Snowflake Challenge #6, sort of
Jan. 21st, 2026 02:29 pmWell. This post is inspired by the relevant Snowflake Challenge, but does not conform to it.
You see, the 6th Snowflake Challenge this year asks for my Top Ten somethings. And that's really hard to do. Top ten books? Impossible. If I kept lists and records of everything I've read and ranked each book, maybe, but lists and records? Me? Ditto songs. Can't do top ten musicals either. I would need a smaller pool from which to draw!
This is where inspiration struck. My socks! I have many fun pairs of socks, most of which were knitted for me by the wonderful![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
turlough. There are of course others: the ordinary socks, like the long plum-coloured ones that go with my dark red dress, and the plain black ones for concerts. And there are the slightly more fun socks with 'art' on them, like the yellow 'Klimt' ones or the grey ones with 'The Scream' depicted around the ankle.
But the socks of which I speak are the superior socks from my selection. And even then, I cannot readily pick a Top Ten.
So I decided not to do a Top Ten after all. Instead, I shall show you my favourite baker's dozen pairs of socks, and invite you to select your Top Three. Here are the socks.
To expand, click. Meanwhile,
Top pic, top row, left to right:
1 green, yellow, purple, teal stripes in a zig zag. Cheerful, interestingly textured, and perfectly comfortable
2 Gryffindor socks! very comfortable
3 red with leaf pattern, lovely lace design, a couple of stitches too long in the foot for perfect fit
4 the zig zag socks are more of a magenta pic than shows up in the photo, fabulously pink!
5 woodland stripes in a funky design, comfortable and fun
Bottom row, left to right
6 lovely orange socks with great cable section in the middle, pity it gets hidden in shoes. I am wearing them right now.
7 Cheerful red, blue, purple and green stripes, an older favourite
8 Fraternal socks, bought, not gifted byturlough, comfy though a teensy bit long, and I like the one with the black toe more than the one with the red toe!
9 Llama socks, bought at Royal Norfolk Show. Knee length, useful under dresses
10 Sheep socks, ditto, but not quite as adorable as llamas!
Double picture:
11 pink and purple striped socks, lovely design, good fit, alas that I have worn through the toe and darned badly.
12 Sloth socks! The sloths are rather bigger than I had bargained for, but they actually don't get in the way as they clutch the fronts of my ankles, and they occasioned great amusement at my recent rehearsal.
Individual picture:
13 purple socks with cable design on the outside of each foot. Love these, very comfortable
So. Which ones would you pick as your Top Three?
You see, the 6th Snowflake Challenge this year asks for my Top Ten somethings. And that's really hard to do. Top ten books? Impossible. If I kept lists and records of everything I've read and ranked each book, maybe, but lists and records? Me? Ditto songs. Can't do top ten musicals either. I would need a smaller pool from which to draw!
This is where inspiration struck. My socks! I have many fun pairs of socks, most of which were knitted for me by the wonderful
turlough. There are of course others: the ordinary socks, like the long plum-coloured ones that go with my dark red dress, and the plain black ones for concerts. And there are the slightly more fun socks with 'art' on them, like the yellow 'Klimt' ones or the grey ones with 'The Scream' depicted around the ankle. But the socks of which I speak are the superior socks from my selection. And even then, I cannot readily pick a Top Ten.
So I decided not to do a Top Ten after all. Instead, I shall show you my favourite baker's dozen pairs of socks, and invite you to select your Top Three. Here are the socks.
To expand, click. Meanwhile,
Top pic, top row, left to right:
1 green, yellow, purple, teal stripes in a zig zag. Cheerful, interestingly textured, and perfectly comfortable
2 Gryffindor socks! very comfortable
3 red with leaf pattern, lovely lace design, a couple of stitches too long in the foot for perfect fit
4 the zig zag socks are more of a magenta pic than shows up in the photo, fabulously pink!
5 woodland stripes in a funky design, comfortable and fun
Bottom row, left to right
6 lovely orange socks with great cable section in the middle, pity it gets hidden in shoes. I am wearing them right now.
7 Cheerful red, blue, purple and green stripes, an older favourite
8 Fraternal socks, bought, not gifted by
turlough, comfy though a teensy bit long, and I like the one with the black toe more than the one with the red toe!9 Llama socks, bought at Royal Norfolk Show. Knee length, useful under dresses
10 Sheep socks, ditto, but not quite as adorable as llamas!
Double picture:
11 pink and purple striped socks, lovely design, good fit, alas that I have worn through the toe and darned badly.
12 Sloth socks! The sloths are rather bigger than I had bargained for, but they actually don't get in the way as they clutch the fronts of my ankles, and they occasioned great amusement at my recent rehearsal.
Individual picture:
13 purple socks with cable design on the outside of each foot. Love these, very comfortable
So. Which ones would you pick as your Top Three?