There used to be a radio ad that you might remember. It was for a set of audio cassettes to help one learn Spanish, but with a trick. The ad told us that you could speak Spanish just by spelling words in English!!
Really.
I spoke with my Spanish-speaking friend (in Spain!) yesterday, and I asked him if he could think of any other examples of spelled English worlds that made a Spanish sentence. S-O-C-K-S is the only one he could think of, only because he remembers the radio ad, too.
Those audio cassettes probably didn’t teach much Spanish.
This phrase isn’t even especially useful. “S-O-C-K-S” (eso si que es) in Spanish means, “That is indeed it.” My friend tried to give me an example of a conversation where this phrase would be most appropriate, but his example included Yul Brynner being in the room, and I got terribly confused.
Anyway, on to some SOCKS…
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In my new signature sock pose.
Go With The Flow Socks, from Interweave Press |
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I am on a mission to knit less obnoxiously-colored socks. So that I won’t be embarrassed to wear them out of the house.
No where in these socks will you find any hot pink, orange, or disco green. |
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In fact, there more of a coffee-and-cream color. Nothing obnoxious about that.
Ahhh. |
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As much as I like these socks, I realize that I have a sock-knitting neurosis that I need to address.
While knitting traditional, cuff-down socks (like these), I am paranoid the whole time that I’m not going to have enough yarn. So I end up making short cuffs. No more! From, now on, I will knit toe-up socks, and knit and knit and knit without paranoia. |
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You may remember these socks that I knit several months ago for my niece, when we still didn’t know that she was going to be a niece (and not a nephew).
Everyone who saw these socks said, “Are you sure those will fit a baby? They’re really small.” I honestly didn’t know the answer back then, but now I do… |
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Molly Renee’s feet, in the socks.
She seems to be kicking one of them off, but they fit! Sent via camera phone. |
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In case you were worried, I can assure you that my bodyguards were present for the entire sock photo shoot. |
