Haiku! Bless you.

Feet get cold in Fall.
January One rocks socks.
Play to win YOUR pair!

Heh heh heh. I think I’ve out done myself with this one. Here it goes:

l to r: Lisa Souza SOCK! Merino in Peacock, Interlacements Toasty Toes color 409, Ellen’s Half Pint Farm Merino/Nylon Sock Yarn, Three Waters Farm Superwash Merino in Aunt Maude’s Mauve, Spirit Trail Fiberworks Sock Yarn Merino/Nylon, and Lisa Souza SOCK! Merino in Jonquil.

How to win: WRITE A HAIKU. But not just any haiku. YOU MUST USE AT LEAST THREE OF THE FOLLOWING WORDS IN YOUR HAIKU: january, one, rock(s), jet, fall, sheep, wool, feet (or foot), knit, yarn, pirate, fest, dude, fantastic, worm (that is WORM. With an O. My 5.5 yr old nephew gave me that one.) AND EVERY HAIKU MUST USE THE WORD SOCK. (So that means FOUR REQUIRED WORDS.)

Need to know HOW to write a Haiku? Check here and here.

ONE ENTRY PER PERSON. LEAVE YOUR HAIKU IN THE COMMENTS. COMMENTS WILL CLOSE SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30th 23rd at 11:59 EDT. Winner will be announced sometime the following week.

There will be six winners. FOUR will be chosen at random from the entire group of entrants. TWO will be chosen by me – one because I think it’s the best, most creative Haiku, and one because it makes Ann and I laugh for like a half an hour straight and we have to call each other a million times to laugh about it some more and then I tell my sister about it and we laugh our asses off and basically my day is made because you wrote a haiku. That one DEFINITELY wins. Each winner will receive one of the above sock yarns – enough yarn for a pair of socks – and an orange chibi. And maybe some candy for Halloween. If I’m feeling good that day.

Remember, you’ve got to be in it to win it! PLAY BALL!

PS – You guys are all nuts. I LOVE IT!!!!!

Comments

  1. Cold January,
    Wool rescues and comforts with
    Its socks. Sigh. Warm feet.

  2. Delurking to enter:
    Without their wool socks
    The sheep will fall down the rock
    Perhaps, on pirates…
    And now we see why I stuck with engineering 🙂

  3. wool knit into socks
    a pirate can only say
    Arrrr! that’s fantastic

  4. Doing the whole 5-7-5-7-7 (though I separated it so you could consider just the first “standard” 5-7-5 for your contest)…
    January snow
    On wool feet does softly tread
    One sock falling down
    Laughter tinkles through the air
    Sheep born yarn knit up with care

  5. Sometimes Fall sneaks in
    As we knit tank tops…
    Make socks not war, dude!
    unrelated- yet important ideas 😉
    that was fun.
    thanks,cara!

  6. oops- wrong version posted/
    Sometimes Fall sneaks in
    As we knit cotton tank tops…
    Make socks not war, dude!
    that’s better!
    unrelated- yet important ideas 😉
    that was fun.
    thanks,cara!

  7. purling pirate knits
    socks from day until bed time
    one peg leg is good

  8. Um, was that supposed to be “warm” or “worm”?

  9. Fantastic wool socks
    Knit by January One
    Dude, you warm my heart

  10. Delurking because the last line of my haiku wouldn’t leave me alone:
    Fantastic wool knits
    Taken to warm rum filled veins
    Dude, a sock pirate!

  11. dude I want your yarn
    I’ll take your pirate booty
    and rock my socks off

  12. Dude, my socks are hot
    January in Cali
    Makes for warm sheep, yo!

  13. January spin
    wool makes fantastic fall socks
    for my warm evenings

  14. pirate stole my yarn
    on January One, dude.
    gonna sock him good.

