy Bush pattern.

Andrea is working on some socks using Lisa Souza yarn. She’s also in the midst of packing. Good luck on your move, Andrea.

Angela Marie is still working on her Jaywalkers and Dream socks. They’re both looking great!

Ann-Marie feels she has lost her knitting mojo, but you would never know it when looking at her gorgeous sock photos. Love the color.

Last week, Anna came home to a lovely surprise—some new Yarn Pirate sock yarn. She’s holding off from working with it for now, and finishing up some other outstanding projects she’s working on. In huge news, she won first place at the Evergreen State Fair for her Lizzard Ridge Afghan. Along with her ribbon she won a $7 check from the State of Washington. I can’t believe that’s all she got! She also completed the heel turn on the Cross Hatch Lace socks she’s been working on.

Ruth has completed her first pair of socks this summer. Congratulations, Ruth. She opted for Ridged Feather Socks. They’re lovely!

From Jeanie’s group:

The dog days of August are winding down but three knitters in our group are still going strong.

Heather, who last week reported serious sock fatigue, has outdone herself with the most beautiful Embossed Leaves socks. When I saw the pictures, I ran to my bookshelf to see if I had the book with the pattern. Sadly, I don’t, but I have just the right color sock yarn and I’ll be on Amazon.com as soon as my report is finished. These socks are totally “The most magnificent socks in the history of the world,” as Heather puts it. Check ‘em out on her blog!

Becky is almost done with her very colorful Broadripple socks in Trekking XXL. Next week she will be knitting while on vacation in Italy!

Janelle is finishing up the second sock on a pair for her hubby, but no pictures available yet. However, you can see the cutest baby sweater and hat outfit on her blog.

From Cecilie’s group:

Cynthia has finished up socks in both lace and cables this week. Good girl

Tekopp knits while listening to politcal debates (knitting reliefs stress, dosen’t it)

From Kathy’s group:

Lazuli has an update for us, there are now more Monkey socks in the world!

Leigh has another pair completed! This time for her mother-in-law. Lucky Mom!

From Megan’s group:

This week, Nicole shows off a finished pair of very well-traveled Monkey socks. Monica is working on yet another pair, this time in a gauge finer than she usually knits. Watch her blog for progress!

From Manda’s group:

Lolly doesn’t show us any sock progress, but she has quite a few interesting posts from her trip to Peru. Check them out!

Lucinda may have finished some socks on vacation, but she is definitely not afraid to fill her needles with some new socks-in-progress!!

Lynette finished her Petticoat socks this week, and has plans for some Simply Lovely Lace socks in honey colored STR!

Maire shows us a finished Hedera sock, as well as Jaywalkers in progress, and some pretty TOfutsies socks.

Malin is on a finishing and starting streak! She finished some socks for her daughter, finished a Pheasant Run sock, and started another plain sock. Send her some good baby-birthing vibes… she’s over a week past due!

Manda has started the heel of Test Knit SOck #2! (Finally. I’m so ready to be done with these socks!! Love ‘em, but they’re on a deadline, so I can’t knit on anything but THEM until they’re FINISHED!)

Margene is AL. MOST. FINISHED. with her Ruby socks.. just a toe to go!

Marisol starts a pair of Monkeys this week.

Meghann has finished her Meida socks! Pretty, pretty!

Mei fought a knitting needle, and the knitting needle won.

Melissa V.O. shows us camping pictures, complete with a sock-in-progress!

From Tina’s group:

Wowza! Sheri Roy has finished her Broadripple socks….on a long drive across Canada! The socks are lovely, and the pictures she’s posted of the trip are terrific! (My favorites are the ones of the zoo….)

From Jess’s group:

Jude has posted an update to her blog and Katie has posted pictures of her finished Wyverns!

~JessaLu

From Sarah’s group:

Sorry about missing last week’s update! I am happy to report that our well has been fixed and we now, once again, have running water. Two weeks’ worth of updates are included here. (Incidentally, my bloggers must have known I was in need of a pick-me-up for myuch of the week, because there was just an insane amount of cute showing up. Who needs Cute Overload when you have my group of bloggers to fill your daily quota of cute?)

Over the last two weeks, Sammie reports that she has finished two more socks — one knitted from Crystal Palace Maizy, and one from Regia. The Regia sock is adorable — it’s a little-girlish turned-down anklet, and Sammie is making it in a colorway that makes me think of Funfetti. So cute! And speaking of cute, Sammie owns my dream pet — a tea-drinking kitten! Check her out in the August 17 entry. Why don’t MY cats drink tea with me?

Sarah finished her Pomatomus socks (pomatomuses? pomatomi?) as well as a blue stockinette sock, and continues to post cute baby pictures.

Robin finished some blue/green Jaywalkers and has sent them along to her sister-in-law. What a great gift! And as for the week’s cute quotient: little girls with iPods.

Sally finished an adorable pair of little green baby/kidlet socks and is now working on Cabletini socks in a fabulous orange Koigu colorway. She’s also gotten some gorgeous sock yarn in the mail — I’ve gotta get myself subscribed to one of these awesome sock yarn clubs! Cute quotient? Cats AND llamas!

Sara has finished a Hedera-and-a-half, as well as a toe-up Magic Loop sock. Will she be a convert to this style of sock knitting? Stay tuned to find out! And she, like me, is a new Loopy Ewe addict. We need a support group!

Ruth has been spinning up some lovely (and allegedly indestructible) sock yarns. I can’t wait to see how they look all knitted up! And she doles out the cute, too, with crazy upside-down black kitties.

Carole Knits group:

Bridget has been really busy knitting socks this summer! She has finished too many pairs for me to even count but I do especially like the Charade socks in Wollmeise.

Cece has also been prolific but she has some high stakes riding on her sock knitting. You see, she bet her husband that she could knit 17 pairs of socks in 20 weeks. I hope there isn’t future sock yarn purchases tied to that bet! Go, Cece, go!

I finished some socks while on vacation and you can see them here. I do believe that socks are the perfect traveling knitting.

From Jen’s group:

I’m back from vacation, and I have three weeks of mad sock progress to report on. It’s a lot, so these’ll be quickies, but suffice it to say my group is rockin’!

First up: fast and furious Jeannie completed 6 pairs of socks in three weeks, bring her total up to 21. You should also know that she managed this knitting in the midst of a some diminishing sock mojo AND a power outage that lasted for a couple of days. And as if she didn’t already rock so much, she also wrote up a nice tutorial on knitting a picot edged cuff for toe-up socks, and she wrote up some advice on changing stitch patterns to fit your feet (with diagrams!). Jeannie is truly amazing, but you don’t need me to tell you that.

Jessica/Zarzuela finished her Red Herring in a cool purple and black motif and a pair of stockinettes in Austerman Step. Now she’s got Denmark on the needles, and the results are already mahvelous.

Golden Jean has been busying finishing up pairs including her Zarinas and Locksins. Jean’s also running a kick butt contest with insanely great prizes. Run over there and enter to win!

Jeanne has been working on some Baby Chevrons pool side. Her blue and yellow yarn is my kind of festive.

Jen finished a really cute pair of Jaywalkers in Tofutsies as well as her Tiger socks, her first time knitting two socks at once. Check out her Tigers at the lake. Meow!

Jennifer finished her Sox for Crox, a gift for her step-mom. She says her Zoknis are still in play.

Jennifer finally finished her first pair of socks this summer! Big round of applause for her Monkeys that she’s toiled for her sister! Now she’s got Yarn Pirate yarn in the yummy Rum Runner colorway on the needles. Go see.

In spite of the dog days of Summer in Bama, Jessica finished the mysterious Sharon’s socks. She’s got another sock out on the beach asking for margaritas.

The Esoteric Knitter cranked out another three pair recently: a set of sock swap socks, some camouflage stockinettes (hey, where’d they go? I can’t see them?), some crossover ribs and now she’s got her signature booties on the needles. BTW, if you haven’t seen Jennie’s stash. You really must.

Jenny Raye’s also got a completed pair of monkey socks too - Sock Monkeys that is. I sooo love these socks.

Jo Ann got her sock mojo back and it’s no wonder. Not only did she finish her green striped socks, but she found her long lost Monkeys. She lost those little simians back in June. She’s also eeked out one Broadripple, and the other is on its way.

Joanna finished her very loud Lemon Drop socks, which sailed around the Great Lakes. See her socks in the US and Canada - just like that. She’s currently working on Campanula socks to fight breast cancer as well a pair Lace Mock Cables in mmmmm Fleece Artist.

Jess finished Docs socks and says a pattern is coming soon.

jennsquared finished a gorgeous pair of Falling Leaves. And when she’s not knitting she’s whipping up gorgeous dishes made from giant zucchinis. Woa, that’s big.

Itchy Fingers Jess whipped up some gorgeous Gentleman’s Half Hose from “Knitting Vintage Socks” in a beautiful colorway from Radiant Twist. I am in love with those lotuses. Aad her stripey Vesper socks are coming along. Almost there!

Golden Jean has been busying finishing up pairs including her Zarinas and Locksins. Jean’s also running a kick butt contest with insanely great prizes. Run over there and enter to win!”>Mathgirl has the Jaywalker bug. Check out her 80’s inspired pink and black beauty!

Jessica has another pair or River Rapids this time in Claudia Handpainted. Now she’s working on some some WendyKnits Eyelit Ribs in a hot, hot, hot Jitterbug colorway.

Finally Tuabella finished Solstice Slip (lovely!) and is making mad progress on some Fawkes in the apropos Firefox Socks that Rock.

Hello everyone, and welcome to Week 8! We’re sockin’ along toward the end of September in great style. I really love reading these updates from our blog readers (yay, blog readers!) and visiting the highlighted blogs. There are a lot of witty writers out there…and awesome knitters! A quick note on behalf of Blog Reader Sarah–she’s had a broken well (rural dwellers, you know what that means), and she says they’ve had a L-O-N-G weekend. No doubt! She is going to take a little time to decompress, get back online in the near future, and ship off her update to me when she can. I’ll add it asap. In the meantime, hang in there, Sarah! Also, Carole is out of town, and will return soon with an update of her own.
While we’re at it, good thoughts go out to friends and loved ones dealing with flooding, dangerous heat, and hurricane damage…it’s been a tough week.
See you next weekend!

Beth a/k/a Bossygirl

From Manda’s group:

Lolee is back to blogging, but posts no progress about socks. Welcome back to Blogland!!

Lolly is home safe and sound from Peru. No socky progress, but you can read about her experience with the earthquake on her blog.

Lucinda finished two different single socks this week, but no pairs. [She also got a mention on the L&V Daily Chum. Rock on! :D]

Lyndsey-Jane shows off some WIPs this week, but the BIG news is that she opened her own etsy shop, the Yarn Bar!! Go check it out and support one of our SOSers!! [She’s also the L&V Etsy Shop of the Day. Look at all our famous sockers this week!]

LynnK has finished a pretty green sock.

Maia finishes her Pomatomus socks this week.

Malin works on a couple different, but similarly colored, socks this week.

Manda is working on a test-knit on a deadline, so no pictures, but she’s just about done w/ the gusset on Test Sock #1.

Margene finished her Neopolitan socks (all the people I know call ‘em Brach’s socks, since they look like the candy!), and no matter what you call them, they’re gorgeous! AND they match!

Marisol has been busy vacationing lately, but she posted a socky FO! She also brings attention to a sock KAL for our own MezzoDiva’s Campanula socks and some fundraising of her own.

Meghann meets the Harlot this week and takes her sock on vacation.

Melinda comes back to sock knitting by showing a pretty WIP.

MezzoDiva takes her Campanulas out to KIP and gets mentioned on L&V’s Daily Chum (again, with the famous people!)

From Tina’s group:

Sue is the only update in my group this week, but she more than makes up for it with two and a half pairs of socks finished! Go Sue!

From Jody’s group:

Jean’s been busy! She finished a pair of monkey socks out of Socks That Rock Lightweight in Nodding Violet, as well as a pair for her husband out of Cherry Tree Hill Supersock in Java. Not that I’m one to get jealous (OK, maybe a little bit jealous here) but she also discovered a local handdyer that names colorways after DC neighborhoods — very pretty stuff! How cool is that?

And Deb is still plugging away on her Tofutsies socks in a pretty pink/purple colorway.

From Melinda’s group:

Neuroknitter whom I adopted into my SOS group
has finished three pairs of socks in the past three weeks. A pair
of Cookie A’s Monkey Socks using STR ‘Pixie Park” yarn (dated
July 29th), a pair of Solstice Slip socks using S-x in the City yarn
(dated August 5th), and finally another pair of Solstice Slip
socks using STR ‘Firebird” lightweight yarn. Way to go! The
photos of her finished socks are wonderful. Go check them out!
Since her last update from week 4,
sock; finished the leg and started the heal of the first sock of a
Mad Color Weave pair. Keep up the great work Rasa!
Opal
finished her Chevron Rib socks last week and one sock of a pair,
and is not sure when she’ll get around to finishing that pair of
socks as it’s a rather complicated pattern. They are a pair of
Emo Spires. No worries Opal there is still well over a month to
finish them!
Orghlaith finally got
back some knitting ability by finishing a pair of socks. She used
Ali’s Anklets pattern and Bernat sock yarn. A simple knit that
gave her back her confidence after the three sock fiascos from
last week. She started Toni’s Tootsies in Cherry Tree Hill’s
Peacock colorway, and is just turning the heel on it. Yay for
knitting mojo!

