It may be an omen of things to come or simply an auspicious sign of my knitting future, but after this post I started not one, but TWO socks! What was that? Did some start chanting "the sky is falling, the sky is falling?"

The day after that post where I proclaimed to all of the interweb that I seem incapable of starting and knitting socks, I started my Citrus Sox. What? Haven't you heard this term before, or anything about the Citrus Socks-Along? Well, that might be because some of us with these blog things just haven't been talkin' it up (or working on said socks as planned). A-hem.

The plan was that in order to gear up for super sunshine bright happiness that is summer, we (a happy group of knitters here in the big D) were starting a Citrus Socks knit-along. Simply put: knit a pair of summery socks in fruity colors. If you could see the color in a pitcher of icy Kool-Aid or in a bowl of cool fruit salad, it was an okay color.

The dates for this KAL took a wild ride along the calendar. I believe it settled somewhere around May 1, but I could be wrong. Especially since I didn't start until, um... last week. A few of the girls started their socks on time, but I don't believe that anyone has completed them yet. Tsk, tsk.

Anywho, so my belated but still summery Citrus socks yarn is Regia cotton Surf Colors in melon-y colors (#5413 Nixie). Mmmm, refreshing. I'm using a sock pattern from the Knit Socks! book (I'll post the actual pattern name when I post about the socks - with pix - next). I'm working on 5 size US #2 dpns.

Oh - and those second socks? Well... (cough, cough) I started them last night when I picked up my citrus socks and couldn't remember where I was in the pattern. See my eyes were tired and dry and didn't want to work too much, so instead of squinting and figuring it all out (which I still need to do, thank you v. much) I simply started a pair of socks for Bonez.

Now these are socks that I have started before when I was trying to learn the magic loop method (one gigantar circular needle). But I left them alone too long and had to ripppp! Now I've started it again on 5 size US #1 dpns. Ooh, so tiny! Again, I'm following a pattern from Knit Socks!, and I'm almost positive that the yarn is Regia of some sort (variegated grays).

There will be more knitting with the gals tonight, so hopefully I can get a little help with my citrus sock. Otherwise there may be a stand down. And let me tell you, I have the sock yarn to pass quite a bit of time. Think on that, my melon-y friend.

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