nice laurna's!

hahah, i spelled lorna's wrong. i KNEW it looked wrong when i typed it :)

also, SSS is just one of those things.. i think that it has a lot to do with summer as well.

Yup, I have SSS too... *sigh*
That Lorna's is amazing! I've never seen that colorway.
And will ya stop the anxiety over the sock pal sock? It looks lovely even if it's not your cup of tea.

Ah, the curse of SSS - maybe you will be overcome with the desire to have a pair of something you will be tempted back to the WIP pile? It's funny, I finished my charade socks yesterday.

May I just say, I've knit more pairs of socks in Lorna's Laces Shepherd Sock than I care to own up to, and that is the greatest colourway I've seen. Please post a picture once you've wound it (or at the very least, once you start knitting with it), since it's always such a suprise how the colours in those hanks end up. Man, with yarn like that I wish I was your Sock pal (I'm not -- I'm with you on the whole cotton sock yarn thing).

I love the LL! Great color combo. I'm so glad I didn't do Sockapalooza this time around - the stress is just too much for me. I'm sure your pal will like whatever you knit for her (I'm assuming it's a her).

i felt the SAME way you did about the Trekking 100!!! except i ended up finishing the pair and gifting them. they aren't as awesome a color as i imagined them to be. well, what i mean is..they aren't for me. haahah

i love the other socks. ;) I still have to do a pair of your charade :)

Please let me know if you find the cure the SSS, I too suffer this disease! :) I like the sock you are working on for your pal - it does fit her criteria perfectly!

there are a bunch of people out there knitting single socks - you can get back to them in the fall when the weather induces more knitting attention...

Oooh. It's a nice pattern. I might substitute a short-row heel.

SSS - the bane of my existence! that is why I am now knitting (or attempting) two at once on circs - we'll see how that goes.

They are all kicky socks though - maybe someday you will feel like finishing...

Okay, I don't know the antidote for SSS but apparently someone slipped it to me. I have cast on for my first 2nd sock ever! AND I think I'm going to have to make this OTHER sock I just started into a Charade sock ~ but I'm going to do it toe up and with a short row heel. Just because that worked out for me so well. Stay tuned! Oh, I have some of the Trekking 100 too ~ sad it see it isn't so wonderful.

Uh oh, sockapalooza! I better get started. Suddenly that deadline is approaching fast.

I think the Broad Ripple looks really pretty! But if you're going to be nursing doubts the whole time you knit, start over. Sorry about the cotton preference; that's unfortunate.
Also, me too on Sockapalooza panic...shit, I have to make knee socks!

I put my koigu socks in the washer and dryer all the time and they come out fine. You don't have to use cotton yarn!

Ugh, I know what you mean -- my sock pal requested both lace AND crazy variegated colors. But I think your Broadripple is pretty, if not exactly your style. :)

No cure. Can't stand SSS. It is my middle name. I'm determined that my Charade Socks will be my first completed pair that I am in love with.

I think your broadripple looks great even if it isn't your style. I also think you are a brave soul for knitting with that fixation. I couldn't handle it myself.

As far as SSS? Um start knitting sweaters instead?

I think it looks like the beginning of a gorgeous sock. I love the colors, and they look so delicate and soft in that pattern. Good choice!

Your sockpal socks are beautiful! Don't frog 'em....please??? They sound exactly like what your pal prefers and they are very very pretty. (Would you like them if they were in a different color? If the answer is "yes" then I'd leave them be b/c that colorway looks exactly like what your pal described...)

Hee, your sock pal had the exact opposite preferences as I did. I am no fan of pastels myself but it's looking very pretty so far. Good pattern choice!

I totally love that sock pattern and the yarn you're knitting it in. I might be slightly biased since I bought that same colorway recently. (I'm sure it's somewhere in my Flickr pics!) I'm thinking I need to make those socks. That's a fantastic looking pattern.

I finished the Broadripples in a pink/green colourway of the Cascade and though I know what you mean about the Fixation, I find wool a bit itchy like your Pal, and the Broadripples are the best socks for comfort and foot-hugging that I've ever worn. And pretty! That's when I can wrench them off my daughter who has taken a fancy to them. I'd say finish them, your Pal will be thrilled.
Cindy, London UK

is the lorna's lace black, white and red allover? very cute. i can't believe you haven't knit a full pair of your own pattern!

I can't even let any Lorna's come through the door until I'm done with other obligations. It's just too nice and makes me drop EVERYTHING else.

Oh, keep working on the broadripple socks for your partner they look beautiful!! The LL is gorgeous too, but the broadripple socks look (to me, anyways!) just what your sock pal requested!! As for SSS-I've found the best thing for it is to cast on both socks at the same time
(no, I'm not good enough to do two at once!) but I cast on one cuff, then pick up another set of needles and cast on the second cuff, then I alternate socks, keeping them up to date with each other.

Hey - who says socks have to match anyway? I say you rock out the singles! Or maybe you could knit one sock in one pattern, and another in a similar pattern - but different color? Than you wouldn't get as bored by #2!

Well, here's another ALMOST completed pair: http://www.flickr.com/photos/black_dog/558681663/

Lorna's Laces....is there more?

There must be an amputee that would love our single socks. How do we figure this out? What a fun cause and gesture eh?

Hi, I just stumbled upon your site looking up Claire Danes. I just really love the design of it - how did you make it? I want to get a site of my own. My friend and I are trying to pursue the comics industry in a very long road fashion. Anyways, knit on! Very inventive.

I just saw your 'pastelish purple' Broadripple sock and I think it's gorgeous. It's the first time I have seen a yarn that looks good in this pattern. I even checked out the link again to see the pattern, then I read on and realised that you aren't that fond of the choice. I felt compelled to comment that although it may not be your taste, the sock is really lovely. I'm sure you're secret sock pal will treasure it :-)
Kelcie from Oz