Monkey Thursday!
In honor of Monkey Thursday, I present to you my first Monkey sock!
Perhaps you are thinking, “What the hell is she doing knitting socks? What about the bathmat?” But see, I started this sock in March, and it has been my take-to-meetings project. Yesterday, I knit through a two-hour meeting and nearly finished the foot, so I decided to go ahead and wrap it up this morning.
Or perhaps you are thinking, “I have seen enough Monkey socks, already! Everyone is knitting Monkey socks!” I agree. I, too, have seen enough Monkey socks. (Note to Mom and other readers who don’t read dozens of blogs: Trust me. All the knit bloggers are doing it.) But I liked the pattern as soon as I saw it, and though I am not generally a jumper-on of bandwagons, I try not to be so ridiculously inflexible that I refuse to get on the wagon just because lots of other people are on it already. Or something like that.
For those who want the juicy details, this is knit in Interlacements Tiny Toes, and the color is Mountain Jewel. (For reasons unknown, the skein on the Interlacements website is suspiciously completely different looking. I’ve had this yarn for a while.) The color is more true in the second, blurrier picture, but they are both a tad on the bright side. The camera picks up the turquoise and brighter purple more than it ought to and pays insufficient homage to the deeper greens, blues, and purples.
The shoes are Marcelle by Dansko, and I bought them from Zappos. I saved $21 by taking advantage of their price protection policy after finding the shoes much cheaper somewhere else. Yay for cheapness! These are my new dress shoes, as my only existing pair died a painful death last October. I do not go out much, and I am not a shoe person. These should be perfect.
If I were a super-fast sock knitter and had no other obligations, I could knit the second Monkey sock to wear to an event this weekend. Sadly, I am not that fast, and I do not have nearly enough free time, so Monkey will have to languish in my knitting bag until I have attended enough meetings to knit it a partner.
May 10th, 2007 at 7:23 am
Those are great socks, and the PERFECT shoes to show them off in!
May 10th, 2007 at 8:05 am
Beautiful socks. I love them! But then again, I just finished a pair of Monkey socks too.
May 10th, 2007 at 8:45 am
Perfect sock, perfect shoe. You’re right, I’m not up on Monkey socks at all! They’re cute!
May 10th, 2007 at 10:18 pm
Gwendolyn and I are pleased to see that Monkey Thursday has legs!
The socks look great, as do the shoes. And how many of those other blogs offer shopping tips as well?
We are pleased to see you stepping out in true Monkey Thursday spirit…
May 11th, 2007 at 7:31 am
I recently did the Monkey socks too. It’s one of the greatest patterns I’ve ever done. Yay for knitty! As for jumping on band wagons…Dad always told us that to do anything or NOT do something in response to someone else’s opinion was giving that person power over you. Do what you wanted on your terms. I’m glad you did’t pass up a pattern you like just because a lot of others are currently knitting it also. Anyway, I think your sock yarn is the best, even better than mine!
May 12th, 2007 at 4:55 pm
Beautiful sock.
Actually, I wanted to thank you for your tutorial on grafting for the Clementine Shawlette. I have those Lucy DVD’s–but did I ever think of cracking the plastic they are wrapped in. LOL. Instead I Googled and came to your wonderful blog. Thanks to you I will actually be able to wear my Clementine with pride, instead of the nasty humpbacked seam that resulted from my own impulsive and incompetent grafting.
Thank you so much.
Kathleen
May 14th, 2007 at 3:29 am
Your Monkey-socks turned out so absolutely gorgeous - and the shoes are definitely perfect to show them off! Fantastic!