one warm, if oddly disproportionate, leg

I've known for a long time that I have small feet. People having been telling me so for many years. I had one of those grandma's that came along to the shoe store and poked and pinched at your feet in new shoes to "check that they fit properly". "You need room to grow, but they can't be too big." Back then, most stores still had people that did that for you, yet Grandma still had to feel around the outside of the shoes. Somewhere around 8th grade, my feet became "small" in comparison with... something.

My height? No, can't be. I'm the same height as I was then, and 5'2", with size 6.5 shoes are not disproportionate.

My age? Once you reach 14, your feet should be at least size 7!

My bust size? Actually, that might be likely. I should have size 12 feet if we use that as a measure.

In recent years - like the last 5, I've noticed that "small" shoes - under size 7, are hard to find in "grown up"styles. Everything is for "tweens". Or they are ragingly expensive. Trust me, I have no trouble finding expensive shoes in my size. I theorize that this is so for two reasons.

1. As we generationally age, our bodies are getting larger. Average shoe size for women in the 1950's was 6 - 7. It is now 8-9. The older people with the "small" feet don't want inexpensive shoes. They want "well made" shoes. they are not the fashion whores that we young people are. Therefore shoe people are making less "adult" shoes in "small" sizes because there is less demand.

2. The shoe people hate me.

This is why I buy a pair of shoes I like when I see them for a decent, non heart attack inducing price. I never know when I will find another pair of black 3" heels again in my size. This might be the last year they make them! I'll be forced to buy patent leather flat with ribbon bows on the front for the rest of my life!! or, even worse, Old lady shoes!!!

Why all this blather about my feet? Well, dear readers, it's because I finished my 1st color work knee high. Take a look at this!

Is it just me, or do I have incredibly small feet?! Look at that! Now, if I had nice, average, size 8.5 feet, my sock would be another 1.5" long, and way less odd. Now, before ya'll get defensive about the sock, I realize it is a knee high, and knee highs should be "out of proportion" when compared to regular socks. But, shit! I do have small feet!

I used to get comments in Costume Design Class because I made my feet too small compared to the bodies. I think I have a legitimate excuse. Look at what I am used to!

On the plus side, the toe is really cute!

mom. mom. Mom. MOM.

MOM.

WHat?!!?

Look what I can do.

ooo. heels.

Now I'm rockin' the two different patterns on the foot, and I'm still in love with this pattern and the yarn. Check out the cool little point the heel makes:

The pattern tells me this will smooth out with wear. I choose to believe this. But, it does remind me of those folded newspaper hats we used to make as kids.

Also, while I am bragging, check out my kitchner awesomeness.

I might as well brag while I can, as I have to do a set design this weekend that, most likely will eat up most of my time. Oh well. Maybe by Monday one leg will be warm.

we have a leg!

Yes, a whole leg!

I can hear ya'll now. 'you said it would take you forever.' 'we told you it wouldn't take that long!' Yeah yeah yeah. But, I don't always have a nice three day weekend, one of which I *had* to stay home the whole day. Being required to stay home adds a lot of knitting time onto life. I could have cleaned, I could have done laundry, I could have even blogged since I was home anyway. I did none of those things. Kind of in protest to having to do a miserable and gross doctor nonsense**, I decided that I would only do things I wanted to do. None of that Suzy Homemaker shit for me!

I am now working the heel. In the process, i am learning a new thing. I have done quite a bit of color work before, but, as I went to turn the work to purl back across the heel flap, I realized that I have never purled in color work. As in, worked colors on the wrong side. I did something new! Awesome! I hope to finish up the heel tonight, so ya'll can see the cool construction. Oh, and for the people who wanted to know where I got this pattern:

Norwegian Sock


**the gross doctor thing, 'cause I know you want to know. I had to collect my pee for 24hours. nasty. nasty. nasty. Yeah, the person you saw on Monday with a bio hazard orange, gallon jug was me. And it was full o' pee. Yet another reason I did not go into health care. Giant orange jugs of urine.

Skiing, ya?

We haven't had much of a year for skiing, not that if we did, I would have gone anyway. But, that's neither here nor there. I do like to ski, but you wouldn't know it based on the fact that I haven't actually gone since...1996. I think. Someday I will go again, and I will be totally prepared since I am making these socks:

Yeah, baby! These are Norwegian knee high color work socks! Well, not yet. As of now they are 2.5" of ribbing, and 2.5" of color pattern. 5" of one sock, knee highs, do not make.

I figure I might have these socks done by 2015. Then I can go skiing again. Maybe we could keep having mild snow winters until then?