dovegreyreader scribbles

Give me my coloured socks, my amazing Joseph socks

1 Cup Final + 2 Joseph's + 3 Castaway's + I Apprentice = 1 & a bit socks.
For the knitters amongst you, Noro Silk Garden 45% silk 45% kid mohair 10% lamb's wool 2x 50gms. Random, the socks are not going to match, I like that.
40 stitches on 5mm circular needle (30mm long)

Meanwhile, the ultimate sock-knitter's crime, all these in need of a matching friend

And yes I too I am weeping over last night's Joseph decision but there's hope because Jon or Francie may yet win Castaway tonight and it is but only a matter of time before Sir Alan demolishes Katy the bunny boiler on The Apprentice because if he doesn't she'll roast him and take over his empire. Then Tre's head will have got so big it will explode and when it finally all kicks off it will make brilliant television and I expect the wonderful Nick and Margaret will smile on benignly before sweeping up the mess, oh yes and Kristina will sneak in and win.

Bed Socks

I hope I haven't given the impression that being ill = idleness, clearing up the occasional house flood and otherwise lounging around in bed doing nothing; when all else fails there's knitting.
I've exchanged a few messages with fellow sock-knitters recently.We all yearn to knit those really complex patterns but common sense always prevails and it's back to my basic 60 stitch easy maths pattern so that I can watch Deal or No Deal at the same time...except I'm right off that now.
I've got a lovely stash of wool waiting from the Yarn Yard, monthly hand dyed surprises have been arriving, but in the meantime I've cast on this lush Colinette sock wool. I've loved Colinette wool for years, almost one of the earliest unique yarns on the market, lovely textures and colours so I snapped up some sock wool recently when I saw they had started making it.

The joy of random wool is exactly that, you have no idea how it's going to knit up and this one has been quite surprising.There's also a point you reach with any sock, just after you've turned the heel, when it resembles a balaclava for a ferret and for some reason that always makes me smile.