From Vera’s group:

Suz has some nice socks for the Mister. I like the contrasting toes and heels.

Suzann’s sock turned into an interesting swatch. Nice idea!

Tammy has given and received some lovely socks in swaps. she has some really gorgeous sock yarn too.

Tanya has lots of WIPs which includes some very cool socks.

Tempe is in love with her beautiful Fractured Lattice socks, and she nearly done with her first Arrow sock.

Teresa C. has nearly finished a pair.

Tiennie strike again with a pair of Basketcase socks. This pattern makes my “to do list.

Stacey whipped up some neat Lichen Rib socks for her hubby.

From Worsted Knitt’s group:

Tina forgot to post her progress from last week, when she finished pair of Parashoots for her husband. This week she has 3 different socks on the needles, including the beautiful Baudelaires!

Worsted Knitt is working on a new pair of socks already last week the Sauna-socks from Ullaneule. She also has other projects, but due to loss of camera (to hubby-on-holiday) is unable to show any progress.

From Jeanie’s group:

Jeanie’s blog report:

It is the middle of August and only one of our knitters reports any potential “sock fatigue,” so we are knitting on!

Janelle finished her second pair of SOS socks, River Rapids from Sockbug, and updated her blog with lots of pictures. Be sure and take a look!

Becky is on a roll with finished knee-highs and a pair of Broadripple socks in Trekking XXL already cast on.

Hege finished another pair that were meant for her husband, but turned to fit her instead, so she’s got a new pair on the needles for hubby.

Heather is thrilled to have finished her Jaywalker socks and is working on some beautiful Embossed Leaves socks. But wait! She predicts that after this pair she may be “all socked out.” Can it be???

From Dee’s group:

Erin has finished her Baudelaire socks. The pattern can be found at Knitty. Don’t miss Erin’s cute kitty pic! I love those little kitty tents! Miss Minnie looks pretty content in there.

Victor dyed his own Regia yarn to make some very colorful footie socks. He also has been showing some very nice yarn stash. I think he’s set for yarn even if we run into Summer of Socks Version 3!

Emily has finished her Bloody Mary socks and is now busily working on her own design to enter in the design contest.

I have a finish on my blog. This weekend I finished a pair of Fortissima Colori Socka Color socks in a nice sparkly beige and grey.

Y’all have to head over to Devorah’s blog and see how the Squidlets and some socks conquered the west (scroll down in the post — the sock photo is towards the bottom.

Deb has figured out how to be make a rock star. A Bavarian Rock Star to be exact. Also, while you are there, check out the Guts and Glory contest she has going.

From April’s group:

Look Out, Week 8! Our knitters are stitchin’ it up!

Anna of Anna’s Yarn Mansion has made quite a bit of SOS progress during that past month. For reasons of technical difficulties, I have managed to miss a few of Anna’s SOS posts in our weekly updates. I’m super sorry, Anna! So let’s recap, shall we? Since July Anna’s been one busy lady. First off, check out her July 20th photo of her hand knit socks in the sink. Gorgeous! Her Cross-Hatch Lace socks are coming out just stunningly. I think this is the first I’ve seen of this particular pattern this summer. Same with her Scrollin’ Muddy Water Socks. Very unique and I love them! And check out her new Sock Pixie yarn from August 3rd. Luscious colorway!

Deb finished her Koigu KPPPM socks and she’s right, the colors are just fabulous. This was a stash busting project for her, and she’s glad she made them. The yarn is a dream to work with. Beautiful socks, Deb! She also started pair two using some Shetland Wool that she spun. Very gorgeous.

Abby did some shopping this week and picked up two more sock books. She’s very excited. She’s still a little disappointed with the Vinnland disaster from last week, but I think she’ll get right back up on that sock horse no problem!

Adelle finished her Oblique Openwork Socks for her best friend. I wish I had a best friend like Adelle! She also started on a pair of Country socks. Can’t wait to see pics.

Agnes is working on another Cookie A. sock pattern, which is slightly more difficult that her Monkey socks. Very elegant, Agnes.

Read Amanda’s Tale of Two Socks and prepare to be wowed. She finished a Monkey Sock and is working on Rococo in a lovely smoke color.

Our other Amanda finished her Office Socks and has caught the jungle fever! Check out the beginnings of her Jungle Socks. And ALERT! She has a sock contest going on right now on her blog so be sure to check it out, and possibly win yourself some pretty fantastic yarn.

Despite not being done with pair 2, Amy has started pair number 3: Striped Swirl Socks. She says these socks are a blast to knit. Check them out for yourselves!

Amy P. won a skein of Tofutsies from one of our group’s bloggers, Adrienne. She’s thinking of making some Mermaid Socks with them. Can’t wait!

Like Anna , Andrea is working on the Lizzard Ridge blanket, and it’s coming along fantastically. She also finished her Tahitian Monkey socks.

Angela Marie posts two different socks on her Sock-it-to-Me Sunday blog entry. Lovely!

Angeluna finished her first pair of socks for SOS, her handspun socks. Angeluna, these are really quite lovely. Congrats on your first! Also be sure to check out the yarn shop she visited. I am in heaven!

Ann-Marie finished her embossed leaves socks! She also received her lovely Sockapalooza socks.

Aquaknits is working on some Gentleman’s Fancy Socks, as well as Eleanor. Also check out her stunning Raglan Leaf Tee. It’s beautiful

Ruth is in the home stretch of her Ridged Feather Pattern Sock. Her husband has jumped on the bandwagon and would like a pair of socks for himself. More fun for Ruth!

And finally, Amy J. has finished tweaking her website and is back in business. She completed her Summer Solstice socks, which was her first pair this summer. Congratulations, Amy. I love the red! And if you would like to have your heart melt into a puddle onto the floor, check out the photos of her new litter of puppies. And try your hand at naming them, too!

From Cecilie’s group:

CrochetCompulsive has taken her four pairs of socks with her to the cabin, otherwise known as “the lake home”, for some quiet crochet/knitting in the mountains. She promises to take photos

ChewyKnits finished writing her own pattern, and the socks. Look out for “Squiggles”. Before becoming completely enamoured with Cat Bordhi’s new sock book.

Cindy in Oregon made a pair of monkey sock to give away before starting her mysterious test-knitting

Christine watched baseball in the heat and knit on her socks. And not just any socks but complex ones!

Courtney got her sockapalooza socks in the mail, knits on fast but yellow socks and lace (not socks, but noteworthy).

Tekopp started commuting to school again giving her an hour dedicated sock knitting time a day!

From Megan’s group:

This week, Monica and Mrs. H are both still going strong! Mrs. H is making progress on her mom’s patriotic socks, knitting them both at once, and Monica finished the second of her Petticoat Socks. She and her blog partner decided to do this pattern as a knitalong, so you can see both finished pairs in the same place. Monica also finished a pair of Simply Lovely Lace Socks this week. As for me, my grand plans for three pairs of knee socks may have been a little too optimistic, but I made quite a bit of progress while waiting to renew my driver’s license on my birthday. I also found another must-knit pattern, but this time they’re thigh highs!

From Barb’s group:

Becky has finished her first socr for SOS they’re Jaywalkers can’t wait too se the pair done!!
Barb has finished some beautiful Monkeys WTG, she’s also teaching herself too do 2 socks with 2 circs, let’s go give her some encouragment!! you can do it!!
Barb has finished her Sockapalooza’s in Cascade Fixation

From Jess’ group:

Karen says: Hi! I finished pair #4 yesterday. I love knitting with bigger yarn and needles, I got this pair done in 6 days. I developed a bad case of startitis last night and cast on 3 more pair of socks (no pics of those yet).

Julieanne has been knitting away on her new blog: http://julieanne.wordpress.com

Judy has been very busy! Check out what she has been up to here

Kathy says: Wow. I’ve been crazy with August, but not a lot of knitting! I’ve been doing more frogging than actual knitting. One of those months. But I have started the Scrolls socks from More Sensational Knitted Socks - 2 at a time - in Art Yarns Supermerino, and I’m really happy about them! Yay, finally a project that’s working! I got to meet up with Kay Gardiner from Mason-Dixon Knitting this week and that was lots of fun. Definitely has me thinking about my knitting and creativity and where we all get our inspirations.

Karin has been knitting away on three different pairs of socks at a time!

~JessaLu

From Kathy’s group:

Linda at Boogie Socks get her Car Sock done and even put “chrome” on the side!

She got her 2nd Vacation Sock done and will send a picture in for the Vacation contest.

She’s practicing the toe up Judy’s Magic Cast on and bought some Addi Turbos today to make that work a little better. While stopping by the little yarn shop where the owner taught her how to knit socks…she sees it’s now up for sale. We feel your sadness!Liz at Crossroad KNits finished a pair of socks for her husband using Brooks Farm
Acero and Nancy Bush’s Gentleman’s Fancy Sock pattern.

Leigh at Rock On Knit PrOn has been trying a prototype of the socks she’ll be knitting to enter the state fair! No new pictures yet.

Looks like August is Vacation Month! Imagine all the places those socks-in-progress are going this week…
Beth a/k/a Bossygirl

From Cecilie’s group:
Chelsea has made progress on three different pairs of socks, finishing some and knitting on others. Check out her river rapids socks for motivation

CJ1s battling second sock syndrome while pondering over the question “Can a person have to many sock needles?”

Tekopp found her camera cord and posted the last couple of weeks finished socks.

From Worsted Knitt’s group:

A pretty update-less week in Worsted Knitt’s group,only Trish has some progress with Twisted Flower by Cookie A., and Campfire Socks by Cider Moon

From Dee’s group:
Victor is Jaywalking along. As a matter of fact, he’s turned “pro” at it. Victor is working on commissioned socks … he’s making money at it! You go, Victor! He’s also finished up one of his Vinnland socks. They are really spiffy and make you happy just looking at all those colors. He’s been a busy knitter, also finishing up some footies.

Emily has 1/2 a Leyburn sock on her blog today. It’s in my highschool colors! That means she MUST send them to me, right???? They are resting on the coolest wooden sock blockers! Late breaking news from Emily — one Bloody Mary sock is done.

From April’s group:
This week begins as Deb shows off her beautiful golden brown socks made with Koigu KPPPM.

Abby took a much needed day off from work and kept herself busy by dying some sock yarn, working on her Vinnlands, among other things. A few days later she finished her Vinnland and, to her dismay, it took her five minutes to get it over her heel. She’s decided to put toe-up patterns on the backburner for now and start on a pair of Monkey socks. Give ‘em hell, Abby!

Acornbud met mid-week with a completed pair of Monkey socks, and they’re looking pretty fantastic. No word on whether they plan to travel to Hawaii again, though.

Adrienne very graciously points us all toward a blog contest. Be sure to check it out. And guess what? She’s completed her sock for the design contest and it’s in its testing phase. We’re all rooting for you, Adrienne.

Agnes cast on a new pair of socks last week, lovely twisted flowers. She’s having a great time with the pattern, and the yarn sounds very great to work with.

Amanda got to share her sock knitting with her coworkers at her annual office party, where she got to see fireworks extraordinaire. Sounds better than my office parties!

After a mere 9 days, our other Amanda finished up her Charade socks. Despite wanting to keep them, she is still planning to mail them off to her mother. She also began two more pairs. And purchased Tori Amos tickets. It’s been too long since I’ve seen her in concert!

Amber was able to finish her traveling socks for a guy friend of hers. You may recall the adventures of these socks: Florida, Baltimore, France, Nairobi, Nakuru. If you want to see some fantastic sock photos, check out her Gentleman’s Fancy Socks hanging out with a giraffe, some elk, and the beautiful African countryside.

For this week’s installment of Sock it To Me Sunday, Angela Marie shows off two different pairs she’s working on. And has an encounter with a mouse!

Ann K. spent some time at an MLB game at the annual Stitch-N-Pitch. Check out the photos, it looks like she is having a blast. She got to work on some socks, but found it a little hard to turn the heel and watch baseball. At this moment in time I want to yell “Go Red Sox” as I am a near-Bostonian, but I will refrain myself.

Ann-Marie finished up her Sockapalooza socks and they’re on their way to her partner. She used her own sock yarn, and it’s luscious. Check out her blog to find out about her etsy store. Her work is gorgeous!

From Barb’s group:
Balletmommy ha finished a pair of Flame Wave in Cascade Fixation WTG!!
Auntieann has finished a pair she calls High Anxiety Socks WTG!!
Beth@ Stuck on socks has finished a 3rd pair in bright Sunshine Yarns color Phoenix, her 2nd pair is plain vanilla Cider Moon in color Blizzard and her 1st pair was a pair of Jaywalkers in her own handspun WTG!!
beadntat has finished a pretty pair of Victorian Lace in yellow Panda Cotton after a fiasco with some Jaywalkers.
Baseball knitter had a contest too guess the sock she was knitting, it is Cabled Sweat socks and they are gorgeous.

From Tina’s group:
Shannon H. is still plugging away on her Charade socks - one is finished, but she fears second sock syndrome! The humanity!

Sprite has finished her first pair for the Summer of Socks - some very cute anklets in Cascade Fixation.

