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Great Cabling Gods!   Thanks for all of the suggestions.  Either you've gotten my cable bug under control or I'm running to the stash just to see what I can turn into a twisted mess of fiber.  I'll let you know next week.  But time for a winner.  I always plan on having Gus draw a name out of the hat, but tonight I needed him in bed more than I needed the drama of a 2.5 year old pulling names.  So thanks to the Random Number Generator, Em is our lucky winner (I've always loved her blog's name.  There are a shitload of knitting blogs).  Send me your address & I'll ship out a prize.

This post was probably more appropriate in the month of Socktoberfest, but I'll chalk it up to holiday jitters on why it falls in November.  I was doing a training today & when I looked up I noticed the entire store was decorated for Christmas.  That's plain ole disgusting, people.  Anyway back to my project... Before I tried a big pair of socks using the ML method, I made a baby sock.  That one baby sock hooked me.  Since that day, I've made one pair of socks on DPNs & I probably could have used ML (really not sure why I didn't).  A couple weeks of moving & cleaning around this sock, I had to come up with an idea for what to do with her.  I couldn't throw her out, but the yarn wasn't suitable for baby toes.  Maybe inspiration hit me from someone's website, I'm not sure, so I can't credit anyone in particular.  I just remember thinking that an advent calendar would be fun & awful cute.  Our Mom had one that by today's standards would not be safe.  It was a wall-hanging with pockets for little ornaments.  I'm sure that they were choking hazard filled with lead paint, but I remember getting really excited about hanging the day's ornament.  28 years later,  I wanted my own version of the holiday calendar.  And, really how can anyone resist miniature socks?  The socks are easy to crank out, but I didn't want to just sit & knit socks for the next couple weeks.  I also didn't want to buy yarn just for this little stockings.  So as I finished a pair of socks, I cast on immediately for an advent sock.  In the beginning, I was able to get a sock out of leftovers.  Lately, I'm having to mix it up with the heels & toes.  I should have enough yarn for 3 more socks, and that would bring the total to 25 socks.  My original plan was to knit to 31.  Do most advent calendars have 25 or 31 windows/doors?  I have no idea how I'm going to finish the project, but I'll worry about that when the socks are done.

Congrats again to Ms. Em & thanks to all of the suggestions.  I've got a couple books waiting for me at the library, so maybe I'll have a cable project by tomorrow.  Back to my socks!

-L
p.s. I think that we're watching Black Sheep tonight.  How fitting.

Comments

[Ava]

Ummm, the name "Advent" means before Christmas you idiot . . . and I can say that since you are my sister . . . and that means 25, which is one less than 26. Have fun at that birthday party!

[Tanya]

Congrats EM!

K, advent 's have 25 days. One for each day before the holiday and the holiday itself...some i have seen even only have 24.

I love raymond briggs! I so hope i did not sell his books when we moved, we sold so much stuff, 3 people moved with only 43 beer boxes, 17 of those filled with craft supplies.

[Shannon]

What a great idea! I'll have to remember that for the day I have a wee one (I think I've got plenty of time to get that project done despite my slowness w/ the knitting).

[Kirsten]

What an adorable idea!! Those little socks are so sweet!

[Em]

Thanks! It's nice to be a winner :)

I love the advent socks idea! What a great way to use up sock yarns, and way more creative than those little cardboard window calendars.