May 05 2008
ain’t no party like a sock knitter party
Anne-Marie, Sit ‘n’ Knit New York’s fearless leader, organized on helluva sock swap for the group. I lucked out big time when Anne-Marie assigned Annmarie to knit me my socks, because she took my color and yarn preferences straight to heart.
Solid orange Koigu, y’all. Be still my beating heart. I didn’t even express my distaste for variegateds in the survey, but she saw straight to my true nature. The pattern, 9 to 5, is by Nicole Hindes and the pair fit me perfectly. Thanks again so very much, Annmarie! I’m also happy that by happenstance I sat next to you and we got to chat.
Other socks given showed really amazing work—Chante could “only” get through 1 intensely argyled knee sock, so the girl knit a whole other pair for Carolyn. Jane hand-spun and hand-painted the yarn she used for Virginia’s socks. I was duly impressed with all the socks—and I think my love for knitting has been totally reinvigorated.
We all gathered ’round for a group feet shot. Because I don’t have a wider angle lens (sigh . . .) there was no possible way to get all the feet in at once for me (unless I’d been up on some kind of crane, which I did not have on hand, and even then my foot wouldn’t have been in, unless it was the focus and everyone else was in bokeh . . . but I digress). You can see the whole group in the shot Anne-Marie took here. But what I was able to capture—and which definitely makes up for the lack of a circle of feet—is how closely we were jammed up against each other, and also how much fun we had!
I’ll tell you about the socks I knit soon—I just put mine in the mail today, because my pal couldn’t be at the party.
Oh my gosh! Look at that red & blue argyle! Wow!
That argyle is amazing. And all the socks look great!
can’t tell you how pleased I am that you like your socks! :) rock on in orange, girl!
Did this post title just reference an S Club 7 song? Or am I going crazy…?
Oh yeah, that orange is a major winner, love it!
looks like a whole lotta fun! you received a pair of winners there!
Those orange socks are *so* you. The pics of all of us trying to cram our feet into a circle made a little lump in my chest. I’m glad everyone had fun. How thrilling that it even reinvigorated your love of knitting. Hooray!
Wow! What fun!! So I *have* to know, where’s the pattern for that “intensely argyled” sock in the red and blue?! It’s amazing!
Those argyle socks are off the chart!
Amy
These photos are beautiful! they really show the fun of the meetup!
Love the orange socks ;)
Ain’t nothing like orange Koigu. I recognized the sock Shameka knit in the many feet photo. Good to know she finished.
You lucky girl! Solid orange Koigu sounds just about perfect.
and the argyles really are amazing
Elizabeth - yup, it does indeed! The same song is referenced by Flight of the Conchords in the Rhymenocerous vs Hiphopapottamus song - “Ain’t no party like my Nanna’s tea partay! Hey!”
Ahem, so I’ll stop there before I totally out-geek myself! Sock Swap Party - best idea ever! The orange Koigus are gorgeous, you really lucked out.
What a great idea! Fab looking socks…
LOL my socks didn’t make it into the picture but I did make it into the one of us all crammed together. Such an awesome swap! And now I have so many more patterns to queue
‘heyyy hoooh’
Love those Argyle socks!