Stariel has two finished pairs: a nice mostly purple pair of Jaywalkers (that should have been posted last week - sorry!), and a pair of Gentleman’s Socks in Railway Stitch from Knitting Vintage Socks for her Sockapalooza pal. There was trouble along the way, but they look very cool with their striped heels and toes!

From Kathy’s group
Linda at Boogie Socks says she is “plugging away at the two socks - getting bored and anxious to finish them. I will be starting a toe up sock for the first time this weekend. That was one of my goals when this group started, to try a toe up sock. I think I’ll use the Wendy Knits pattern with the magic cast on. Yarn?…I’ll be feeling and sniffing yarn today to decide which one.”

Leigh at Rock On Knit PrOn has learned how to do a hemmed top on her socks. Let’s hear it for learning new techniques!

From Jeanie’s group:
Can you believe it is week seven already!

Gladys has three pairs to report on this week! She knit a pair in merino/cashmere that look so soft and another in Trekking Bamboo. Then she started on a pair of Monkeys at the beach. They look almost finished to me! Clearly, she does not suffer from second sock syndrome.

Heather is working on Monkey’s, too. Her hubby has been away on business for five weeks and she admits to doing nothing but knitting in his absence! Well, I don’t think there is anything wrong with that, do you???

Janelle finished her first River Rapids socks in a nice solid color that really shows off the patterns. She also finished sock #1 on a pair for her husband.

And last, but not least, Becky finally finished the retro rib socks of doom! According to Becky, this was celebrated with dancing in the street! Finishing this difficult project inspired her to take up another UFO, sock #2 of toe-up, knee-high rainbow stripes socks.

From Vera’s group:

Summer Socks Sizzle in Week 7…

Susan is trying her hand at toe ups.

Wollhun’s socks are beautiful in any language.

I want Teresa C. to be my sock pal some day. Go over and check out the socks she’s made for her pals. Both are stunning.

Theresa is up to nine socks. I really like the colors on her latest.

Heddy has some cute BFF socks.

Tibbers started some socks, but has hit a snag.

Tiennie does it again this week with a beautiful pair of Koigu socks.

Stacey has a nice vacation and worked in a little sock knitting to boot.

From Megan’s group:
This week, Mrs. H has finally finished her traveling socks. She’s very pleased with them, and is now ready to start a pair using a pretty cool yarn. Monica of Passionknit, who shares this blog with another SOS participant, Lynette, finished another sock this week too. Way to go, ladies!

From Jess’ group:
Kairi says: Pair #2 is done and I am working on my third pair.

Karen says: I’m finally able to send you the link for my 3rd pair of completed socks. This is my first pair knitting with Fleece Artist and hopefully won’t be my last.

~JessaLu

From Manda’s group:
Lorette is working on some pretty Wollmeise! (Blog Reader Note: I am SO JEALOUS. I need to order some of this yarn. LOL)

Lynette is working on some pretty periwinkle Koigu socks.

LynnK has finished her first official pair! WTG, LynnK!!

MadelineTosh hasn’t posted about any socky progress, but as I was going thru my list, I noticed she had some patterns up for sale. Check ‘em out!

Maia has made some progress on some Pomatomus socks in some gorgeous Trekking yarn!

Malia has finished some really pretty socks using Artyarns Supermerino (love the color!).

Manda finished a pair of Duet socks this week, and started some Southwestern Socks.

Margaret’s Charade #2 is catching up to Charade #1!

Margene is working on her three 2nd socks!

Mei shows off a couple of finished socks.

From Jody’s group:
KC reports that she’s started a big sock project — Vine Lace Stockings (thigh high!) from Knit Picks in Fearless Fibers’ antique rose colorway. It’ll be fun to see these unfold — it’s such a pretty pattern and it hasn’t been around the blogs much at all. Plus, they’re thigh highs!

From Sarah’s group:

Here’s the news from Sarah’s group. I think we all melted in the heat or something.

I love Sammie — she’s finished 9.5 pairs of socks during the Summer of Socks…but only one pair. She finished her Panda Cotton sock from last week and got started on another made from Crystal Palace Maizy — corn yarn!

Sally finished her Run Runner socks. The more I see this colorway, the more I like it! She’s currently having Adventures with Baby Socks — sometimes when you make up your own pattern, things go awry. She seems to have things under control now, though.

From Melinda’s Group
Pat
finished a basic pair of socks this week…her “bonus” socks that were knit at odd times here
and there since the beginning of SOS. She is also going on vacation for a few weeks and
has plans to take these socks
with her. Don’t forget to take photos of your socks on vacation for the contest Pat!
Pat
K finished her River Rocks Monkey Socks and has casted on another pair of Monkey
socks, which will be going with her on a mini-vacation this weekend. Don’t forget about the
socks on vacation contest too Pat K!
Phoebe
finished two pairs of Solstice Socks, a pair for herself and the second pair for her
sockapalooza pal. She has started a pair of I Love Ganseys. Definitely Socks Galore
Phoebe!
Pam managed to get her cherry chocolate ribbed sock done and a cherry
bomb done for her daughter Trinity. Now to finish the matching pairs for each over the
weekend. Matching mother and daughter socks-how cute!!

A big pat on the back to everyone listed below who is clicking away in spite of the dog days of summer. Sock on!
Beth a/k/a Bossygirl

From Worsted Knitt’s group:

Tina has finished her Elenora socks, and they are gorgeous! She also has a sock dilemma - to risk or not to risk a lacy pattern in variegated yarn.

Wendy has really put on the turbo-gear on knitting and has finished several socks in just a few days.

Vikkie did a posting on her River Rapid Socks - she has half-a-sock to go.

From Dee’s group:
Devorah has been very, very busy painting and enjoying NYC, but she had time to finish some Undulating Rib Socks in a very cooling blue. She also just finished up a matching sock/vest set, also in blue (July 30th posting). Those socks are her own pattern and are just adorable! Great job, Devorah! She not only has some cute socks, but the kiddos are cute too.

Deb has finished a pair of Juta’s stockings from the Nancy Bush book. While you are checking out the socks, don’t miss the sock blockers. The sheep cut-outs are adorable. The socks are beautiful too.

Victor has two pair of colorful socks on his needles. He has some of his own hand-dyed yarn going and needs our help deciding which should be the top and the bottom. Head on over and give him your opinion. I don’t have one, Victor. I think both sides look great!

From April’s group:
First off, I’d like to share a common sentiment amongst my bloggers with all of you. In reading blogs this morning I came across many, many blog posts about the tragedy of the bridge collapse in MN. Thoughts and prayers and good vibes are with everyone involved.

Now, for the knitting.

Abby is finding that her sock mojo is ever decreasing. Oh no! I feel the same way as of late. Many of us do, in fact. Don’t despair Abby. You’ll wake up one day with a strong desire to knit some socks. You’ll see.

Adelle is currently working on the mate to her SSS2 sock, and it’s looking gorgeous. Great burgundy color.

Jen has finally decided to scrap Mom’s socks and go ahead and use Catania, a 100% cotton, fingering weight yarn. Pretty color choice.

Amanda has completed a pair of Flame Wave socks, and is excited to show the world. Good job Amanda!

Our other Amanda is working on Charade socks for her mother, and also reminds us all that Summer of Socks is halfway over!

Amy managed to start and finish a Bellatrix sock last weekend. If you recall, last Friday she finished her Anastasia socks, which was her first FO since May!

Amy H. is interested in touching your monkey. I mean, sock-knitting. She’s working on Monkey socks along with Boudica socks, after taking a short break from knitting.

Amy P. completed her first sock for the design competition, and is working on her second sock. She also completed Wren and I think you should all take a look, even though it’s not a sock.

Anastacia completed a pair of broad ripples (converted to toe-ups) for her mother for Christmas.
Andrea finished her Daffodil socks and you need to check them out. They’re just fantastic! Unfortunately, she found them very boring to knit, and isn’t a huge fan of the yarn.

Angela Marie finished up her Sockapalooza 4 socks. The colorway is one of my favorites.

Angeluna thinks that SOS will get about 2 pairs of socks out of her. It seems she’d like to knit more, but don’t fret Angeluna. 2 pairs is better than 0 pairs, which is what I’ve got so far! J

And finally, Aquaknits shows off her deliciously sexy Uptown Boot Socks. I have fallen in love. She also shows off her completed cable knit socks.

From CaroleKnits group:

Beverly celebrated finishing her dissertation (GO, Beverly!) by also finishing a pair of Monkey Socks. Sounds like two great things to celebrate to me!

Carissa got caught knitting socks while hanging out waiting for her new IKEA to open. She sure did get a lot of press coverage for those socks!

From Tina’s group:
Sheri Roy has finished her Sockapalooza socks and they look great - Belle Maman in Austermann Step!

And Shannan has finished her Yarrow Rib socks. She’s also posted some very pretty handspun _sock_ yarn (whew - I knew I could make that relevant to the Summer of Socks somehow!).

Go knitters!

From Barb’s group:
Arlene has finished her green Fleece Artist socks WTG!!
Barb has a pretty pair finished as well, WTG!!
Barb has her first pink Monkey done
Barb has a pair but they don’t match, a pic will be up soon
Beth has a pair done WTG!!

From Cecilie’s group:
Courtney is as smitten with the embossed leaves as the rest of us.

Cynthia made her son a pair of socks.. and has already started on another one.

Cindy double plays us with her new pair of socks (you go girl! ) and tests out yarn with tiny socks.

From Jean’s group:
Week 6 and we are knittin’ up a storm in our group!

Flibbertygibbet (Gail) finished two pairs of self-striping socks, one pair for her dad’s birthday and another pair for her Christmas stash. I wonder how many of us are stashing our socks for Christmas?

Heather McCoy finished another pair of Thuja socks! These are pretty blue worsted weight socks on size 6 needles.

Holly is working on some Drops Chicken Wire socks and taking lots of knitting on a trip to China this week!

Becky is now calling the socks she is knitting the “Retro Rib socks of doom,” but she is past the heel turn on the second sock, so it won’t be long before she can start knitting some new socks. Hang in there, Becky!

Heather #1 is working on some Socks that Rock in an amazing color - Seastone. Beautiful blues and greens. On her blog, she has a link to a neat website with lots of sock knitting tips.

Janelle has two pairs of socks on the needles: the manly socks for her very tall husband and a new pair of Sockbug River Rapids socks. Check her site for a link to this pattern and some info on a new sock knitting group on Ravelry.

From Vera’s group:

Susan is expanding her sock knitting horizons.

Susanna went turbo and finished a pair of socks in a weekend.

Karen has cast on with some gorgeous yarn.

Gosh, Tanya’s Embossed Leaves socks are pretty, and she’s finished up some killer Cookie A. sock patterns. The Pomatomos is stunning in the shades of gray.

Tempe has a beautiful sock OTN. She’s designing it as she knits, and the Tofutsies yarn looks great.

Tibbers has an FO.

How does Tiennie knit so many, many, many socks? I don’t know, but they are all sweet. The Horcrux socks are on my “to-do ” list, and, now I know what to do with that skein of STR Hot Flash in heavyweight that I got last year.

Finally, I have a pair of socks for SOS, and it was truly a Breeze!

From Jess’ group:
Kathy says: Looking back on my week, I haven’t done as much actual knitting as just thinking about it! I completed the Child’s First (and Second) Sock in Shell Pattern and cast on for Marigold using my Yarn Pirate. The browns and blues of this sock remind me of Fall, but my heads still in summer!

Karin says: Finally got a picture of my SOS’07 #3’s into the group [Flickr] pool - and they didn’t break the camera! I loved the pattern and yarn base, but the colours? Eew-w-w… SOS’07 #4 is also posted as of this AM and I’m working away on #5 - no pics yet, I’ll save those for my blog update this weekend. A lot of the KAL’s I’m in are starting new projects for August - I’m hoping to get some “double-duty” pairs done this month.

KarenJoSeattle wrote: My sock knitting took a breather this week after I pruned the tip of my finger as well as the rose bush on Monday. Aside from being uncomfortable in general and at a gauge of 11 spi in particular, until Thursday evening the cut kept splitting open with any stress. I didn’t want to literally hand-dye my cream Regia Silk so stuck to other projects. Tonight I should get back on track and turn the heel.

Judy says: I actually have some progress to report (you have to read back for the past month to figure out why this is such a miracle). I may even have a whole pair of socks to show when this summer is over…

That’s all for this week, folks!

