I finished the first sock for my Hogwarts Sock Swap partner, and I'm in love (with the sock, not my partner)! The swap followed the books and movies, and divided each participant into the four Hogwarts houses. My partner is a Ravenclaw, so the socks I knit had to be in blue and silver. I thought about buying yarn from Sunshine Yarns, but decided that I'd rather do the stripey House Socks (Ravelry link) from Charmed Knits. So, I purchased a few skeins of Reynolds Wash Day Wool in Indigo and Soft Blue (which is just grey enough to pass as silver) and started knitting.

My first attempt at these socks was horrid. I wanted to knit the smaller striped version, and was carrying my yarn across rows, but it just ended up all bulky! That wouldn't make a good sock, would it? Nope. So I had to do the larger striped version. Take two was a success. I finished the first sock last night, and will cast on the second sock tomorrow.

The sock does look really cool, but ENDS!!! I have so many to weave in. I'll get to that this weekend - not in the mood to do it now!

The first few color changes were done in order, but I noticed the jog happening. Taking a look at these instructions, I attempted a jogless color change. You be the judge as to weather it worked or not.

The bad...

And the good...