Pair # 2 is done! Finished the toes on them early this morning as I was sipping my coffee.
So this makes pair # 2 (of my challenge to myself to make 4) socks done for the Socktoberfest Opal Challenge. So later I’ll go delving into the box of Opal yarn to decide what I want to do net. Stripey pair? patterning pair similar to this? Use a pattern or plain jane sock? So many decisions to make. 
In addition to being my 2nd pair for this challenge, it is added to my 12 in 2012 Challenge and there it is my 16th pair finished!! There are 1760 yards in a mile so I’ve now knit approximately 6,900 yards worth of yarn year to date (not just socks but also my Camp Loopy projects) which means I’m just 140 yards short of knitting 4 miles. It’s much easier and quicker to BUY 4 miles of yarn than it is to knit it. LOL
But 16 new pairs of socks so far this year — I’m real happy about that. Can a girl have too many pairs of socks? I don’t think so (especially as much as I hate doing laundry).
Well done! I am a slow beginner knitter and I take forever. Of course it doesn’t help when you have all of this applique you have to get done, but oh well…maybe after 4-5 years I will have a mile.
Love the socks you make they are beautiful
No, a girl cannot have too many pair of socks!
I think you need to find a nice stripe and make a pair of Circle Socks!
Love these, you are a knitting machine!
That’s what I’m thinking about doing Judy – I so like the ones you and Judy L are making. Need to do some refiguring on the pattern tho since I am so not a “small or medium” size foot so need to figure out how many more circle repeats I need to add.
I would love to see the actual yarn alongside the striped socks you knit and i agree, you are a knitting machine. I’m averaging one pair a year. Work and quilting keeps getting in my way.
You have to look at the photos of the socks in progress to see what the yarn looks like before it’s knit.
Denise, you have got the prettiest socks in the country. Can’t believe how quickly you do them.
Thanks Joyce.