~JessaLu

From Melinda’s group:
Paula finished her first pair of
SOS socks using 2.75mm SHARP pointed Knit Picks circs, Panda Cotton
yarn in Strawberries and Limes, and the Carolina Last Queen of Naples
pattern. Way to go Paula!
Phoebe has one Solstice Slip Sock completed for her
sockapalooza pal in the Panda Wool. She used the magic loop technique
on size zero Addis. As for matching pair she have about 30 more rows
before she starts the toe…definitely will be done if not tomorrow, early over
the weekend. Yay Phoebe!
Obsidan Knitter. is still in
a bit of shock after the bridge over the Mississippi river collapsed but I am
happy to report that she’s safe and was not near or on the bridge at the
time of the collapse. As for her socks this week she’s still working on the
red sock and testing the pattern she wrote. If all goes well she’ll send it out
to friends to test it. Glad that you are okay Obsidan!
Orghlaithmanaged to frog
Two socks this week. So far she cannot find a yarn that works for a
Feather and Fan sock. Poor Orghlaith-if anyone has a yarn
suggestion???
Not That Kat’sJaywalkers are
almost done. She just needs to bind off and put in the heels, and then they
will be complete. Can’t wait for the afterthought heels tutorial Kat!
UPDATE: The tutorial is up! Go check it out!
Opal has finished one
sock of a pair. It’s in the Chevron pattern from Sensational Knitted Socks
and she’s using Opal Sock Yarn. They’re looking good Opal!
Pam finished 2
pairs of socks this week rounding out her total sock count so far to NINE
pairs. Pair #8 are the Cross-Stitch block pattern and pair #9 are the Baby
Fern pattern both from More Sensational knitted socks. Although they
don’t count towards SOS because they were made for her daughter, Pam
used the Crosshatch lace pattern, also from MSKS using left over posh
yarn in refresh colorway, to make a very cute pair of socks. Way to rock
this week Pam!

From Kathy’s group:
Now that I’ve straightened out my spam filter, lots of things are getting through! So here goes!

Yes book reading has gotten in the way of knitting, but other knitting (MS3) has gotten in the way of socks for some of us! Laura of Fiber Dreams did finish a pair of Monkey Socks last week using Peace Fleece even while knitting a mystery.

Lisa of Knitting By the Sea is working on a few socks right now but she’s in love with her Loksins in Dream in Color Smooshy (is that not a great name for yarn?) - I’ve seen this pattern around a lot this summer, another one on my list!

Leigh of Rock On Knit PrOn finished a pair in Paton’s Classic Wool using a short row heel. It’s great to learn or try something new with each pair of sock’s, isn’t it? A new technique, a new pattern, a new yarn, or a new needle! This sock is headed to the church as part of their Prayer Shawl program. I know they will be appreciated. She’s also working on some cabled baby booties and a Spiral Eyelet Sock. Busy!

Linda of Boogie Socks- who I’m so sorry I missed last week - has jumped on my suggestion to design a pair of car socks! She and her husband show a 1956 Chevy and Linda has started a pair of socks using Cascade Fixation to match the car! So cool! She’s also chugging along on her Summer Vacation socks, starting sock #2 this week.

Leigh aka The Knitting Yogini has finished her Dahlia Socks from Sundara’s Petal Collection. She’s been busy with her son, her pregnancy and many, many pickles, but finally managed to finish a pair! Yay!

Another knitter I missed last week was Lisa of Peacecat This ‘n’ That, she’s finished one footie sock with some leftover Opal Cotton yarn that she used to make her Horcrux socks. I like how she cast right on with her leftover yarn, mine sits and waits in a box for that project made from leftovers….

Laura at Affiknitty has finished her Sockapalooza socks this week. She made the Swirl Socks using Cider Moon Glacier. Someone will be happy getting these in the mail!

Limedragon has finished her Mosaic Socks for her pal. The pattern is Caesar’s Check from SKS’s. I adore these!

Kristy of Simple Elegance is also working on Sockapalooza socks this summer. She’s knitting the Whisper Rib and Shepherd’s Lace socks using Lorna’s Laces Shepherd Sock - how appropriate! She’s also cast on a pair of beautiful socks using her own handspun from Teyani’s fiber.

Lara of Trixie’s Stix has finished a pair of Marigolds using Hill Country’s Sweetfeet. I’m working on this very same pattern this week, it is lovely! Easy to memorize and quick to knit!

From Megan’s group:
This week Mobishobel
shows us great progress on a lovely pair of Monkey socks, and has
plans to cast on some Fawkes socks to commemorate the end of the Harry
Potter series. Monica
took a trip to Las Vegas and won some knitting time. She finished a
pair of Gentleman’s Socks with Lozenge Pattern from Nancy Bush’s
Knitting Vintage Socks. Lovely work, ladies!

From Sarah’s group:

Sally has finished her first Rum Runner sock and is speeding (by my definition!) through the second. Lookin’ good!

Sarah’s socks are moving along. Sounds like she’s gearing up to start knitting a Rogue, though — here’s hoping it doesn’t make her abandon her socks forever!

Sammie has two new socks this week. I especially love the purple-and-green-and-yellow one — one of my favorite color combinations. AND she has a new kitten! Hopefully the new kitten isn’t a yarn-chaser!

Ruth finished a pair of socks — love the colors! — and started right in on the next pair. Yay!

Rycrafty finished a beautiful pair of Vinnland socks.

I finished my Monkey socks, FINALLY, and I’d be done with my first toe-up, short row heel sock — if I hadn’t had a needle disaster! TWO of my DPNs broke over the course of the project. I’m about halfway up the leg of the first sock of the pair, and I’m hoping Brittany replaces my needles soon so I can finish!

From Manda’s group:
Lucinda has a MILLION and a half socks on the needles, and she’s making progress on all of them. THis week, though, she graces my update with TWO finished pairs of socks. WTG!

Lynette finished a lovely pair of WOW!! socks for her neighbor and ALSO a pair of footies for someone’s grandmother! how sweet

LynnK is making some progress… she’s working on her Fleece Artist socks AND she’s started another sock for a friend!

Madelyn finished her Tidal Wave socks this week! Good job!

Maire finished her Hedera socks, but has yet to post pictures.

Malia finished some Basket Weave socks.

Malin is making some steady progress. She finished one Wendelin sock and has started the second, as well as starting two other socks-in-progress.

Manda finished her Sockapalooza socks this week.

Margaret posted some progress: some finished sock-pal socks, and some Charades (LOVE! That pattern!) in progress.

Margene has 3 first socks, but no second socks! Cheer her on to finishing some of those pairs!

Happy (belated) Birthday, Meghann!! She finished Sockapalooza Sock #1, turned the heel on #2, and hopes to make some progress on it while seeing the Yarn Harlot!

Melissa gives us photos of THREE finished pairs of socks.

From Jen’s group:
FOs galore in my group this week. Might be something to do with that looming Sockapalooza deadline.

First up, JessaLu knit a GORGEOUS pair of Bellatrix socks. My words cannot do them justice. You just have to go see for yourself.

Traveling Jeanie finished her third pair of SOS socks, another set of Monkeys. She’s also down in Florida, btw. You’ll recall that only a couple of weeks ago she was traveling around the Canadian Rockies. Awesome.

Jaya emerged from a bit of blog silence to reveal a jaw-dropping pair of Chalet Socks from “Folk Socks.” They are knit in red. Real red. Like bad girl lipstick red. I love these. I wish I was Jaya’s Sockapalooza pal. Now she has beautiful Sundara yarn on the needles. *Swoon*

Jess of the bugs has been clearing stash. Out with the vintage acrylic! In with the nearly completed pair of socks in a pattern of her own design.

Artist Jess finished her yummy Peaches and Cream socks in Panda Cotton just in time for a MIL visit. And now she’s jerry-rigging her Vesper Sock to get the striping right. After snip-snipping the yarn, she’s anxious about running out. The heel looks so totally worth it the anxiety, though.

Mathgirl received her Ravelry invite and still managed to finish her Ominous Skies socks for her Sockapalooza pal. Good girl!

Jeri of Soap, Quilt, Knit finished her Loksins. If you haven’t noticed this beautiful pattern yet, run over to Jeri’s site and have a look. While you’re there, grab a moment to learn to knit a new top-down toe. Jeri says it reminds her of a short-row heel but without holes.

Jen of Tua Bella had a bit of a setback earlier in the week - she found the socks she was knitting for her Sockapalooza pal already on her pal’s Ravelry project page! She did what she had to do and knit up a whole new pair, PLUS an angel pair (for those whose pal flakes) by the end of the week. She even added the cutest matching keychain socks.

Jennifer of Knitting in Oblivion has renamed SOS to Summer of One Sock. Girl is still knitting the same single sock for her sister. Knit. Rip. Knit. Rip. I have to say, I applaud her tenacity to keep going. Hang in there, Jennifer!

Flash Your Sock Drawer! Super Sock Knitter, Jeannie, finished three more pair this week bringing her SOS 2007 total to 15. I’m particularly fond of her latest pair, Scrolls from More SKS, knit in Gypsy Girl Creations yarn. She also gave us a peek at her sock drawer. Check out all those handmade socks!

Check out Joanna’s new pair of Tiger Eyes from “Socks, Socks, Socks” knit with Lana Grosa Meilenweit cotton. Cotton lovers take note: Joanna says this yarn isn’t splitty.

Jenny Rae knocked out a pair of Serpentine Socks, July’s Sockamania pattern. Congratulations, Jenny Rae, for being one of this month’s Sockamania winners!

This week at CafŽ Eclectic, jennsquared turned the heels of her toe-up Falling Leaves socks. She also bit the bullet and signed up for Ravelry. Another one down. Another one down.

Happy Birthday to Jessica at Alabama Fiber Dreams! She’s got iPhones, hunky eye candy, new kitchen appliances, and mysterious sock that she’s using to taunt someone named Sharon. Jessica, if Sharon doesn’t want them, I’ll take ‘em.

The Esoteric Knitter has just about completed another pair this week - this time she’s got smooshy Cherry Tree Hill on the needles for her Knitty Swap pal. Jenny has seriously lucky pals!

Our fearless leader, Jessica, finished her Clessidras, a Knitty pattern she converted to work toe-up. Her Clessidras also got a little jiggy with Ben Franklin in Philly. Uhm Jessica, where is Ben’s thumb?

Jeanne flashed her great sock yarn haul that she picked up in Maine. Who knew they were hoarding such good yarn up there? She’s got her second sock on the needles, which she knits on the train as she contemplates whether knitting slowly will get more milage out of yarn.

Jo has been busy this week dying up her own sock yarn in honor of Dumbledore’s faithful phoenix. She’s going to use her knew Phoenix Feathers colorway to knit Gigi Silva’s Fawkes socks. Meanwhile she’s *this* close to finishing her Pomatomus socks.

And last, but not least, Jen got to meet the Yarn Harlot, who posed with her sock. Dang, how can I possibly win the Best Photo contest now?

From Jody’s group:
Roberta finished her sockaplooza pal’s socks — Coupling in Regia Bamboo.

Kate has finished her mom’s socks and she loved them!

Deb has gotten started on her first pair — using a pink shade of tofutsies.

Welcome to Week 5! Just one question…how many of you out there were able to work on your socks AND read Harry Potter at the same time? If you fit the bill, then we salute you, O, Great Multi-Tasker.

Hermione would be proud.:-)

Have a great week, everyone!
Beth a/k/a/Bossygirl

From Sarah’s group:

There was a LOT of activity on my group’s blogs this week!

On the heels (ha!) of her Big Sky Mind socks (the nifty landscape socks I wrote about last week), Sally is working on a pair of socks for a friend using the latest Yarn Pirate Booty Club sock yarn. She’s knitting on two circs for the first time but is having a little bit of trouble with laddering between the needles. Does anyone have any suggestions for her on how to avoid that?

Saisquoi has also started socks using her Yarn Pirate yarn (I sense a theme of the week…) but the big news is that she finished her Jaywalkers! She knitted them out of Lorna’s Laces in the “Funky Stripe” colorway.

Sammie finished two socks this week — one is a sock we saw the beginnings of last week, and one she started and finished since the last blog update. The totally new sock is knitted from the new KnitPicks sock yarn, Risata, and Sammie posts a review of the yarn for all of us who haven’t seen it yet.

Kellie is plugging along on her Monkey (it’s looking like it’s close to being done!) and got to do some stash enhancement. Pardon me while I lust after her new yarn — it’s all lovely, but I am particularly enthralled by the colorway of Fleece Artist Sea Wool that she bought. YUMMY.

Ruth is almost done with her striped socks! She also shares an ingenious way of seeing how knitted garments would look on people who aren’t as stick-thin as models. I love it!

From Dee’s group:
Eleanor is getting busy on some Hogwarts socks. No picture yet on those, because they are for a “secret” giveaway, but she is working on Saucy socks that she can show. My TOFUtsies socks are finally finished. For a plain-jane sock they sure did take a long time. Paula has been working on her socks while reading the newest Harry Potter. No, not taking breaks in between … knitting WHILE reading! Sheesh — is that dedication to Harry and Knitting or what? She had to take a break from the book while turning the heel though. I can understand that…heels kick my butt even when I’m watching sometimes. She even had time for a little stash enhancing. Late breaking news; Paula’s Vogs are finished. Deb has finished her Smooshy Scroll socks; her first for Summer of Socks. I’ve felt this yarn at my LYS. Smooshy is right. The pattern Deb chose really compliments this yarn.

From Jen’s group:
THE BOOK has taken everyone by storm, and for many the knitting has gone to the back burner. Yet, a few tenacious sockers in my group are still rockin’:

Arr, lots of Yarn Booty arriving in the mail this week. The Esoteric Knitter shows off her knew Yarn Pirate skein along with finished pairs of monkeys for herself and her Sockapalooza Pal. Good to keep an eye on this blog. She’s famous for her contests, and she gives good prize.

Well Mateys, the Yarn Booty has made it to Oblivion too! Jennifer got her skein, and posed it with Gnuman, the Knitting Gnome Swap gnome, who stopped by for a visit. She’s still busily plugging away at her Nymphadora Tonks Monkey socks that she’s knitting for her sister.

