aka “shoes with a learning curve”.

I finally retired my red Dansko clogs. I got them WAY back in the day right after Dansko came out with the red ones. 10 years ago? 12? Long damn time. I’ve loved those damn clogs, but they were desperately in need of being replaced. And now they finally have been.

My intention was to replace them with a new pair of Danskos in the black latigo. I found some, tried them on, and loved them (of course), and then I saw these:

And that was that.

I knew when I bought them that the soles were wood (with fairly chunky rubber treads on the bottom which are SUPER squeaky on the waxed floors at the office), and you’d think that would have brought up some fairly obvious points:
1 - There is NO flex here, folks. Wood soles are HARD.
2 - Going up stairs in shoes that don’t flex takes some learnin’.
3 - As does driving.
4 - And going down stairs.
They are, mind you, shockingly comfortable.

It wasn’t until I looked them up on The Internets to show to the Booger that I discovered that part of the reason these are SO hard all over? Steel toes. Who knew you could get steel toe clogs. Mas macho is what that is.

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Psst! Photos!

Not just one, but three pairs of socks! Three!

In absolutely no particular order:
Manly brown socks in my favorite sock yarn of all time, Socks That Rock medium weight, in Obsidian

Another pair of the Leaf Lace socks from some back issue of Interweave Knits, done in Regia Silk:

And a pair of slightly too tall Opal socks, in one of those make-it-up-as-you-go-along patterns that’s pretty much my standard, except that I got a bit carried away with the tops. They’d be perfect if I’d started them out a bit larger and decreased for the calf, but, alas, I wasn’t paying that kind of mind to the whole thing, and I didn’t, so they’re the same width all the way up, so they tend to squinch themselves down below the getting-fatter part of my calf, and often fall down. Whatever. I love them anyway.

AND! Because I’ve actually be REALLY productive, here’s the back of the O sweater (B&B Pullover from IK), done in the omfg yummy soft Beaverslide fisherman’s yarn. It seemed like it was going to be a might on the heavy side, but O reminded me of just how damn cold it gets on the island, and insisted that it was going to be the perfect weight, so I have soldiered on with it. The picture looks much greyer than the sweater actually is. The body is woodviolet and the trim is shooting star. See?

Then, just for good measure…
FINALLY, the picture of the lovely skein of handspun from my Spin To Knit Pal. I did a crap job of coming anywhere near capturing the actual color (and you know if I can tell that with a red skein of yarn, I really really did a crap job of it). But it’s really nicely spun, and soft. It’s 280 yards, somewhere between sport and dk weight. Project ideas? Bring ‘em on!

(enclicken to see it close up)

There you go. Proof that I haven’t been a total slacker.

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