  15. to keep her sheep chaste
    January One must oft
    sock the pirate letch
    ~~~~~~
    Heh! That was a lot of fun!
    Thank you. 🙂

  16. sock pirates plunder
    January seas are cold
    wool warms frosty feet

  17. oh fantastic wool
    two pirate feet in knit socks
    a worm would concur

  18. January’s socks
    Wool that rocks is all knitted
    There is none for me.
    (Thanks, that was fun!)

  19. does your linking to me in this post mean I am not eligble?
    sigh.
    we are here. it is beautiful. I have to go to the hotel bar and meet everyone. eek!

  20. pirates knit with wool
    in the january wind
    socks to warm cold feet

  21. i knit one wool sock
    for a january worm
    thought he might catch cold

  22. The pirate dude knits
    Not to rock his chilly feet
    But to warm his worm.
    (double entendre fully intentional 🙂

  23. Fantastic pirates
    Say: avast ye scurvy socks!
    And rocket sheep fall.

  24. Pugs eat feet at ann’s
    January One eats worms
    Socks rock with Margene
    I know mine’s the best. You don’t need to give me yarn;-)

  25. I wrote two but the first one is my “entry.” The second just makes me giggle — like everyone else’s here!
    in january
    a worm stole all of my socks
    but he has no feet!
    bright socks upon feet
    pirate ransacked my yarn stash
    dude, what a crap fest

  26. Yarn is for babies
    Only Pirates knit with worms
    Fantastic worm socks

  27. Fantastic sock, dude!
    Like a worm in warm moist dirt,
    My feet are not cold.

  28. Fall brings the cold now
    without sheep no sock be knit
    they are happy to provide
    I used SOCK!! lol

  29. Oh crap, I didn’t use “sock.” Too many rules. Let me adjust:
    The pirate dude knits
    Not socks for his chilly feet
    But to warm his worm.

  30. Stitch by stitch, wool turns
    softly to socks. Outside, one
    leaf falls, then another.

  31. Dude buys me some yarn
    Hopes to get me in the sack
    I knit socks and laugh

  32. Wooly worms have feet
    That get cold in the fall too!
    Dude! Knit them some socks!

  33. Wool sock on one foot
    Second skein lies in basket
    January blues.

  34. brr! My sheep is cold
    i took her wool this winter
    knit socks for my feet
    fun!

  35. pirates with peg legs
    still need fantastic socks knit
    from yarn to keep warm
    Do I get extra points for mentioning that these are senryu, not haiku? 😉

  36. Dude, Worms have no feet
    That is one way to avoid
    Second Sock Syndrome

  37. in fall knit wool sock
    by january feet rock
    and ponder more sheep

  38. OK. This only makes sense and is funny if you say it to yourself in a Yoda voice.
    Worm I am, wool pirate Arrggh
    Sock yarn so tasty for my feet is
    Fest will I have if win

  39. Watch my flying foot,
    with sock on, jet up your ass
    if you steal my wool!
    ——-
    Apologies to any kids in the audience…

  40. And because I learned to haiku from Wayne, Game on!
    Knit one, Party on
    Fall feet need fantastic socks
    It’s a haiku, Garth

  41. Fantastic wool socks-
    Dude, January One Rocks!
    I love sheep and wool.
    🙂 Thanks, Cara for a fun contest!

  42. This is worth it just to see what everyone’s written! Thanks! Here’s mine:
    Worm socks are so long.
    I cannot just jet through them,
    I knit and knit. Dude.

  43. Here’s my haiku:
    dude, wool yarn winding
    ’round my needles like a worm
    making socks…it rocks!
    I just had to get the word “worm” in there, in honor of your nephew. That, and “dude”, because my friends tease me about how often I start my sentences with that particular word.

  44. With no sheep on board
    Even pirates need warm socks
    In January
    Thanks!!

  45. Crawl fantastic worm
    I knit no sock for you now
    You still have no feet
    too fun!! Thanks for challenging me to “think” tonight.