Ahoy more booty at Jen’s port ‘o call. She ended up frogging her blotchy Jaywalkers and now the skein is looking nice and tiger-stripey in a rib pattern. BTW, Jen is also a saint. She’s knitting the latest pair for her big-footed father-in-law. All those tiny stitches, sooo many rows!

Two in my group met in the real world this week! Jo ditched the Emerald Isle to join Jeri for a weekend in Texas. Yes, you read that right. You should see Jo’s loot! Talk about excess baggage! Meanwhile, Jeri’s about *this* close to finishing those Loksins.

Jess’ Itchy Fingers are still working on three pairs of socks. She does have at least one Undulating Rib and Peaches and Cream complete. Can you guess which pair she’ll finish first?

Jessica has a cute new do, and is also sporting her fourth pair of socks! The Paisley Vesper Yarn won her over in the end. Keep an eye on this one, she’s got two more pairs in the works.

Jeannie’s still cranking out socks. This week she finished her twelfth pair in the Moorish Lattice pattern from “Sensational Knitted Socks.” Jeannie also reminds us to check the Web for pattern errata. Wise, wise advice. Pattern errors seem to be going around.

Jo Ann finished one of her Regia Crazy stripes, which she knit using magic loop for the first time. She’s keen to keep trying new techniques to combat second-sock-syndrome. I hear ya, Jo Ann.

Up in Ottawa, Joanna managed to finish one of her Tiger’s Eyes socks in between chapters of THE BOOK. And to conclude her continuing saga with the thieving post office, the lovely Sheri at the Loopy Ewe took pity on our hero and sent her a new skein of Fleece Artist. Cheers all around!

Jeanne’s been vacationing in lovely Maine where she finished her mouth-watering Monkey socks in Lisa Souza’s Earth Birth colorway. Jeanne says Lisa Souza Sock! is one of her top five favorite yarns. (Adding Lisa Souza to my list…)

There’s more than cotton down in Dixie, Jessica finished her pair of Firebirds, you know that to-die-for colorway from the Rockin’ Sock Club. But look closely at her pair. Notice anything a little strange?

Mathgirl is back from her conference in Vancouver with some high-larious photos of her socks leading her astray. These are naughty socks!

From the Carole Knits group:
Amy has yet another new sock to show us. With an apparent mishap from her modeling adventures. Be careful there, Amy!

Cece has finished her Hell Socks but there’s nothing hellish about the way they look. Nice work, Cece.

From April’s group:
Our weekly update begins on the beautiful Hawaiian coast, where Acornbud has been knitting her Monkey Socks in Maui! They even took time out of their busy trip to pose in front of one of Paris Hilton’s favorite stores.

Amber also took her socks on vacation. Or, should I say, her socks dragged her frantically around Paris in search of its lover. What a tough life. I think Mr. Sock did eventually find ze lover (pronounced “lov-air”) somewhere along the Seine. Lucky guy! I wonder how he will fare in Kenya?

Deb had a chance to work on her second sock, and now both socks are done at least up to the heels!

Adrienne just wrapped up her contest and is urging readers to visit Jen’s blog contest, and to be sure you let Jen know that Adrienne sent you. Oh, and she posted a gorgeous photo of her Serenity socks!

Aside from running a kickass contest, Jen also divulges the secret of sock knitting success. No spoiler here, you’ll have to read it for yourself. She also shows off her Sun King Footsies, which are really so adorable. And finally, she revels in Ravelry and ponders project design, with the assistance of mathematicians no less!

Alison is busy working on her lace stole, but has had time to work on the ankle portion of another sock. Like many of you, she was slowed down a little bit by the latest and final installment of Harry Potter.

Amanda just finished her second pair, the Broad Spiral Rib Socks. Check them out, along with her super cute mary janes.

Amy has quite a bit of sock yarn p8rn to show off on her website. She’s a lucky girl, her second Anastasia took her out on a date the other night to happy hour. Amy was able to finish most of the foot section.

Amy P is hardcore. She’s made some knitting progress even while stoned. I will allow you to decipher that one on your own, by reading her blog. She’s in need of pattern testers for a sock she designed, why don’t you take a peek and read more? And do look at her socks for the design contest.

Anastacia finished her Elann spirit socks ankle socks and a pair of scrap socks, and has posted photos on her blog. Totally un-sock-related, she also posted a photo of the fan shawl she just finished, and I hope people take a peek.

Angela Marie has been busy working on her Jaywalkers and her Cascading Leaves socks. Both are quite pretty!

Ann W. may have been on a bit of a hiatus from blogging, but she certainly has some beautiful socks to show for it. Check them out!

Ruth’s progress on her Ridged Feather Socks is coming along, and they’re looking quite stunning. She, too, is almost off on vacation, so maybe we’ll have some more photos of socks in exotic places next week.

Agnes has completed her Waving Lace Socks and they are gorgeous and feminine. Unfortunately, as I’m sure many of you are aware, it’s the middle of summer and wool socks are a wee bit warm this time of year. Don’t worry Agnes, we can wear them soon enough!

And lastly, I’ve managed to post a photo of my miserable ankle socks. That are just totally miserable. I’ve barely completed one ankle section, and they’re just no good. They’re more in line with slipper socks as opposed to in-your-shoe socks, but that’s okay. My goal for this sock-along is to crochet my first pair of socks, since it’s really a milestone for me as opposed to a strong desire to crochet socks. As I’ve been lamenting on my blog, though, I hate to crochet socks. I don’t feel like I’m quite ready to learn to knit so that I can make socks, but I bet I will be someday. In the meantime, I’ve got 2 months to finish these, and I’m determined.

From Jeanie’s group:
We have five sock knitters from around the U.S., Norway and the U.K. going strong this week. Take a look at their blogs for some wonderful socks!

Hege in Norway finished two pairs of socks since our last report! She knit a pair of pastel Candy Socks from Opal self striping yarn and matched the stripes perfectly! She had enough leftover yarn to knit some toddler socks. In between sock knitting, she is making some beautiful baby sweaters.

Janelle Fine is still working on the socks for her husband and is now down to the heel flap. That’s no small accomplishment because it took four tries to finally get the calf shaping that she needed to accommodate her husband’s long legs. Now that’s perseverance.

Janet Dalzell has knit four and a half socks in five weeks. Pretty impressive! She finished the Monkey and Breeze socks and is working on sock #2 of a third pair. Now if only she doesn’t get distracted by the new Harry Potter book!

Heather McCoy just finished another pair . . . Thuja socks from the Knitty. BUT now she is ordering yarn from Europe (to go with her favorite music) and you should really take a look at this beautiful yarn on her website and follow the link to the unique Wollmeise website.

Becky Annison over in the U.K. finished her Bellatrix socks and one of her Retro Rib socks before being seduced by some sea wool for a pair of Harry Potter socks. She’s decided that Crocs are the perfect shoe to show off hand knitted socks. What a good idea!

See you next week!

From Barb’s group:
Becky was having troubles with heel flaps, so back to short rows for her.
Beth has 3 completed pairs so far WTG!! her recent Vesper pair look great.

From Tina’s group:
Three updates this week, and they’re looking GOOD!

Shannan is working on two different socks this week - both lovely, but the purple STR Hedera makes me swoon!

Shannon H. is busy on several projects, but has turned the heel on her first Charade sock. Speedy little devil!

Sockergirl is speeding along with another finished pair, a test-knitting challenge, and her Sockapalooza socks proceeding apace!

From Kathy’s group:
Have we hit the dog days of summer yet? I know I’ve personally hit a sock wall of not finishing, but I haven’t heard from many of my knitters in a LONG time!

Leigh at Rock On Knit PrOn has finished her Waving Lace socks in Claudia Hand Paint and is working now on her Spiral Eyelets. She’s had a major infusion of sock yarn stash due to someone else’s destashing efforts. They say that one woman’s trash is another woman’s stash! Or at least I’ve said it now!

Lazuli at Knitting Between the Lines has completed a pair of Gentlemen’s Fancy Socks, and they are just that!

That’s it for my group! Light this week.

From Cecilie’s group:
Tekopp started a pair of widdershins with cables, learned to cable without a cable needle and moved all of her stuff (the knitting on the top) to a new home.

Cynthia knitted while in the hospital. Bed rest is good for something, isn’t it? Well, yes. Finished socks are one of them.

Cindy finished her pair of Flying Gull socks (look at the colour of these socks, pretty). They’re an example of how to plug stitch patterns into your own basic sock and making it look great and fit just as good.

Clare repaired her needle and finished her first pair of socks for this summer *applause*

Chihiro found a new way to cast-on socks and after struggling to find a pattern to fit the yarn finished a pair.

Chewyknits has had new beginnings.

CrochetCompulsive read the Harry Potter book, had do over with the crochet sock and struggles with making a pair of knit socks that she likes.

From Vera’s group:

• Susan has a lovely cabled sock in cool shades of blue.
• Susanna’s Blueberry Lattice Socks are simply yummy.
• Karen’s Thujas are complete. This is her first pair for SOS.
• I have got to get some of that Regia Silk Tempe is using for her socks.
• Theresa has completed three pairs of socks for SOS and has three more OTN.
• Heddy’s beautiful Breeze anklets are all done. I’m trying to convince every knitter I know to give these a try.
• Tibbers whipped up a darling pair of Cider Moon socks for her sock4pal.
• Aren’t Tiennie’s socks for her sons adorable?
• Stacey’s Color Weave Socks are mad indeed, and on my “to do” list.
• Is there a pair of socks in my future?

From Jess’ group:
Week five has more progress (though much of it is attributed to me checking my spam folder. So much for gmail being ’smart’ and ‘learning’ what is spam):

Karen says: I have finished my first two pairs of socks, some Monkey’s and some basic ribbed socks, and am working on the next set!

Karen #2 says: I finally got pair 2 off the needles this week. My daughter and niece went shopping at a not so near by mall on Tuesday and I sat and knit (there are some wonderful couches at this mall…if you can find one empty).

KarenJoSeattle says: I’m still working away on sock #1 of my second SOS pair – an 11 spi Regia Silk which has been declared part of a 3-sock pair. The sock achieved prototype status when complications arose with both the lacey rib stitch unvention and with adapting the heel from Wendy’s toe up with gusset pattern to both the pattern and the gauge. I have realized that my enjoyment of the process bodes well for my design aspirations. Last Friday she posted a picture tutorial for a crochet cast-on that requires no picking up of stitches and can be used for provisional sock toe cast-ons as well as a cast-on to match bind-off on scarves.

Kairi says: I have a small update. I have finished one sock from my second pair and hoping to finish the second sock by weekend.

Kate says: I’m back from my holiday with some pair of socks knitted. Let me see, I have done Marina Piccola from Kate Gilbert, Flicker and Monkey Socks from Cookie A. On my needles now is Potatomus (Cookie A).

Jude has also been posting about her sockage - and her update was lost in the mire that is my spam folder…

Judy is having blog problems but she sent this update: I finished my ankle socks and they came out nicely. I’ve started in on another pair of ankle socks, also very simple, that I’m trying to design, but I’ve been having to do a lot of ripping. I’m also trying short row heels for the first time, and while the first half went fine, the second half somehow got lopsided, so I had to rip that out too.

Karin says: This week, I finished my 2nd SOS sock (it’s on our flickr page) and my 3rd (no pics of that one - DD ran away with my camera). Number 3 is a Harry Potter-theme called “Fawkes”. I don’t do the HP books, but I can still feel like one of the cool kids :)! Number 4 is halfway done - this is one of my own sock designs and I should have a progress pic on my blog by the end of the weekend.

~JessaLu

From Melinda’s group:
From Melinda’s Group
Pam finished her 7th pair
of socks this week. Pattern ‘Vog on for a coworker. Her next pair are Cross-Stitch
block from More Sensational knitted socks. A mistake she made from the original
pattern ended up being a liked faux-pa so she’s continuing on with her own personal
twist. I love her personal stamp to the pattern!
P-la has two socks languishing
on the needles. Sock #1 is Zen String Serendipity Sport, River, in plain ol’ stockinette
and sock #2 is Socks That Rock, Firebird, Jaywalker pattern. They’re looking good Pla!
Opal has finished her latest
pair of socks. Pattern: Slipped Stitch Rib from Sensational Knitted Socks, Yarn: Regia
Bamboo - Color 1064/Ethnos. She’s now a fan of this yarn and hopes to acquire more
soon. So very pretty!
Pat K newest pair of socks are
River Rock Monkey Socks using Koigu Yarn. The colourway of the yarn reminds Pat of
rocks in the bottom of a riverbed, and I couldn’t agree more. It’s fantastic!
Pat
has finished yet another pair. This weeks it’s Breeze Anklets by Jennifer Appleby from
Knitty Summer 2007. She used Lorna’s Laces Shepherd Sock yarn (with only 13 gm left
over) in Whisper. They’re so pretty in pink!

