The Madness I refer to is indeed Sock Madness.  I successfully navigated the qualification round with a pair of Twisted Madness Socks

This put me on Team KP named for the toxic Pitohui bird.  I went from a Toxic Foxglove to a Toxic Pitohui… what are the mods saying about me?

First round was a dropped stitch pattern called Dropped Madness, and while its still only part way into the round I have finished my socks (I’m #2 for our team this round!), which since they fit Ben, are going to him. These did a different afterthought heel than I have done as well as a new increase style.   I do think making my drop stitch cowl designs last year helped me out this round!

And now onto the extra doses of Crazy.  We decided this would be our year for updating our carpet flooring which has truly seen better days to hardwood floors and refinishing our existing wood to make it looks like a seamless install. This means that the whole house has to get packed up and moved out (excluding cupboards and bathrooms basically).  My husband and I will openly admit that one of our failings is being at least a bit hoarder and packrat about various things (see also: fabric and yarn stashes)  So while I was hustling my knitting along into the qualifier, I was also being a crazy packing and moving planner.

The good news is that my activities have paid off and we are on track for our install!  Its going to look amazing once its done, but until then its a bit weird and out of sorts.

In the extra-extra dose of crazy…. I managed to work in a single Ludwig sock, and a bit of progress on both my Guest room quilt AND a striped summer weight (cotton/acrylic) sweater!

Technically I am on the green stripe after the 4th blue stripe of the sweater above… but who has time for taking more photos?!