Extravayarnza

Yep, I'm officially a joiner...
I attempt to resist going with the flow, knitting the hot pattern, picking the "in" colors.
For example I have neither Jaywalkers or a Clapotis (the horror!).
But, a few days ago I popped over to Stephanie's blog (btw T minus 4 days and counting till Yarn Harlot lands in Michigan!) and saw her Argyle Socks...
Then I made the mistake of following the link (despite the clear warning that it was infectious) and landed over in Moth Heaven. Yep I crumbled under the drunken argyles & the spectacular ARRRRgyles.
So, I whipped up a chart to fit me, found a retro colorway (either very eighties or very eighty year old grandpa cardigan... I can't decide), and cast-on.

The main reason behind my choice of colors was that I was searching for an excuse to use the fab butter yellow we just go in. It's so gorgeous! This sage green & brown are just the right shades to go with it (we have 3 different sage greens, trust me the other two didn't work).
I am knitting them flat & seaming, but I am using a bit different construction. More on that as I get to the heel...
Just in case any of you are still in denial about this, argyles produce lots of ends... Lots! You can see 2 of 4 hair clips holding all my ends out of the way. I can't weave them in till I double check the requirements for the Argyle socks in the Master Knitters program. I'm 90% sure they want the ends woven in, but I know they don't want them seamed, so I playing it safe for now.

And the ARRRRgyles are definatly being knit this fall. I'm thinking arm warmers...