Summer Sizzlers Started

Since Summer of Socks started Saturday, at 7 a.m. (not a bad string of alliteration , eh?) I cast on my first ever toe up sock! The pattern (although you probably won't be able to pick it out from my picture -- ha! ha!) is the Summer 2008 Sock pattern by Wendy Johnson, created specifically for SOS 2008. It looks like a nice lacy pattern ... and I had the perfect yarn to make it sizzle in my stash -- Kertzer On Your Toes 4 ply in colour ON223818 (sexy name, eh?).

I am calling them Summer Sizzlers (and am so excited that the toes of the socks are going to be orange -- for some weird reason, if I don't like the way the colours work out at the toe of a sock, it ruins me for the whole pair! You know what I mean? If there is a beautiful colour at the toe, and it is a nice solid sequence of that colour, I think my sock is ugly if there is just one row of another colour before I bind off - especially if that colour is white. So this toe up thing could make me a very happy woman, and lessen my OCD a bit! Yay! Orange toes!).

I have been bouncing around since 7 a.m., checking my "Friends activities" on the Rav and on their blogs, and so far nary a picture or post about their SOS projects. I am going on a conference on Monday, and likely won't get to a computer for the 3 days I am away - girls, I need to see what you are doing so I have a fix before I go!

Also, need to get my butt in gear to finish the "homework" for the conference, the square representing my community . I finished knitting the back last night, washed and blocked it and have begun the final hunt for items to tuck into each pocket (representing each of the 9 districts in my community). When the back is dry, I will sew the pockets on, attach the backing with my description of what the whole thing means, stuff the pockets with the trinkets and post a picture on the blog, so all my wonderful volunteer pocket knitters - and crocheters {hi Marti} can see their work and how it all came together as a collective.)

So far -- this is how I am picturing it (the final pocket will be knit after the others are all sewn in place, and will fit whatever space is available).

Stay tuned!