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April 17, 2008
Avocado Socks
I found something rather unusual in the garden the other day. Wanna see?
Can you tell yet what I found? Let me see if I can coax them out.
Is that better? Can you see them now?
Ahhhhh. There they are in their full glory. A pair of socks. Whaddya know.
Truth be told, I hauled ass to finish these this week so that I'd have something to post about today. It was totally worth it, though, because I love these new socks. The yarn is Cider Moon Icicle (tragically no longer available) and the pattern is my basic 64 stitch sock recipe.
They are perfect for Project Spectrum's Earth component, too. I love the browns and greens together.
And they look great with blue jeans. Or daffodils. Take your pick.
Posted by Carole at April 17, 2008 6:30 AM
Comments
Uh, you have one really cool garden there! ;-) All I find in mine are weeds.
Posted by: Carol at April 17, 2008 7:03 AM
Great things are bloomin' in your garden!
Posted by: Judy at April 17, 2008 7:14 AM
Lovely socks! :-)
Posted by: Jen in CT at April 17, 2008 7:21 AM
In the first photo, the lovely sock looks like an enormous (friendly) caterpillar! Tiptoeing through the...jonquils?
Gorgeous yarn! I have six skeins of Cider Moon in semi-permanent stash: five Glacier and one Icicle. I cannot bring myself to knit with it, because there won't be no mo'. So, it's pet yarn now. Is that weird?
Posted by: Liz in IN at April 17, 2008 7:21 AM
They are perfect with jeans and daffodils!!! What a lovely pair of socks.
Posted by: Kirsten at April 17, 2008 7:25 AM
So cute! I love the brown and green too!
Posted by: Kathy at April 17, 2008 7:25 AM
Love the color! I'm so glad we were able to coax them out into the light of day. The mix of colors is fabulous!
Posted by: margene at April 17, 2008 7:25 AM
Fabuloso! Maybe I'll take inspiration from the squill in my garden (now blooming in abundance) to work on some blue ones...
Posted by: Lucia at April 17, 2008 7:58 AM
Very nice indeed!
Posted by: PumpkinMama at April 17, 2008 8:19 AM
WOW...they are beautiful! Perfect for jeans.
Posted by: Robin in VA at April 17, 2008 8:20 AM
Nice pair of socks! I love the striping of this yarn.
Posted by: Wool Winder at April 17, 2008 8:21 AM
Beauteous socks!
Posted by: Manise at April 17, 2008 8:37 AM
Those are subtle and lovely.
Posted by: Chris at April 17, 2008 8:54 AM
See - I wish I was a gardener!
Posted by: deb at April 17, 2008 8:55 AM
Yum!
Posted by: sprite at April 17, 2008 9:19 AM
Nice socks! The Daffodils are lovely too.
Posted by: Lynne at April 17, 2008 9:24 AM
Love those socks! Wish I could find some of them growing in with my spring flowers!
Posted by: Anita at April 17, 2008 9:26 AM
Love the color! My favorite greens! Nice Job!
Posted by: jessica~ at April 17, 2008 9:32 AM
OMG....I thought that first one was a snake! Great socks, notwithstanding.
Posted by: Marcia Cooke at April 17, 2008 9:43 AM
Awesome! Both the socks and the daffs.
Posted by: Norma at April 17, 2008 9:46 AM
I love that you are knitting in order to post. Isn't that a little backwards? Cute socks - too bad the yarn isn't available any more.
Posted by: michaele at April 17, 2008 9:57 AM
Beautiful socks; I LOVE the colors! And will you look at those daffodils; I still haven't had one open, but soon I think.
Posted by: Julie at April 17, 2008 10:29 AM
Those colors are right up my alley. I adore them! :-)
It's so sad about Cider Moon. I hope they can work out their legal issues and get back to making gorgeous yarn.
Posted by: Beth S. at April 17, 2008 10:42 AM
Beautiful!
You have a far more interesting garden than I ever will.
Posted by: Cookie at April 17, 2008 11:10 AM
They're great - I love the green and brown. But I like 'em better with the jeans. Those first couple of photos look a little scary.
Posted by: Cheryl S. at April 17, 2008 11:14 AM
Great colors! I like them with the Daffodils. Jeans are optional, right? heh
Posted by: Laura at April 17, 2008 11:56 AM
yummy! those are my favorite colors right now. :) the socks look great - i love a plain stockinette sock with tiny stripes - getting ready to cast on some for my Mom. :)
Posted by: elizabeth at April 17, 2008 12:29 PM
I love those - and I'm not a green person at all, but those are gorgeous!
(((hugs)))
Posted by: Knitnana at April 17, 2008 12:32 PM
Lovely! And a perfect name for them too!
Posted by: Jessica at April 17, 2008 1:58 PM
Beautiful socks! I wish I could find something that wonderful in my garden.
Posted by: Leslie at April 17, 2008 2:31 PM
Well, imagine that! Socks out in the garden! They did look like a caterpillar though...it's funny how we each have one sock pattern that we just love!!! For me it's Yankee Knitters Designs Classic socks for the family.
Posted by: Sara at April 17, 2008 3:15 PM
Beautiful socks! The daffodils are quite lovely too.
Posted by: Karen at April 17, 2008 3:18 PM
LOL...they DO look like giant catapillars in there...
Posted by: Kim at April 17, 2008 3:37 PM
what a great spring colorway!! I would be wearing those more than most of my current ones:)
Posted by: Birdsong at April 17, 2008 6:41 PM
I'm still trying to snatch up a skein or two on Ravelry. It's so hard to come by.
Nice socks, btw.
Posted by: Sunflowerfairy at April 17, 2008 6:59 PM
Great socks! In the first pic you might also think it is a creature in the garden... love the colors!
Posted by: lisa at April 17, 2008 8:18 PM
They are so pretty, Carole! I love the photos.
Posted by: lolly at April 17, 2008 8:42 PM
VERY pretty! What great colors!
Posted by: Janet at April 17, 2008 9:04 PM
The socks -- and the daffs -- are lovely!
Posted by: Danielle at April 17, 2008 10:18 PM
Avocados DO belong in the garden. But it is odd to see them in the Northeast. Nice shots.
Posted by: Laurie at April 18, 2008 6:44 AM
You were rocking the green yesterday too! Love the socks.
Posted by: Hillary at April 18, 2008 8:01 AM
Those colors are just gorgeous, as are the socks. Spring has sprung!
Posted by: Kathode Ray Tube at April 18, 2008 9:58 AM
Love the socks! All cozied up in the daffodils...what a great idea, Carole! They're beautiful.
Posted by: Kim at April 19, 2008 8:02 AM
poi-fect socks for jeans.
Posted by: Teyani at April 20, 2008 11:12 AM
Beautiful socks - I love the color!
Posted by: JessaLu at April 23, 2008 9:43 AM
And I thought the only avocados were here in California. ;-) Those socks look wonderful. The color combination is fantastic, although Cider Moon did have quite the talent for that.
Posted by: ~Kristie at April 30, 2008 8:48 PM
