File Under Masochist Knitting

Last week when the Sock Drawer of Shame was opended up for all the world to see, a few people asked about the bright orange something-or-other tucked into the corner.

It's a sock, of course! A completely insane, tiny needled thing.

You've always wanted to make a pair of entrelac socks knit on double OO's, right?

The yarn is Anne Shaefer and EL Silky Wool. The formula begins by casting on 100 stitches and knitting in 2 x 2 rib. I started knitting this sock in stockinette, and the colors looked, well, absolutely disgusting. I played around- and this is where I ended up.

Off the foot each square puffs out and looks like an intensely colored piece of tile. I kept thinking the sock looked like a hot air balloon.

Even though it looks huge, it fits quite well. Doing it over again, I would eliminate the weird break between the leg and foot on the instep. To do this, I'd have to rip out the heel-- and there's just no way I'm going to do that!

Clearly, the sock has been in hibernation for some time. I knit the majority of this sock during the late-mid winter of 2006. This year I didn't pick it up. Perhaps I was obsessed with another project and didn't even think about it...

Next winter, maybe?