Not That Kat is working on her toe up Jaywalkers. She really liked
the way the stripe pattern was coming out. So much so that the closer she got to the
heel position, the more she worried about how putting the heels in place would
interrupt the striping sequence. Hence “Afterthought heels”. Go check it out. It’s such
a cool idea.
Petunia finished her first
pair of SOS 2007 socks. Yippie! Next on her needles is 2 socks on 2 circs. A first for
Petunia. The yarn in Lorna’s Laces Shepherd Sport in color Seaside. She’s started out
with WendyKnits generic toe-up pattern in sport weight but plans on adding her own
personal detail, a 4×4 rib on top, just for kicks. Way to go Petunia.
Orghlaith hates to admit it but she’s
only on the cuff of the second Tidal Wave sock, and wonders if there’s a contest for the
slowest knitter? It is a fun pattern but she has indulged in sock yarn window-shopping,
rigid heddle weaving book reading, new dpn purchases, pattern stash enhancement, and
non-sock wool additions this week instead of knitting. “Not much of an excuse, but a
whole lot of fun. Plus, It Is Summer!!!!!” I couldn’t agree more Orghlaith!
Obsidan Knitter. has frogged the
pair of Wyvern socks because it just wasn’t working out. In it’s place she started a pair
of plain stockinette in red fixation for a friend’s mother who loves red and is fighting
cancer. Obsidan Knitter is working to get those finished so her friend’s mum can wear
them when she starts chemo. How thoughtful of you, Obsidan!

From Megan’s group:
This week, Monica finished a fabulous pair of Latvian Socks from Folk Socks, using a very special yarn. Miss Scarlett finished a pair of Jaywalkers along with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and has plans for several pairs of Harry Potter-themed socks now. Mrs. H has made progress on both of her current sock projects and should have one finished by the time this is posted. She also recommends that anyone thinking of trying Tofutsies should definitely do it - she thinks it’s amazing stuff.

From Manda’s group:
Lolly celebrated her 3 year Blogiversary! She doesn’t have any finished socks, but she’s started a really pretty pair this week.

Lucinda is THISCLOSE to having a finished pair of socks, and she has plenty of socks-in-progress.

Lynette is in the process of finishing a pair of socks, and she promises pictures this weekend!

LynnK has finished a pair of socks, but she needs to get a camera before she can post pictures. WTG, LynnK!

Madelinetosh shows us some beautiful green socks-in-progress.

Madelyn finished her basic toe-up socks after I sent in my update last week. Congrats, Madelyn! She also finished some Tidal Wave socks… good job!

Maia half-finishes a pair of socks for her hubby!

Maire finishes her hubby’s socks, but is having trouble finding a specific yarn for her next socks.

Manda hasn’t blogposted in a million years, but since I’m her… I know that she’s almost done with her Sockapalooza socks, and anticipates finishing them this weekend!

Margene shows off some lovely socks-in-progress.

Meghann shows off her Sockapalooza socks in progress.

From Jody’s group:
Kristy finished two pairs of socks (thank-you-very-much-harry-potter). The first pair are kneehighs in Lion Brand Wool and the second pair are anklets made out of Cider Moon Glacier.

Sockaholic Katie just finished the first sock of her next pair in Cherry Tree Hill mill ends — again with her favorite linen stitch heel.

Knitting Hawkeye is on her fifth pair of socks! Her finished pairs include a really funky one that reminds me of acid tie dye. Very cool!

And Kendra brought her pomatomus on a harlot-like sock tour and teases us at the end with her new loot.

Howdy, Howdy, Howdy! (Do you know that movie reference?*) Welcome to Week 4. As Sarah said, “Has it been a month already?” Yup. And, as you’ll read below, some of us are in a sock-knitting frenzy, and some of us are hustling to catch up. Regardless of your own progress, read on and be inspired! Do think of Blog Reader Cecilie this week–she’s in the middle of a move! (Good luck, Cecilie…be sure to mark the knitting boxes loud and clear with “Open Me First.” A little knitting goes a long way to ease the vortex of insanity that is A Major Move. I’m just sayin’. :-D)

FYI: I’m leaving town myself this afternoon until Thursday (taking the 17-year-old son on out-of-state college visits). I’ll have Internet access, but not until tomorrow night, at earliest. I went ahead and published a little early. Jody’s blog updates will appear asap.

Have a great week…Sock On!
Beth a/k/a Bossygirl

*”Toy Story”–that’s the shark in the toy box. That’s a favorite reference here at our house…and using the appropriate shark voice is imperative, naturally.

From Dee’s group:
Emily is in love. Say what??? Yep, it’s true. She’s in love with her marigold toe up socks. Head over to see them. I say you’ll fall in love with her socks too. Very pretty, Emily. Oh yum! these peppermint mocha socks from Dawn sound good enough to eat. I’m sure the recipient will just love them! Eleanor has a beautiful pair of Embossed Leaves up on her blog and is getting ready to start some Cider Moon socks.
To my bloggers, I apologize. I experienced a little computer-operator glitch this week that caused my original post to be lost in the innernets. If I missed anyone, please write and I’ll be sure to get you up next week. (This is what happens when you tell hubby to “clean-up” the unused files.) :::embarrassed:::

From Worsted Knitt’s group:

Worsted Knitt has had a very rough week and has only finished one sock.

Tina has gorgeous Eleonoras on her needles this week, as well as a pretty sock for her husband.

Zuleika keeps up ker crocheting/knitting even though she had a very busy week.

Whitney has made sock progress, but has also had a “bad knitting day” with the Tailored Scallops cardigan.

From Jen’s group:
Even with all the Mystery Stole 3 knitting going on, we’ve got a lot of nice FOs in my group this week.

Jo Ann of Shamrock’s Gloves knocked some Monkeys off her back, and is quickly knitting up two pair of Cat Bordhi basic socks: one knit with magic loop and the other with 2 circs. She’s using Regia Crazy Color, which knits into really cool stripes. Maybe I am crazy, but those seem pretty normal to me.

Even though JessaLu has a new puppy to train, she managed to crank out her second pair of Monkeys in a really pretty Great Adirondack Yarns colorway. Check out the “painted desert,” and while you’re over there wish her a Happy Birthday!

Another birthday girl, Joanna in Ottawa, shares her day with France’s Bastille Day! Vivent les chaussettes! Excellent job matching the stripes on your freshly completed Gull Wings!

Perhaps it’s the Summer of Monkey Socks. We have another amazing pair from Jen. She knit these toe-up in Cherry Tree Hill in the Wild Cherries colorway, a great gift from her Knitter’s Tea Swap pal.

I think I need to join a swap. The Esoteric Knitter has almost finished her first pair of Monkeys that she’s making for her Sockapalooza pal. Lucky pal! Not only is the Lorna’s Laces colorway heart-stopping, but they pooled around the gusset in the same way on both socks.

Traveling Jeanie has more stunning “Socks on Vacation” photos. Her photo of Monkeys enjoying the mountain air in the Canadian Rockies is a sight to behold. And her cute anklets in a flowery meadow in Horseshoe Lakes, Indiana are totally zen.

Jessica Zarzuela also hit the road recently. Destination: historic Philadelphia where she loads up on sock yarn and finishes a shimmery pair of socks in Opal Handpaint. The founding fathers would be proud.

Marathon knitter, Jeannie, has finished an additional 3 pair of socks since I last checked in. She’s decided to start pushing into new pattern/technique territory as her Q3 challenge. She’s considering argyle, while meanwhile she cast off a gorgeous pair of Cookie A.’s Thelonius socks.

Mathgirl is off to a conference in Vancouver with a colleague. Will he think her crazy when she pulls out her stripey Duets sock to snap holiday photos?

Jeri is just about finished with her second Loksin, but has declared that she hates knitting gussets on a top-down socks. She doesn’t hate them enough to leave them at home when she travels, though. Check out her Loksins snuggling up to gorgeous fiber at Heritage Arts in Grandview, Texas.

Itchy Fingers Jess set her Undulating Ribs aside for some “mindless” stockinette in a stripey Vesper Sock Yarn. Love the greens and blues! But the summer sun has sent her chasing after the ice cream man, and now she has a scrumptious Summer Fun sock from Knitspot on the needles. She calls them “peaches and cream.” I call them “yummmmmmy!”

Jean of the Golden Purl is teaching her Mom to knit socks, and she says that plain stockinette is the perfect knit for chatting, shopping and a summer matinee. I love the soothing melony colors of her Zarina yarn. Jean is also working through her second Loksin, and she has cast on a Spiral Boot sock.

Jen’s been Jaywalking. She’s got one completed sock in a stunning, semi-solid purple color and another that dove into the deep end of the pool. Like me, Jen’s knitting has been a bit interrupted by unsightly black blotches on her latest pair. Do you like to swim in the hand-dyed pool, or do you prefer neat and orderly color variegation? Take Jen’s color-pooling survey.

In more sock introspection, Jessica ponders our perceptions of color and patterns and wonders about yarn that looks pretty in the skein and not so much in the fabric. And what about those colors that grow on you?

And finally, beautiful, lavender Zokni’s are still simmering in the Knitting Kitchen.

Till next week… Happy Socking!

From Carole’s group:
From the CaroleKnits Group:

Amy is working on her second pair of summer socks this week and learning some new cabling techniques. Don’t be surprised if you find yourself craving calamari and ice cream by the time you finish reading her post.

Carole finished two pairs of socks this week. One is a beautiful lace pattern and one is a basic stockinette sock made special because the yarn is handspun.

From April’s group:
Mystery Stole 3 doesn’t seem to have stolen the show this week! I present to you our group’s sock progress:

Alexis just got some new sock yarrrrrn: Cascade Fixation and Panda Cotton. I’ve been dying to try out the Panda Cotton and she says it’s just so soft and lovely. She also recently purchased Annie’s Attic “Stocking Feet,” with 10 crochet sock patterns. Unfortunately, a lot of the patterns use worsted weight yarns. Hello, doesn’t anyone know that socks like that don’t fit in shoes very well? Sigh. She’s almost finished with sock #2, and we’re all anxious to see how it comes out.

Poor Jen had to frog back her Mom’s socks because the gussets were just way too big. She’s having a hard time with this pair and is on the fence about scrapping the project altogether and just making Mom some Monkeys. But her spirits are probably raised a little after the wonderful sock-related book purchases she just made. In fact, she’s feeling so good that she’s got a really cool contest running on her blog between now and the end of July. Do check it out!

Deb finished her Walk in the Woods socks and the colorway is amazing.

Our other Deb had a chance to lounge pool-side while working on her newest pair of socks. I won’t lie…I’m uber jealous.

As Amanda pointed out, we’re just about a third of the way done with Summer of Socks. Can you believe it? She’s right on schedule with her Smokey Joe socks, despite taking some time off from knitting to get married. Congratulations, Amanda!

Adrienne completed one of her peonies in Tofutsies #733. I think this is one of the few pretty pastel socks I’ve seen from our group, as many of them seem to be in screaming bright colors. The peony is luscious, like a fresh flower.

Amy of Knitting in Public has finished some sock knitting this week, but unfortunately was pulled away by two funerals and a road trip. You must be exhausted, Amy. Take it easy.

Aside from all the eye candy and great photos on her blog, Amber also shows off the first of her man socks, which look fantastic. Oh, and sock yarn for her trip to Kenya. No biggie, just knitting in Africa! Yeah, no bitter jealousy here or anything.

Amy has cast on her Bellatrix socks, and they’re so gorgeous and witchy!

Emergency! Help! SOS! Amy P of Dyed in the Wool isn’t sure how she feels about the design she’s been working on. Would y’all hop over and comment on how it’s coming out? My vote is that the socks are a keeper.

Andrea finished her beach socks, and still had time to laze around and watch some movies. I am very jealous and suddenly have massive amounts of couch envy.

In her weekly installment of Sock-It-To-Me-Sunday, Angela Marie shows off two absolutely lovely socks that you simply must take a peek at.

April finally seems to have gotten her act together and has made some progress on her crocheted socks. Only to come to the realization that they’re no match for knitted socks. I’m thinking that the dark side is calling me…I may have to learn to work the needles if I want some gorgeous socks. Maybe photos of the crocheted socks next week.

From Manda’s group:
Lolly finished her Whitby socks, and they’re gorgeous!

Lucia doesn’t send any updates, but I just read that her father had a mild heart attack this past weekend. Please send happy, healthy thoughts and prayers to her and her family!

Lynette finished her Sox uh, socks.

Malia finishes half a pair!

Malin started another pair of socks.. for her FIL this time!

Manda finished her Charade socks and is plugging along on her Sockapalooza socks.

Margaret’s sock comes out of hiding, and she gets back to the sock knitting.

Melinda hasn’t posted any sock progress recently, but I just read that she was recently engaged! Congrats and Best wishes to the happy couple!!

Melissa has finished 2 pairs of socks!

It’s been mentioned previously, but I wanted to post a reminder: our very own MezzoDiva is still taking donations. Sponsor her for the 2007 Weekend to End Breast Cancer, and get a really pretty sock pattern in return (see link for details).

From Vera’s group:

Summertime and the knitting’s easy.

Susan B. has completed her first pair of Monkeys.

Is Suzann giving away UFOs?

Karen is nearing the finish line on her Thujas.

Socks two–Pairs zero!

Like me, Tammany doesn’t have a pair yet, but is working on it.

Terby’s Tiger socks are burning bright even after two years.

I’m so in love with Heddy’s Breeze socks that I had to start a pair myself. Did I say pair?

Tiennie whipped up some cool socks for her hubby.

Stacey adds a mad dash of color.

From Kathy’s group:
Busy summer knitting days!

