Sock Madness 9

Some of you may or may not know about Sock Madness, a group on Ravelry that holds a sock speed knitting competition each year.

This year I signed up, hoping to expand my sock knowledge, and hoping my shoulder would get a nice strengthening workout in the process.

I didn't work on either of the practice socks, as I wanted to save my shoulder for the competition.
The first was The Stroop Stroop Socks.

Photo by Ros Clarke

The second warm up sock was Choose Your Own Adventure Socks.  I like the way it shows off self striping yarn, and with options to 'choose your own adventure' there are a few variations!

Photo by: Midwest Yarn, LLC

Sadly, I made the cheerleading team only.  My shoulder is not up to knitting on small needles, and after the two weeks from the start up of the round, I had all of one sock complete... but that was enough to qualify for all of the upcoming patterns!

The first sock was Alohomora, and here's what my first sock looks like:


I chose this yarn for the sparkles.  You may not be able to see them very well in the photo, but the yarn screams magic to me, and I absolutely love them. Since the pattern was for the competition, there were a set amount of stitches and rows you needed to complete to qualify.  That being said, they're a titch big on me, I could have gone down a needle size - if I could knit on needles that small currently.

Round 2 has just come out, and these gorgeous Cable Madness socks are the next sock competitors are knitting.

Photo by Karen Buhr

If competitors finish before the deadline then they have to option of knitting the bonus pattern, Duck-Foot Ivy.  For those who qualified to be a cheerleader (like myself), or anyone who doesn't knit the round 2 sock before the end of the round, the pattern will be available at the end of the competition.

Photo by: Hreow Beth

Once round 3 has started, I'll post what pattern has been released and my progress on other pairs.