Take one avocado and one spinning wheel....

Stick a chip in them, they're done!  And it's a good thing, too.  Here's how much yarn I have left.

As much as I appreciate being able to use every last bit of the skein, that was cutting it close.  I did end up undoing the bindoff of the 1st socks, ripping back 2 or 3 rows and using that bit of yarn to make the 2nd sock a tad longer.  That's why the bindoff looks a little loose on the right sock - because I was using the crinkly frogged yarn.

The Moving to El Paso Guacamole Socks.

Yarn - nummanumma Texas Toasty in colorway Guacamole

Needles - 2.75mm

Pattern - plain, soothing stockinette and a 3 x 2 rib

Method - toe up, magic loop, one at at time, heel flap

I love these socks.  They are comfy and squishy and green.  Did my tension change on the second sock?  The striping isn't exactly the same, even though I used the same needle.  Weird.

I also nearly burned myself to a crisp taking these photos outside today.  Wearing shorts and sitting on the pavement when it's 105 in El Paso?  Lesson learned, let me tell you.

I wish that the actual moving in was as done as these socks, but there are still boxes.  Every day or so I empty one, but it's usually because I've combined 2 half empty boxes and that's just fake progress.  Also, I cannot find the printer power cord.  This is aggravating, because it means I have to keep digging through boxes when I'd rather just leave them sealed and assume there's nothing important inside them.

And I'm just talking about the boxes the movers packed.  When we put the house up for sale, we packed up a dozen or so boxes of knick-knacks and whatever to make the house seem emptier.  Those boxes have been in storage for 3 months and are currently residing in the garage.  If I haven't needed them for the last 3 months, I'm not in any rush to unpack them now.

I plucked out a skein of Cherry Tree Hill that my mom likes to think about starting socks for a Christmas present for her.  The plan was to create something new for a pattern, but now I'm leaning toward using the Snake River pattern. 

I haven't decided what my next sock project for me will be.  The top choices right now are either a skein of drastically purple Duets, a vivid reddish Cider Moon, or the blindingly multicolored Wollmeise in Sultan.  I'm in the mood for something wildly colorful.  The Pale Spring Roses Shirred Rib socks are nearly done.  I just realized last night that I have issues with them, but I'll explain that in another post.

It's a darn good thing that there's a jogging track around our neighborhood.  El Paso has some awesome Mexican food.  DH brought home tamales this weekend.  Oh, they were soooo good.  It's going to take a lot of laps around that track if I want to eat those every Sunday.

Comments

[Tammy]

Welcome home socks! They look good enough to eat!

[Marie]

Beautiful socks. It's way too hot out there. I predict you'll have a much darker tan by the time summer is over. :-)

[weezalana]

Holy guacamole, those socks are fab! Now I really want to try that yarn (I LOVE that she doesn't charge shipping!).

Hmmm...I'd blame the striping diffs on the knittin' gnomes. They're usually responsible for stuff like that. Sneaky little effers.

[Renna]

The socks are awesome. I'd have been having an anxiety attack nearing the end, cutting it so close.

I wonder if your kids have gotten the idea of trying to fry an egg on the sidewalk yet? ;-)

[Terrillyn]

I have to say I warned you about the Mexican food. Excuse me while I wipe the drool off the keyboard.

I do apologize for not warning you about:
1. hot pavement - you don't need a skillet to fry an egg

2. hot slides (I figured your kiddos were too old to worry about this one) I know I left a lot of back side skin on hot metal slides when I was a kid.

3. Hot steering wheels - they can sear the skin off your fingers

4. The thorns mentioned in a previous post. They can puncture anything.