So, I'm knitting and watching Stanley Cup playoff games. I've finished one pair of socks, the Becoming Socks, and started another that I'm thinking of entering in the Lorna's Laces sock contest. But that one is fairly fiddly, and I'm going to need some more mindless knitting for the Yarn Harlot event on Sunday. So I grabbed a ball of Mega Boots Stretch from the stash and started knitting Wednesday night.



Well, actually, I tried to start knitting Wednesday night, but I kept messing up on the tubular caston. Granted, it's a very fiddly caston, but I've done it successfully a number of times. But I suppose that's what I get for starting a project after midnight.

Yesterday evening, I went back at it, during the Detroit-Colorado game, with much greater success. Since I wasn't sure how the yarn would pattern, I decided to stick with a decidedly non-fiddly k3p1 rib for the cuff and instep of the sock:



It's certainly easy enough to do, which will be good when listening to a hysterically funny lecture in the company of many other knitters. But, as I was winding up for the evening, I took a look at the inside of the sock, and realized that I like that much better.



It's visually interesting without distracting from the yarn. So, I'm going to have to do a bit of fancy footwork, so to speak, when I turn the heel, to make sure that I flip the sock and then work the instep in p3k1 rib. It's a fun challenge. So, we shall see how it works out. It's all good.