Deutschland über alles

Most of you probably know by now that I'm British, what with my flagrant use of "u" in colour, my refusal to spell grey with an "a", and the frequent trips home to the UK. Some of you might not know though that my Mom is German and while I consider myself to be British through-and-through, I do have more than a little bit of Germanic pride. My entire life I've supported Germany over England in soccer (more to be contrary than anything else), I love sauerkraut and wurst, and German Christmas cookies are my favourite. So when I saw this sock yarn a good while ago now, I couldn't not have it.

I mean come on, it's perfect! I have two skeins of this Regia Nation Color (sadly spelled without a "u") that are fast fast fast becoming a pair of awesome German flag socks. And when I say fast fast fast I really mean it. I cast on the toe on Saturday afternoon, had the heel turned by Sunday, ripped out and re-knit the heel on Monday and by bedtime last night I pretty much knitted up the whole skein into the first sock. At the moment I've put the sock onto scrap yarn yarn because I'm not sure the stripes are going to line up perfectly on the second, so I'd rather wait to bind off to save myself from having to rip it out later. And yes, the stripes do have to match. That's why the ripping and re-knitting of the toe, and maybe also the cutting of the few yards of red at the end of the heel flap because I couldn't live with having two rows of red sneaking onto the top of the sock.

There will be a picture later of the almost done sock when I download it off of my spiffy new camera. Oh yes, that Canon lens cap you see up there belongs to my lovely new Digital Rebel Xsi 12.2MP SLR. Happy!! :)