  46. Fall winds kiss my feet
    Must knit wool socks to warm them
    How to choose which yarn?
    🙂

  47. ok, this is the first one i came up with, so i am going to stick with it.
    the pirate who wore
    socks, knee to the feet, be thee:
    january one
    man, i love pirate stuff. and socks. and yarn. alot. 😉

  48. Sticking with my first one as well, because I just can’t compete in the funny category:
    To warm her cold feet
    She knits socks of wool from sheep
    Fantastic pirate

  49. Fun stuff, Cara!
    Sock it to me, dude
    Fastastic pirate rocks it
    Worms into my heart.

  50. a fall foot in need
    sheep, spinners, dyers respond.
    oh, joy! Socks That Rock.

  51. Pirates like knit socks
    Yarn booty they will plunder
    Off the plank you go

  52. Pirate wonders: how
    to knit wool socks with hook hand.
    Maybe try crochet?

  53. cold feet in autumn
    warm by january one
    wool socks not worms

  54. In Fall the worm cries,
    Not one wool sock knit for him.
    Dude, he’s got no feet.

  55. Jet away anchored by yarn
    for joyful New Year
    and Sock Fest warms feet

  56. in january,
    knit fantastic sock of wool –
    just one, no partner
    An ode (scratch that – HAIKU) to Second Sock Syndrome. 🙂

  57. Dang you all I’m peeing from laughing too hard.
    Boyfriend peg-legged pirate
    Just one
    sock to knit

  58. Despite old yarn from
    worm-infested pirate sheep-
    handknit socks? They rock!
    Never expected to somehow use the phrase ‘worm-infested pirate sheep,’ let alone in haiku!

  59. Socks rock the feet with
    wooly goodness. Dude! That yarn
    is so fantastic.

  60. Sarah Bratanek says

    eager sock knitters
    patiently wait for the fall
    our feet wrapped in wool
    Great contest, dude!

  61. The pirate dude’s feet
    wore fantastic hand made socks
    in January

  62. Rocks fall on my feet,
    The feet have no socks on them.
    Help me, I’m bleeding.

  63. I feel like a worm
    Socks on needles say “Knit! Knit!”
    Prize yarn calls louder

  64. Here goes:
    Knitting needles click
    Weaving the worm of sheep’s wool
    As a sock is born.
    That was great fun!

  65. My feet are not bare
    Walking around in wool socks
    I don’t get hook worm

  66. FHBF would like to submit:
    dude… please knit me some
    of that yarn or I will be
    upset with you and cry.
    Mine is:
    January babe
    rocked socks last Rhinebeck
    What will she find next?

  67. Oops, totally screwed up the syllables!
    January babe
    rocked socks last Rhinebeck – what trend
    will she find this time?

  68. Pirate feet have worms
    Smell one fantastic worm fest
    Dude I’m gonna barf.
    (Julia’s haiku almost made me pee my pants.)

  69. Fantastic warm sheep
    give wool unwillingly, for
    greedy knitters socks

  70. Dude knits in a tree
    Pirate sneaks up behind him
    A sock slowly falls
    I hope my creative use of the word fall doesn’t bend the rules too much. I love reading everyone’s haiku!

  71. Delurking for this one!
    Socked. I have fallen.
    Just a january worm,
    Spinning silkroad dreams.

  72. piggy rocks socks,
    in the fall rain,
    it’s january
    a little delurking going on here 🙂

  73. If worms could knit socks
    They would only need the one.
    Lucky bastard worms.

  74. boyfriend sweater, one
    fantastic idea (not)
    knit him socks instead

  75. I’m just counting on the random drawing at this point.
    Come January,
    One snowy foot without sock;
    Yarn needed for pair!

  76. Pirate’s day booty
    needles, wool and yarn to knit
    socks to warm their feet.
    hehe this was fun!
    Happy International talk like a pirate day!

  77. sheep
    spring’s gift of wool
    fall yields but one lonely sock
    january promise

  78. i tried to use only the words in the list, but to no avail. oh well…
    Fantastic Pirate!
    Dude, knit one sheep-wool yarn sock
    For cold one-foot worm

  79. January One,
    A worm in your corn chowder?
    Not so fantastic.
    I hope that doesn’t ruin future lunchtimes for you.

