best-laid plans

February's original theme was to have been red, for Valentine's Day. Now, I have a fine collection of red sock yarn, all clamoring for actualization, and this one was just perfect:



But our better impulses have prevailed. (And I'm not all that fond of Valentine's Day anyway.) Afghans for Afghans has a due date of early March for their current campaign. And, as I am starting a "how to knit socks in worsted weight" series over at this blog and have a couple pairs of mittens and maybe even a sweater to finish, and Pat also has mittens on needles and A4A socks in mind, we're rescheduling. This month is for A4A. Next month -- well, all we know for sure is that the theme won't be Valentine's Day.

Meanwhile, I'm this far on the brand-new cast-on-today (per Two Left Feet rules and regulations) sock: