Homey Socks

The socks had a great time at the Reds game yesterday.  I didn’t know it beforehand, but apparently there was a Stitch and Pitch group in attendance because the guy that checked my bag at the gate wanted to know if I was with them.  I wasn’t, but I happily stitched while they pitched anyway.  I really don’t know how I ever attended a baseball game before without knitting since it is without a doubt one of the most boring American past times ever.  Short of teaching every baseball attendee to knit I’m not really sure how they can reliably increase attendance.  Dollar hot dogs just aren’t enough…they really should do something about the speed of the game.  At any rate, it works fine for me since Jim gets to do something he likes (although even his patience is tested by the boringness of  it all…it he hadn’t grown up in such a baseball town I am sure that we would never go to a game) while I do something I like.

Sock stats:  Generic short row toe and heel, toe up on US 1 DPNs using hand spun 100% super-wash merino in colorway “Summer Citrus” at approximately 6 spi.  I couldn’t believe how fast these seemed after working constantly on the FPS for so long.  I also couldn’t believe that I turned out reasonable fraternal socks on hand spun.  I spun, plied and wound the yarn with total disregard for color so it was pure dumb luck that they turned out this way.  Chinni clearly approves of the new kicks.