  80. Forgot to use SOCK!
    I’ll try again…
    Sock knitter dude-ette,
    A worm in your corn chowder?
    It’s just elastic.
    I think that breaks another rule.

  81. Pirate foot steps on worm
    Dude, fantastic gut fest
    Must knit new wool socks!

  82. Wool warms pirate parts
    Dude! Don’t do that to my sock–
    Socks are made for feet.
    Thanks, from de-lurking Kelly

  83. I knit sock for foot.
    January One gifts wool!
    Fantastic sock yarn.

  84. January sheep
    knit in my foot:
    One wool sock.
    My haiku, dedicated to all the lone socks with no mate, victims of Second Sock Syndrom!
    (Will be dreaming of the yarn!)

  85. Over my McCann’s oatmeal (dry roasted in the pressure cooker, steamed to perfection in 8 minutes and mixed with raspberry jam before being splashed with milk) I figured out how to make my original entry work:
    January One,
    A worm in your corn chowder?
    No so(ck) fantastic.
    I’ve been chuckling all morning at Sarah Janet’s “lucky bastard worms” and thinking of Lowly (Cf. R. Scarry).

  86. Totally not funny but I used the “perception of a moment” part of the haiku from haikuworld.
    January one
    Fantastic knee socks that rock
    Fall wool keeps feet warm

  87. Too funny!

  88. Knitting wool socks,
    I’m in a trance, can’t stop!
    Fantastic socks rock!

  89. A worm cannot knit
    After all they have no feet
    Why do they need socks?

  90. Shirley Gallagher says

    one cold january
    feet need sweaters
    knit socks

  91. sheep falls from a jet
    spins wool – yarn – knits parachute
    gently lands on feet

  92. Oops, I forgot sock. Oh well. I’ll let it stand as it is.

  93. I knit a worm sock
    It was not better than yarn
    It wriggled away

  94. Heh.
    Fantastic pirate
    Rocks January wool sock
    On one wooden leg

  95. Worm, Warm, Warn, Yarn is
    Like Sock, Sick, Sink, Knit (reversed)
    See? Yarn is everywhere.
    (tee hee! thanks, cara!)

  96. tight ass handspun sock
    slithering worm must foot be
    elastic wool rocks

  97. Mine is in homage to The Manolo (shoeblogs.com)
    Super-Fantastic!
    The socks, they worm the feets. Oops,
    Typo–I meant warm.

  98. Sleepwalking Sheep Knit
    Woolen socks from dozing lambs
    Pirating roving.

  99. stalking sheep for socks
    oh, dark hebridean fleece
    i fall at your feet
    had to put in a “scottish touch”… 🙂
    xo lilith

  100. Fun!
    One January
    The warm wool yarn found its home
    Of course as a sock!

  101. Kelly’s cracked me up!
    Here’s mine:
    small worm in one’s sock
    wool, feet will squishingly meet
    guest uninvited

  102. What a great idea!
    Feet worm into socks
    January One knee-highs
    Wool warms heart and sole.

  103. De-lurking to enter this:
    Dude such yummy yarn
    I’ll knit me a pirate sock
    In January
    That’s my entry, so this one is just for emphasis:
    Dude my foot
    Needs a sock
    Help with yarn please
    I love Wendy M.’s!

  104. sheep without wool in
    january is like blind
    pirate with one sock
    (my ode to Confucius)

  105. I have never knit
    socks. I spend too much time being
    a wool pirate.

  106. fantastic sock dud
    ran short of yarn for a pair
    blast! that foot be cold!

