Yay, Socktoberfest! I don’t (yet) have any size 0 needles for my Yarn Pirate yarn, so I’ve started knitting the hand-dyed Punched in the Eye yarn. It looks much less bruise-like once knitted up - my camera really wants to accentuate the crazy reds and blues in the skein, but it looks much more monochromatic in real life. And as always, yarn enjoys a tasty Flat Tire.

My plans for Socktoberfest are two, possibly three pairs of socks. I was planning on all sorts of sock knitting this evening, but was pulled away by beer instead. All in the name of Socktoberfest! The purple socks (Rib and Cable from Interweave Fall 2005) are for Rob’s mom for xmas. His dad will also be getting a pair of Manly Man socks (possibly Trekking. we’re still exploring our options for Manly socks). The Yarn Pirate is all mine, baby! I’m kind-of waiting to see if Lolly will get a full pair of kneesocks out of her skein - if so, then kneesocks it is! They’ll likely come in useful for the season that Houston calls Winter (also known as Fall in other, more northern, states).

This weekend I made a deal with Amy: I would knit 4-6 inches on Sarcelle in exchange for a completed Swallowtail Shawl. I totally finished my end of the deal - Sarcelle was 9 inches into the knit-straight rows on Friday night, and thanks to a movie night and some chill-out time on Saturday, is 13 inches long now. I seriously put some good knitting energy into the thing, so I’m pretty pleased with my progress. Amy has not finished the shawl, so BOOO! Hopefully we’ll see a finished Swallowtail at the Thursday Stich+Bitch!