Socks for Socktoberfest

So I've had my head in the sand designing like crazy not having time to think about personal knitting stuff. So things like Soctoberfest just didn't have a place to go in my brain. Well, I've had a couple of weeks free and I've been reading about Socktoberfest on peoples blogs and thought why not.... I signed up. Today, October 25th. And I knit these super cute peds for the occassion. I love them. I bought the cashmere the other day thinking I would make them for my mother-in-law. I also thought I would put a cute picot edging on these. But I decided against both. I was reading Charlene Schurch's Sensational Knitted Socks. It's fantastic. Really. It gave me some great ideas. I cast on and bam. This is what I came up with. Pretty simple, I know but I think they are great. The reason for the two color switch is that each 100yd skein was $15.00. It takes 2 per sock. (15 x 4 = $60.00) Uh, $60 bucks seemed a little excessive for a pair of peds. Even for me!! So, I decided to switch the second sock to use up the yarn from the first sock. Only in reverse. I actually love it. I could totally see some stripe thing happening. And I still have the other 2 skeins left. Yippee!!

I have a question about socks. Why is it that everyone makes socks that hit mid calf? I think this is so unflattering. I guess it has to do with calf shaping but really, I don't think they look so hot. I don't think calf shaping is all that hard. It's like any other shaping - increasing, decreasing. Plus options for fashioning that could look amazing. (note to self - design some awesome calf covering socks with really great fashioning!) I wonder if I'm the only one that feels this way. I only ever wear peds. But it's getting cold so maybe knee highs would be great.