  107. Oy! That be Dude! not Dud!

  108. Dude! Pirate Yarn Fest!
    And screening knit-genre films!
    Show “Socks on a Plane!”
    Thanks! That was fun!

  109. Fantastic sock yarn
    Knit up tight for pirate’s toes
    Trodding storm-tossed ships

  110. Hey there worm pirate
    you slimed my woolly knit sock
    little dude – not cool

  111. Sheep shearing in spring
    Warm wool gathers round my feet
    Knit purl soon births socks
    Hmmm. My best effort on short notice:)

  112. Pirated wool
    Though warm socks make
    Turn the worm

  113. a pirate knits
    in fantastic wool socks
    cozies for worms

  114. I screwed up my syllables too – lack of sleep. Arrrgh.
    Lets try:
    Some pirated wool
    Though some warmer socks may make
    Will make the worm turn
    I was going for 3,5,3 but missed it. Blast and Avast.

  115. Wow. You’ve gotten quite the response already! Here’s my attempt.
    wool for warming feet
    january storm furies
    knit on, dude, knit on

  116. rain is here, fall weather
    My Son Jett Rocks his feet
    pirated wool socks

  117. out of sheepy wool
    Do pirates knit socks for stumps?
    with one wooden hook
    Dude, that’s one fantastic haiku 😉 and I’m certainly glad you’re letting chance decide some of the winners.

  118. Wool socks warm my feet.
    For whom may I knit a pair?
    Alas, not the sheep.

  119. Heave ho yarn pirate.
    Ye take the wool, knit the yarn.
    Then sock it to me!

  120. January worm
    one fantastic pirate sock
    sheep wool to warm you

  121. Ah, procrastination – the haiku might be its purest form:
    January, oh
    fickle month of cold feet – at
    least I have wool socks

  122. pirate fest? worm? DUDE.
    wanna come, January?
    we’re there, fantastic!
    😉
    HVM

  123. Poor January One!
    Sock haiku challenge rocks, but
    Opens can of worms.

  124. Toe-up jet black sock
    This heel flap freaking rocks, dude!
    Check out my gusset!

  125. Just discovered your blog the other day, which is wonderful. While I might not have a winner, the thought that I can combine haiku with knitting tickles me no end. Here is my contribution, it can read in the 5-7-5 style or with tonku ending.
    Poor worm without feet,
    shivers during the cool fall.
    Can’t knit socks – no hands.
    One question for the poor thing.
    Dude, at which end is your head?

  126. January one
    A worm lurks near my left foot
    My sock protects me.

  127. The Yarn Pirate sleeps
    Feet warmed by brand-new pink socks
    Dreams of wooly sheep

  128. Ok! My 1st attempt at a haiku since high school. (fqiwhla years ago)
    Autumn leaves on wind
    Fall to my feet, socks perhaps.
    One golden, one red.

  129. One’s worm has no feet
    January need not knit
    Wormy’s socks can not rock

  130. fantastic fall yarns
    but tragic knit disaster
    dude. one sock, two feet.

  131. Fantastic sock yarn
    destash before sheep and wool
    fest – more STR.
    Thanks for a fun contest! Happy New Year!!

  132. Sheep have four cold feet,
    and are covered with wool, too.
    But they don’t rock socks.
    Hoping that “socks” counts as using the word “sock”!

  133. Sheep give warm wool feet
    From January to June
    Knit some for yourself!
    -This was HUGE fun, Cara! Thanks!

  134. OOPS…didn’t read very well, did I?
    so, correction:
    Sheep give warm wool socks
    From January to June
    Knit some for yourself!
    I had to fit sock in there somewhere! (I kind of liked the first version better….it actually said “Sock” without saying “sock!” Very Zen, no? 🙂

  135. Here’s my entry:
    while dreaming of socks,
    out of the january fog
    steps one wool-clad foot.

  136. January one
    Dude can knit socks of warm wool
    Her feet look like worms
    De-lurking to play your game. I hadn’t written haiku since elementary school. Thanks for the fun!

  137. Dude, please don’t pick my haiku or I’ll be too embarrassed. I anonymized my email slightly anyway. And definitely don’t share it with your nephew. You are warned. Sorry.
    Pirate needs warm spot
    To put his worm in winter
    Maybe sock, or sheep.

