@Hypatia @knitting Hello 👋 How do you register? I love knitting socks but haven't done #sockmadness before.

Registration for #SockMadness is now open. It's an anniversary – number 20 already, and I've been involved since SM14. I'll see you in the qualifiers!

*So, Anmeldung ist raus für die diesjährige SockMadness! Es ist schon Nummer 20 und damit meine siebte - so viele schöne Socken, so viel gelernt, so viel geflucht. Ich freu mich schon auf die Quali.*

#knitting #socks #SM14 @knitting

🥳 Oh look, another riveting tale of people furiously refreshing a webpage hoping to buy socks online. Congratulations, we've reached peak existential crisis thanks to our inability to purchase underwear from #M&S without leaving the couch! 🧦💻
https://moneyweek.com/personal-finance/marks-and-spencer-online-order-problems #onlineshopping #existentialcrisis #sockmadness #digitalshopping #HackerNews #ngated
When will M&S take online orders again?

Shoppers have been unable to place orders on the M&S website for almost a month following a cyberattack, and the retail giant says its online services will continue to be disrupted into the summer. When will things get back to normal?

Moneyweek
I did a thing. #knitting #sockmadness
Trying to knit through the anxiety while I wait for information but it’s hard to stay focused. #knitting #SockMadness
It is time again for #sockmadness, and I am diligently working on the first half of the qualifier pattern, to fit myself. Ouzo, as usual, always knows when the camera is out.
Finished the first sock of the #sockmadness qualifier pair! Really fun and interesting pattern... usually my socks are very vanilla!
#knitting

Ich hab's nicht so mit Fummelkrams - was solche Zöpfe ja leider sind. Aber es ist das Aufwärmmuster für die SockMadness und da strickt man ja oft Sachen, die man sonst nicht anfassen würde. Anmeldung da geht übrigens bis zum 14. ;)

It's #SockMadness time again - this is the warm-up pattern "In the Twilight" by Kate Poe. I'm taking my time with it while I wait for the qualifying to start. If you want to participate, registration is open till the 14th :)

@handarbeiten #knitting #socks #ravelry

I designed the pattern for the final round of this year's #SockMadness, which began today at 8 AM Eastern Time. Happy to see the reactions from competitors, especially the people who frogged and restarted multiple times and are still persevering!

It's double-knitting plus intarsia in the round. Competitors might even have to sleep before they finish. 😁

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/sixy-helix

#knitting #doubleKnitting #intarsia

Sixy Helix pattern by Pi Fisher

This pattern was designed for Sock Madness 17, and was the pattern used for the final round. It is exclusive to Sock Madness participants until the end of the competition.

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Sock Madness Round 2.

Pattern is Celtic Rain, and includes toe-up construction, a center-out gusset, a leg chart that shifts to one side each repeat, and a crochet bind off that's similar to Judy's Stretchy Bind off. Oh, and also beads, but there's only ten per sock so that was no big deal.

#SockMadness #SockMadness2023 #KnitAllTheThings