Take a walk on the wild side

The older I get, the more I tend to play it safe. I'm in bed early, I drink plenty of water and I always wear a helmet on a bike.

My main hobby is playing with yarn and I like making friends online who share this interest, so I spend a lot of time over on Ravelry.

I'm in a few groups there, and especially enjoy one called Sock Knitter's Anonymous, where every month there is a theme to help motivate the sock making.

This month's challenge is to make cuff-down socks.

Wide open theme.

Surely I could come up with something other than basic vanilla ribbed socks? Well, sort of. But not really.

I tend to avoid bright clothes, but I am starting to give myself permission to go nuts with the socks.

I don't know how to use this yarn except in the most basic way.

I don't know quite what I was thinking when I picked up the yarn in the first place.

I don't know how to admit the electricity of these socks make me smile.

I imagine when I wear them later on, I can hide them under some long jeans and then no one will know herein lurks the craziest socks of all time.