  138. A worm meets a sheep,
    Offspring becomes thick warm socks.
    Lion and Lamb yarn fest

  139. January One
    Inspires me with her wool to
    Knit socks for my feet

  140. Dude, that fey pirate
    rocks my socks – hey, it’s Johnny!
    Plunder my booty!

  141. Sweet January!
    shares yarn to knit cozy socks
    JOY! Happy feet dance

  142. Abandoned sock frogged
    Cold foot meets rock
    Oh, January dude!

  143. Pirate left with sheep
    Worm. I knit socks with split toes
    Love that ninja boy.

  144. dude, walk fantastic
    in knee-high yarn pirate socks
    cuz that’s how we roll.

  145. let me worm my way
    int your heart for your socks,
    the knit fest begins!

  146. 145 entries? Good god, those lame people who unlurk just because of a conte- oh. Here’s mine 🙂
    Sheep with no wool bleats.
    She is cold in the fall wind.
    But dude, I have socks.

  147. *coughs and sputters*
    Dude .. Lisa’s haiku wins, hands down.

  148. Pirate dude knits socks,
    Rogue wave sends the ship over rocks.
    Yarn falls overboard.

  149. I love this contest! I *had* to to do this.
    Knit socks, too narrow–
    Fantastic sweater, perhaps
    for some lucky worm.

  150. I wasn’t going to read any till I posted my own but couldn’t resist once I hit ‘comments.’ Lisa’s is a crack up! Here goes…
    Worm got no feet, dude
    Fantastic! Wool socks arrr mine
    Knitting pirate roarrrs

  151. I just went back and realized I couldn’t type my own name. Tina, not “Tian” – sorry!

  152. A non-fiction account of tonight’s dinner table conversation here. Be glad you get the haiku version!
    I speak of knit socks,
    ignore teen guys’sex brains.
    Their talk? Of ass pirates.

  153. oops, I screwed up a required word, what I meant was:
    I speak of knit socks,
    ignore teen dudes’sex brains.
    Their talk? Of ass pirates.

  154. Matey, is that wool?
    Fantastic knit-fest ensues-
    Peg-leg Pete has sock.

  155. Wool to warm her feet
    Sock grown from many stitches
    Knit on needles small.

  156. (my first try at a haiku! so errr yeah thats it)
    You knit socks with yarn
    dude! your feet really smell bad
    so put the socks on

  157. Yarrrrrr, there be the knits
    Of the Dread Pirate Cara.
    Dude, her wool socks rock.

  158. I pity da foo’ who has to decide among all these. And to make matters worse, here’s mine!
    A worm wearing sockS
    is a fantastic myth.
    She only wears ONE.

  159. jet! fall sheep wool fest
    pirate fantastic sock yarn
    dude! rock one knit foot

  160. The first fall freeze
    Even the Junkie seems to want
    warm socks for feet

  161. january one
    rocks the knitted sheep wool:
    fantastic feet socks.

  162. yarn worn thin from telling
    black patches and narrow planks
    pirate sock stories

  163. Dude! Fantastic knit!
    Socks that Rock pirate eye patch
    Keep your left eye warm.

  164. great idea 🙂
    here’s my contribution…
    January one
    knitted up a sock fest
    for a pirate dude

  165. Ok scratch both versions I posted last night. Neither was 5-7-5. Tough day. My last attempt at haiku that documents dinner at my house as a point of pride…..
    I speak of knit socks,
    ignore teen dudes’sex brains. Shhh!
    Yarn haiku forming!

  166. yarn is evidence
    wool socks pirated by dog
    a fall dilemma
    must hide the new yarn
    corgi thinks wool socks are sheep
    to be rounded up
    (and I speak from experience)

  167. Sock pirates are bold
    Steal wool from sheep for sock yarrrrrn
    Peg leg needs just one

  168. What knitters will do for scok yarn:
    Each January,
    I send pirates mateless socks.
    Dude! Thank you, peg legs!
    I’d rather knit socks
    For a worm than an eight legged
    octopus. Eight, dude!

