But we do have Monkeys!
These arrived yesterday from Specs of Specs Knits. I fell in love with the colorway as soon as I opened the box --
Socks That Rock medium-weight in "Nodding Violet". So gorgeous! The blue is a little more vivid than I could capture, but still, this gives a pretty good idea. Also in the package was a box of salt-water taffy (a perfect treat, as we missed it at the county fair this year!) and a postcard of the colonial kitchen at Cedar Grove at Fairmount Park -- not only an intriguing thing in itself, but also cleverly color-matched by Specs to the socks.
("That salt-water taffy sure looks good," Julia said with all the subtlety of a five-year-old.)
A few action shots before it gets to hot to even want to think about thick wool socks -- the beautifully-grafted toe --
and the fabulous swirly-swirls. Thank you, Specs!
("So how's the taffy, Julia?" "Ih's guh--!" she said, appreciatively if somewhat incoherently.)
I'll have you know that I JUST put away the pattern, yarn, and needles for a pair of Monkeys, having convinced myself that I need to concentrate on Christmas knitting. Thanks a lot! ;-)
I went from not being able to imagine knitting a pair of adult socks in fingering weight yarn to having an extremely stong desire to do so. The Monkeys appeal to me because of my recent exposure to knitting lace combined with the desire to knit a sock.
Maybe I can fit in a pair of socks before the Christmas knitting begins in earnest after all?!
Posted by: Katy | August 17, 2007 at 12:19 PM
Great socks - the colour works perfectly with the pattern!
Posted by: Rose Red | August 18, 2007 at 03:13 AM
Ooooh, I'm in the middle of knitting Monkey Socks with STR myself, but I might be placing an order for some more right quickly! You got great socks.
Posted by: Teresa C | August 19, 2007 at 11:31 AM
Those look great. I love the blues :)
I wasn't sure how to get in touch with you Jeanne so I've left a response to your question on my blog (just in case anyone else asks the same thing). http://web.mac.com/peanutshell/iWeb/Site/Blog/09FBB6B0-E5AB-43E1-B61F-0BA841655DD4.html#comment_layer
Posted by: peanut | August 19, 2007 at 07:35 PM
Gosh, those are surely pretty! I've yet to make Monkey socks, but it's on my "to-do" list. Yours are gorgeous - what a nice pal!
Posted by: Rachel | August 21, 2007 at 07:46 AM
They're beauties.
Posted by: Felicia | August 21, 2007 at 12:54 PM