Lisa J. at The Pick of the Knitter has finished another pair of socks! She cast them on Sunday and posted the completed pictures on Wednesday! Way to go! Lisa calls them her Angelfish Socks, made with a fishscale pattern up the sides, check them out!

Liz at Crossroad Knits completed pair of socks made with Tofutsies just in time to take them on vacation to Maine. What’s she knitting on her vacation? Appropriately, Nancy Bush’s New England Socks!

Kristy at Eleven Stitches has finished one of her single socks (remember she had eleven single socks at the beginning of the summer!), the Merino Lace socks and is finishing up her Loksins now.

Laura at Fiber Dreams had a problem with her socks this week. She’s turned the heel on her Monkey’s and lost one of her 5 dpn’s. Wow. I’ve been there! As I was writing my update, she posted that the wayward needle has been found and the Monkey’s are on their way to be completed!

Limedragon’s working on a wonderful pair of Mosaic socks, now they’re definitely on my list!

Look where LadyLungDoc at Purl This! keeps her yarn when knitting 2 socks on 2 circulars! Cool! I love learning tips like this from fellow knitters!

From Melinda’s Group:
Pat finished two pairs of socks this week.
New England socks by Nancy Bush using Regia Silk Cream Yarn and her Solstice Slip
Socks.
Not That Kat finished her
Tessellating Lace Socks-her own pattern, and is looking for a test knitter or two. Next on the
needles, toe up Jaywalkers.
PurlyGirl75. finished her
Sockapalooza Socks using Scarlet Fleece yarn in Kiwi and a Twin Rib pattern.
After finally finishing all her pre-summer of sock socks
Penny made
her first pair of anklet socks this week that count towards SOS. The yarn is Marks & Kattens
Clown, colour 1723 (greens and purples) and less than one ball was used.
Obsidan Knitter. started and finished her
first pair of socks knit on two circulars, which makes a total of four pairs since the start of SOS
2007. She started a fifth pair of socks Wednesday the 18th using Marnie’s Wyvern Pattern.
Pam finished her Jaywalkers, which make pair #6. It was slow this week
because she worked 3 12hour shifts in a row. Usually Pam only work 2 so she lost a day.
Since the email she sent me yesterday she has her first sock of pair #7 done.
Rasa finished her Monkey Socks-first
SOS pair-last Sunday the 8th in just under a week. It’s an all time record knitting socks for
Rasa. She has started her second pair, the pattern is Seduction Socks from Interweave
Knits.
Paula has a few inches done on her second
Carolina sock. For her next sock, which she has already started, she volunteered to try out
K1C2’s Soxx Appeal yarn.
Noricum has finished a pair of SOS socks that
she can’t show because they haven’t been given to the recipient, and has started her
sockapalooza socks.
Pat K has finished her pair of Trekking
Socks. Soon, news of a new pair on the needles!
Orghlaith finished the second Spring Garden
sock. She started the Tidal Wave sock earlier in the week as part of her ‘I can’t quit starting
new projects’ illness. So it has been ribbed and the cuff pattern started. It is in (surprise)
Posh Cashmere/Merino in a lovely sea green. She has another pattern for her next pair in
mind already.
Patti has finished one of a pair and will cast on
for the mate this weekend. These will be her first SOS socks.
Petunia is still working on sock #2
of the first pair. She wishes life would stop getting in the way-the laundry would do itself,
and floors would stay clean. Forever.

From Barb’s group:
Ayumi has finished a pair of Breeze from Knitty WTG!! they’re beautiful
Bee has finished her green stripey knee-high socks, WTG!!
Barb has finished a pair in Lorna’s Laces colorway Flame, WTG!! very pretty

From Tina’s group:
Some finished (and halfway finished) pairs this week:

Shannan has finished up a really lovely pair of Waving Lace socks this week. She’s also posted her latest sock yarn purchases, so check out her blog if you want to be seduced!

Shannon H. finished her Insanity socks. They’re very cute and stripey!

Sheri Roy has one of her Sockapalooza socks done, and it’s looking amazing. I think the Belle-Maman pattern has to go in the queue!

Finally, Sockergirl has been away for a while, but this week she has 3 finished pairs on show!

From Jeanie’s group:
Four weeks into SOS2007 and LOTS of socks completed!

Janelle Fine finished her Monkeys and is working on a pair of manly socks for her hubby with some challenging calf shaping. Let’s just say there was a whole lotta frogging going on, but after four tries, she is heading down the leg to the heel. In between all this sock knitting, she’s cranked out a chemo hat for a friend as well as started a baby sweater without a pattern! Brave woman.

Heather #1 on the list started a pair of ankle socks with yarn that she dyed herself. A beautiful self-striping colorway that she calls “Cantadew” because it looks like cantaloupe and honeydew!

Becky Annison was at the heel of her first Retro Rib sock earlier this week and almost down to the toe of her Bellatrix socks in Fleece Artist Seawool. She’s taking her knitting on a short holiday this week and hopes to have both pairs of these socks finished next week. She likes knitting with the Fleece Artist so much that she’s had to institute knitting rules: If she knits with the Fleece Artist, she must spend an equal amount of time knitting the Retro Rib socks, and finish the Retro’s first!

Heather McCoy went on a knitting frenzy and got all of her WIPs out last week. It took her a few days, but she finally realized that you don’t get very far knitting a little of this and a little of that. So she got focused and finished a beautiful pair of Elaan Toe-Up Chevron Socks. Then she rushed to sign into Ravelry so she could move them from the WIP to the Finished category!

Another Heather heard from! This is Heather Knits on the sidebar. She finished a beautiful pair of hiking socks in the Three Waters Farm Lilac colorway. She already gave them a test drive out in the Colorado mountains! Her advice: Don’t wear hand dyed socks before washing them or your feet will match your socks!

From Cecilie’s group:
Courtney’s baby booties are finished, and the heel has been turned on the embossed leaves.

Chris can’t find her first pair for SOS (she hid them in a safe place, never a good idea..) but got working on a new pair on a long train ride.

Chihiro finished lace socks, an intricate and pretty pattern.

Chewyknits needs to post pictures of her finished “Whiskers and Paw Prints” socks and how her own design socks.

Dawn obsesses over socks, even taking them to the poolside. She finished her first pair in a woosh, and promptly started two new ones. If you want to see pretty crocheted socks, go to her blog.

CJ1S battles second sock syndrome.

Clare repaired the broken needle with some glue (good luck finding a new set of Clover Size 2 16″ circulars) and started a new pair on some other needles.

From Jess’ group:
Week four has four of my ‘peeps’ checking in with progress:

Karin says: I finished my first official SOS pair (on our flickr group & my blog) and have another half pair done today. A stash dive turned up lots of Fleece Artist yarn, and remembering some of the group discussions at the beginning of SOS ‘07, where some people were considering “theming” their SOS socks, I thought maybe I would do all of my socks in the FA yarn. We’ll see how my attention span holds up :).

Kathy says: I only knit one of my Giotto / River Rapids socks in Fleece Artist Pinata - the yarn is delicious! And then knitting ADD hit and I jumped into Nancy Bush’s Child’s First Sock in Shell Pattern using Posh Yarn’s Lucia. What a great pattern for summer knitting, easy to remember! I’ve finished sock 1, and have cast on for the second. I hope to have BOTH second socks well on their way by next week!

Judy is checking in for the first time: I have finished one sock in my second pair of socks, and am closing in on the second. Maybe I’ll finish up this weekend; maybe not. The rain is helping.

This pair of ankle socks are my first stab at designing socks. I may enter it in the design contest, but I have another pair I’m thinking about, and we’ll see if I get to that one & if it comes out okay. Considering this is just my fourth pair of socks I’ve ever knit, I’m mostly pleased with how the design on my ankle socks came out.

Last but definitely not least, Katie says: I finished my first pair of SOS socks a week ago…and I’ve started my second pair. Clearly I’m not going for the “most socks” contest. Enjoy the post, and thanks for reading.


~JessaLu

From Sarah’s group:

Here’s what Sarah’s group has been up to!

Renee finished her Shimmer Socks. They’re just gorgeous — these socks are guaranteed to make you smile. She says she’s quite pleased with how the pattern (from Magknits) and the yarn (Lorna’s Laces) worked together, and I have to agree. She also reports that she started a pair of cabled socks — can’t wait to see them!

Heather’s socks got to see some amazing scenery. I may have just gotten back from a vacation, but these pictures gave me the travel bug again!

Samantha has four (!) pairs of socks on the needles, and finished a pair of footies. I’m glad to see I’m not the only person who can’t be monogamous to a single pair. Her Gryffindor socks sure are timely, what with the Book Release of the Century this weekend…

Sally finished a super-cool sock — it’s a landscape scene! You’ve gotta check this one out. I can’t begin to tell you how much I like the colors that she used.

Sarah is somehow managing to knit socks AND care for a newborn at the same time. I can hardly remember to feed my cats in a timely manner, so I find this to be extraordinary. I love the blue sock yarn she’s using — it’s such a rich, deep color.

Robin finished her husband’s socks — they look great, and he is one lucky guy! And just in time for the aforementioned Book Release of the Century, she finished her

Horcrux Socks too. Yep — you read that right, TWO finished pairs in one week. She’s already started her next two pairs, too!

Sammie has all kinds of sock news — she finished her turquoise anklets (yay!) and also made it through a blue self-patterning sock. She’s now working on a pair of blue-orange-yellow striped socks as well as some green eyelet rib socks. I love to see all this variety!

I finished my second SoS sock — too bad it’s not a match for the first one I finished. I hope I’ll manage to get a couple of actual finished pairs soon!

Welcome to Week 3. For all the sock progress reported below you’d think everyone was doing nothing but sitting in their easy chairs watching big tv and knitting for hours on end! I’m so impressed. WTG, sock knitters! (As for me, I’ve false-started my most recent pair not one, not two, but three times in the last week. Apparently the stars are not aligned in my favor at the moment*g*). If anyone else is in the frog pond with me, take heart, read on, and be inspired!
Beth

From Worsted_Knitt’s group:

Lesley send her updates: she’s finished one pair, and struggling with the other’s short-row heel.

Wendy’s happy to have finished her pair of Waving Lace socks, which took quite long to finish she says.

Our other Wendy has knit a lot of socks, but hasn’t posted them yet. Go and marvel at them!

Pagoda Lace Socks, Double Eyelet Rib Socks, Solstice Slip Sock or the S(p)ocks. The Asparagus Cable Socks are still in the making,

Tina has finished her Sweepeas in radioactive red yarn!

Victoria’s Monkeys are done, see the pictures in her blog.

And Zuleika, she keeps on producing wonderful crocheted socks at an amazing speed, plus has started a knitted toe-up sock

Worsted Knitt’s Rainbow socks are done! Plus she’s working on some child-size socks as gifts.

From Dee’s group:
I haven’t heard from many of my bloggers this week. However, the ones I did hear from have some fabulous entries into the Summer of Socks. Paula has finished her ‘Vog-On sock from the newest issue of Knitty. They’re so pretty in pink. Want to win a pair of socks? Check out Deb’s Vesper Socks. As they say at Publisher’s Clearing House, “you could be a winner”. Eleanor has finished up her Melanie’s Twist socks. The colorway she chose is just perfect with this pattern. Elemm has been working on his Vinnland socks some more. He also started a pair of socks of his own design. He’s named his pattern “Charlie Brown Blues”.

From Jen’s group:
I’ll start with the biggest news first. Jeannie is blowing my mind. She has knit EIGHT pairs of adult socks since June 21. These are not just plain janes either. This week she debuted Cross Stitch Blocks and Grapevines from “More SKS,” Welt Fantastic from “SKS” and Pepperknit’s Anastasia socks. Jeannie’s the one to beat for the most socks contest.

Something’s cookin’ in the Knitting Kitchen. Early in the week, Jennifer finished up a pair of Fixation socks in time to take her Stansfields-in-progress to the Baseball Hall of Fame. She knocked the Stansfields out of the park with enough of her own hand-dyed yarn left over for a pair of matching toddler socks. Now she’s got a gorgeous lilac Zokni on the needles.

No Muggles here! Harry Potter fans should check out JessaLu’s Horcrux Socks in Cherry Tree Hill that she hand-dyed herself (Are those Gryffindor colors?) and Jessica S’ Firebird (Fawkes rocks!). Happy Fifth Wedding Anniversary and 100th blog post, Jessica!

More celebrations! Jo at Celtic Memory Yarns marked her blogiversary in style this week, showing off a fresh, new Pomotamus sock. Check out Jo’s blog for stunning photos of her little neck of the Emerald Isle. Erin go bragh!

Jessica de la Zarzuela whipped up a pair of Falling Leaves in a week. Monkey fans take note: check out this Knitty pattern. Using Clessidra as a model, Jessica also explained how she converts cuff-down patterns into toe-up ones. Bookmark it.

JenSquared is also working on Falling Leaves, teaching herself to knit two socks with two circs in the process. She and her new techniques are getting along so well, she took her socks out to the drive-in. Jen knows how to treat a sock.

Another new toe-up knitter, Mathgirl, was seeing red: a tight gauge, 4 needles, can’t try them on, tight bind off. The solution: blocking!

