Look What I Got!!! Lookeee!

My Sockapalooza socks arrived today, and they are fantastic! Jennifer did a great job on all counts--the pattern, the fit, and the yarn are all great. I couldn't be happier! I was admiring this very pattern (Merino Lace Socks from Favorite Socks) earlier today when looking at some other Sockapalooza-ers sites, it was a little shocking to take them out of the package. The slipped stitch heel will hold up well with the closed-heel clogs that I wear all the time. Here's one on my foot (can't get both up on the desk at once!):

Look at the pretty lace and the tiny stitches, knit on size 0 needles! I said look at them!

I didn't give Jennifer much info to go on, and as time went by I was a little worried that I am a little pickier than I let on. For instance, I told her that there aren't any colors that I really hate, and then a few days later I remembered that I hate the color teal (except the tiny bit on the M's uniforms). Whew! No teal--instead this yarn (Lorna's Laces Shepherd Sock in Denim) is a great shade of blue, which is of course one of my favorite colors.

Here's another photo. I was trying to point my toe, I don't actually have a deformed foot. Look at those lacey, cabley columns! I can't wait for the fall weather so that I can take these babies out on the road.