We’ve got cheers and tears from Jen of Tua Bella. She cast off two pairs in one day! Hooray! But sadly, Jen had to frog her Mad Color Weaves-in-progress. For some great sockspiration, check out Jen’s Bayerische socks. Gorgeous!

Still waters may run deep, but rapids run fast! Jessica E’s showing her second pair of River Rapids, bringing her SOS total up to 3 pairs. Rumor has it that she’s got 2, maybe 3 more pairs on the needles and at least one of those is River Rapids again. I think it’s time to check out that pattern.

Itchy Fingers Jess is still undulating. This “Favorite Socks” pattern has a freaky toe that you must see. Jess has a great photo of hers.

Last but not least, Jen of Legal Needles managed to squeeze in a few rounds of Giotto while studying for the bar. We’re pulling for you, Jen!

From Carole’s group:
Beverly has finished her first pair of socks for SOS. The pattern she used, Cascading Leaves, is wonderful and the green of the socks reminds me of summery green grass.

Amy has also finished her first pair of Summer socks. And she knit them in some rather unique places, too!

And that’s it for this group. Just a reminder to get those updates to me each week by Thursday so that I can get the group update to Beth on Friday. Thanks!

From April’s group:
It seems like everyone is busy with Mystery Stole 3, but many of us have made some great progress on our socks nonetheless.

Abby of Ever Decreasing is still plugging away on her Vinnland and Jaywalkers. She hasn’t quite had the motivation to start on her second Vog On, but that’s okay. Vinnland is her first toe-up pattern and she’s loving it. I’m so anxious to see them when they’re done.

Last week Adrienne was pretty convinced that SOS stood for Stupid Ol Sock. I am proud to announce that this week, she’s changed her tune and has decided that SOS officially stands for Start (an)Other Sock! She designed a sock called “Peonies” and is working on a pair for herself.

Whilst Knitting in the Valley , Agnes has completed her “Pretty Comfy Socks,” and has begun work on her second pair using Opal Petticoat. I can’t wait to see how these work up. I’m a wee bit jealous of her pretty comfy socks, and if she doesn’t watch it they might soon be pretty completely stolen…by me!

Jen’s been a bit under the weather, but she was still able to work the gusset and turn the heel of her Mom’s socks. We hope you feel better, Jen.

Ali of Skeins her Way has completed her first sock and is well on her way to completing Sock #2. Great job, Ali!

Allison is slightly behind on her goal to knit one pair of socks per week, but she’s finished pair #2 and is working on her third.

Amanda’s feeling A Little Fuzzy , this week about following the rules. She realized that she didn’t follow the directions for her Flame Wave Socks. Shhhh….we won’t tell.

Amber’s making all of us jealous, as she spent a good amount of time knitting on the beach in Florida. I don’t know what I’m more excited about, the beach photos or the sock photos. She’s put down her knee high socks for now until she’s sure they will fit their recipient, and is working on a second pair for a friend.

Amy has finished her first Anastasia sock and, as I suspected would be the case, I’m just about ready to steal it for my own foot! Something about lime green socks make my world a happier place.

Angela Marie has made much progress on her Big Black Socks and her socks for the Hogwarts Swap. Great job Angela Marie!

Anne-Marie is almost finished with her Elfine Socks, and her handspun socks are no longer a WIP!

Amy of Dyed in the Wool recently acquired some sock yarn with which to knit her design for the competition. Can’t wait to see what she comes up with!

Manda has finished her Space Monkey socks and has begun work on her third pair. All this while baking cakes for the enemy. Where does she find the time?

April is very sad to report that she has frogged all of her crocheted socks and has nothing, and I mean nothing, to show for SOS 2007 whatsoever. We’re only into Week 3, though, so I’m certain I’ll catch up once the numbness from feline-induced-wallet-emptying subsides.

From Barb’s group:
Barb has finished her first pair WTG!!
Becky has finished the Bubble Wrap socks, her Big Black socks and Jaywalkers are also coming along
Beth has finished a pair of pretty blue/purple socks in the Broadripple pattern WTG!!!
Baseballknitter has finished her first Vesper sock that is GORGEOUS I personally LOVE the color, but she does not care for the yarn go on over and tell her how great the sock looks!!!

Beth has finished her 1st pair WTG!! in very pretty Cider Moon color Baked Alaska

From Vera’s group:

Summer is sizzling, and so are the socks.

Tiennie’s new socks are absolutely gorgeous and in a stunning color.

Aren’t Stacey’s Whitby’s pretty in pink? Now, however, she’s found a new love.

Susan is back from vacation is and cast on a lovely sock with yarn from Mama-E.

Susie has finished her Inside Out Socks. Great job.

Tanya is busy “casting away’ on lots of pretty socks. Check out her sweet Pomatomus socks. Terby has started some cool socks OTN as well.

Tempe go the “toe up” and finished her colbalt blue Widdershins.

Suz snuck in some sock knitting this week.

Now, Theresa has got her priorities straight. She is packing eight sock projects for a five day trip!

Vera is so overwhelmed by all her socks OTN and Ravelry, so she gave up for now, and started another sock. She really likes the Dream in Color yarn too.

From Jeanie’s group:

Jeanie has five sock knitters reporting in this week. Just click on their names to read their blogs and see some B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L socks!

Janet Dalzell is working on three pairs of socks! She is nearing the end of her first pair of Monkey Socks and started a pair of Breeze socks, but says she’s having a hard time getting motivated to work on some “plain Jane” stockinette socks because the other patterns are much more fun. Be sure and take a look at her blog because her Monkey socks are fabulous!

Heather Lovely is making a valiant attempt to overcome second sock syndrome, and is working on two pairs at the moment. She is doing a beautiful pair with Cherry Tree Hill supersock using a cross-over rib pattern, and another pair with some gorgeous Lorna’s Laces Shepherd Sock yarn. Check them out on her blog.

Becky Annison reports that after she finished her Embossed Leaves socks, she was guilted into starting a pair for her partner in a manly rib (Retro Rib from “Favourite Socks”), but this pair isn’t going as smoothly. A gauge issue necessitated casting on 80 stitches and she things she may be coming down with second sock syndrome.

Janelle Fine finished her first pair of “Mini” Monkey Socks and when last heard from was stash-diving while trying to decide what socks to do next. You can see some beautiful Monkey’s on her blog!

Hege Svendsen has finished one pair and is knitting two more pairs of socks, including a pattern from “Sensational Knitted Socks” that incorporates 2-color stranded knitting. Take a peek at her blog to see the socks in progress.

From Cecilie’s group:
Chewyknits insists on claiming that she has little time to knit, but she still manages to make a pair a week? A pretty pair each week…

Cindy finished a striped pair (and made an adorable little keychain sockblocker sock to it). Go and see her lantern moon bag sale loot as well. Wow.

Christina has been searching for a missing sleeve, and finished a pair of hawkeye socks (go look!)

After much ado Channon finished her pair of socks on two circs and cast on for her sockapalooza socks, luckily her pal has small feet…

Clare had a needle problem, the needle just came apart at the join…

Jennifer shows of her nail design and a finished pair

Courtney isn’t making much progress on her Embossed Leaves.

Cynthia knits her socks while listening to the Harry Potter books, the magic must be seeping into the socks, they look great!

Dawn’s life been crazy for some time, so now she’s crocheting up a storm of socks to catch up. And dk weight makes everything go faster, right?

Tekopp is packing her life into boxes again, while making her sweetie his first pair of hand knit socks.

From Tina’s group:
Only one update this week! It’s a good one at least - Sheri Roy finished her first SOS pair of socks! She says no other socks until she finishes the pair for her pal.

From Jody’s group:
Katie’s on fire and finished another pair! This one is in Cider Moon’s Glacier yarn. She used a linen stitch for the heel flap and it looks great!

Kimberly finished a pair of men’s socks in Inca Alpaca.

Krafty1 finished a pair of Gentlemen’s Socks in Regia Bamboo Color, and already started her next pair — Coupling in another shade of Regia Bamboo Color.

Kristin finished a pair of Victorian Lace Socks. It’s a free pattern from the Six Sox KAL and uses a modified version of the melon stitch — an old stitch pattern made new again by Jane Sowerby in Victorian Lace Today. Very cool and it looks great even in variegated yarn!

From Jess’ group:
It’s been a slow week - only two people reported in with progress:

Karin is working on a pair of ‘Clementines’ while Kairi has a pair of anklets finished!

~JessaLu

From Megan’s group:
Monica has finished two pairs of gorgeous socks. Miss Scarlett shares a week in the life of her sock in progress. Michelle has been working on her first Bayerische sock, which is apparently a feat of knitting endurance - some rounds take an hour to knit! Nadine has finished several pairs of socks, including her own Snake Scales pattern, and still has 14 sock projects on the needles. She also stocked up on some gorgeous Tausendschön sock yarn and has been working her way through the heel and toe options in the Sockenworkshop book. She thinks she may have found the perfect heel!

From Kathy’s group:
Lots of vacation knitting going on and a few of my knitters have had some family and pet issues to deal with. Sometimes that increases the knitting, and helps you deal with the hard times…Take care ladies, we’re with you.

The knitters who have checked in this week are:

Linda at Boogie Socks, who finished her second sock of her first pair! She’s been doing baby socks so this is a big step in her sock knitting life! She’s chosen the yarn for the second pair, a gorgeous skein of Seacoast Handpainted yarn in Penstemon, but not the pattern yet. Perhaps a pair of Monkey’s? They are addictive!

Lisa J at The Pick of the Knitter has finished her first SOS pair and is working on pairs 2 & 3 at the same time. What!? Two projects going on at the same time?! A knitter after my own heart! One of them is the Watermelon Tourmaline in Feather & Fan.

Leigh at Rock On Knit Pron! has finished her first Waving Lace sock and 2/3 of the cuff for the second one is done! Hooray!

Lisa at Knitting By the Sea has finished her Monkeys and cast on some Cable Rib socks. Can’t wait to see the pictures!

Keep going ladies! I love watching the progress and the learning that is going on all over the knitting world!

From Sarah’s group:

Just a short update from my group this week. First of all, I should have included this last week, but forgot…Kellie finished her first Monkey and is plugging away at the second. Ruth has turned the heel on both of her socks (she’s knitting two at once!) and will soon have a lovely pair to keep her feet warm. Sammie finished one of her turquoise anklets and even beat Second Sock Syndrome at its own game — she’s almost half-done with its mate! And Sally is really making me covet some Dream in Color yarn, what with the lovely Monkeys she just finished, and the gorgeous green sock she’s working on now.

From Melinda’s group(courtesy of Kirsten!):

Following Melinda’s group this week has been very inspiring. Makes me feel like I’d best get needles clicking a bit faster…

Neuroknitter offered some weekend eye candy including photos of two newly finished socks: Monkey and Solstice Slip Socks.

Petunia has been one busy grandma. She has an adorable model pose with her pinky striped socks — one completed and the next on the needles. This week she’s added a new hobby, based in part on her visit to a cozy looking yarn shop.

Rebecca is done with one Nightshade boot sock and, after a number of false starts, has half of the leg done on her Sockapalooza 4 sock — a summer-appropriate pairing of Kate Gilbert’s Marina Piccolo pattern with Blue Lagoon-hued yarn. She also offers us a glimpse of socks-to-be towards the end of her post.

Phoebe put aside her normal Tour de France knitting to spend some time with her second Solstice Sock, which she poses in an unusual still life photo.

Orghlaith has been spending lots of time outside, but still managed to finish her Denmark socks and to start her next pair — Spring Garden socks using some Posh yarn.

Pam has finished FIVE pairs of socks, including this week’s Monkey anklets and some Refreshing ‘Vog Ons. She’s now well into her sixth pair, Jaywalkers.

Obsidian Knitter is keeping up her grueling pair-a-week pace, having completed a pair of mosty-toasty house socks for her uncle. She anticipates keeping up the pace with a mini diamond pair she’s knitting for a friend’s upcoming birthday.

Omly has knit Dragon Socks, combining a really neat mitered pattern with a variegated yarn in Project Spectrum colors to come up with socks that are totally appropriate to finish during this week’s Harry Potter-mania. She also finished some Danke socks a couple weeks back — a thank you gift for a handknit sweater from Germany.

From Manda’s group:
Lorette has knit a bit on some pretty Wollmeise socks!

Lucinda finished one of the feet of her Battle of Hastings socks.

Lynette started one of her Stitch & Pitch socks this week.

Maia finishes her latest sidewinder!

Maire fails at making the World’s Ugliest Monkeys, but she does make some progress on her Monkey socks.

Malia completes her first SOS 07 pair!!

Malin finishes some super-cute toddler socks, as well as her Mata Hari AND Cable Rib socks! WTG!

Manda is on the foot of her 2nd Charade socks and hopes to have a finished pair this weekend.. just in time to sit and wait for Sockapalooza (in case the Sockapalooza socks don’t get finished! LOL)

Margene is struck by SSS, but has three lovely socks in progress.

Margie shows off some Slytherin socks for her HP Swap pal.

Meg finished some very pretty Wyvern socks.

Megan finished her Monkeys and one of her Sidewinder socks this week.

Meghann finihed a mismatched pair of socks… one Wendy’s Generic Toe Up and one of her Coupling socks. Lovely socks.. hopefully we’ll see the other mismatched pair soon!

Mei finished half of a pair of Opal Flamingo socks.