  169. One worm – silk cocoon
    Hand made socks warm hearts and feet
    Silk socks decadent.
    You’ve got a tough job choosing the winners! There are some great ones here!

  170. Barefoot in fall, I
    step on a worm–crap! Knit socks
    to stop wigging out.
    or….
    “Fantastic socks, you
    rock me like a hurricane”:
    wool meets bad music.

  171. Knit Fantastic Wool.
    Worm One Foot Into A Sock.
    Rock. Fall. DUDE! My Arse!
    I have a couple more, but you said only one entry, so here’s the best I got! 🙂

  172. haiku fantastic
    yarn from sheep is knit from wool
    to sock that rocks
    not very creative, all the others have been great, but thanks for reminding me how fun Haiku can be.

  173. January comes.
    Jet to wool fest. Sheep. Yarn. Knit.
    Feet seek wool socks, dude.

  174. My entry:
    January one daughter
    won’t wear socks
    More wool for me!
    Explanation: my daughter also has a January 1st birthday (great minds think alike), but hates socks.
    Thanks for a fun contest idea!

  175. Pirate with peg leg.
    One fantastic dude.
    Second sock syndrome is gone.

  176. Oh, the calling of the sock yarn! It makes de-lurkers of us all!
    Some pirate gift thoughts:
    One sock for foot, wool cozies
    for peg leg and hook.

  177. All savvy pirates
    knit for peg-legs. “Aarg, dude!
    Knee-high freakin’ rock!”

  178. The Love Song of J. Bluebeard Prufrock
    Don’t wait til January!
    Rock me woolly wormy timbers
    now me beauty!

  179. One sheep becomes yarn
    Fall leads to Uanuary
    Wool socks warm our feet

  180. Ack! Forgot to use the word sock. Delete that. Here’s the real entry:
    The Love Song of J. Bluebeard Prufsock
    Don’t wait til January!
    Rock me woolly wormy timbers
    now me beauty!

  181. To correct my typo:
    One sheep becomes yarn
    Fall leads to January
    Wool socks warm our feet

  182. January not
    Fall socks warm pirate’s cold feet
    Fibre fest rocks

  183. “Fantastic waves fall!”
    “Dude, no wetsuit.” “Here, one sock.”
    ?
    “Dude, to cover your —”

  184. Argh, pirates like sheep
    If you know what I mean, dude,
    Socks on pirate feet

  185. Wal-Mart nylon sock
    on my foot like dead worm, eeewww
    oh sheep, bring me wool
    I loved reading all the awesome and funny hiakus. Maybe you should have a reading at Rhinebeck.

  186. The January cold
    worms my toes into clumps
    Ahhh, wooly socks on my feet

  187. Pirates tell good yarns,
    Dudes can’t compete with Jan One,
    She knits bitchin’ socks!
    I love reading everyone else’s haikus! Thanks.

  188. Pirate feet fall numb/
    Plundering the ocean depths…/
    One solution: socks

  189. Nothing like a haiku challenge to beat the delurkers out of the brush! (At least, it worked for me):
    Ode to Knitstipation
    What should I knit next?
    Fantastic visions of wool…
    Oy. Another sock.
    [I can’t format this properly… help…]

  190. Oh, what the hey:
    These socks that I knit
    from delightful handspun wool
    feel fantastic, dude.

  191. Ruminants need socks
    Wool warms head and bodies, but
    Dude, sheep have cold feet.

  192. sheep wool in
    worm through my mind’s eye
    knit socks out

  193. Drink the worm juice dude
    While knitting a pirate sock
    Oh the yarn we spin

  194. sock yarn, in a shade
    of january one would
    not expect, awaits

  195. January wool
    wormed its way into socks
    for my chilly feet

  196. Feet in toasty socks
    jet to sunny beach
    worms wiggle into warm sand
    (don’t know what I’m doing wrong but I can’t get my preview to break correctly – ….socks ….beach ….sand)
    Such Fun! – I thought mine was rather clever (NOT) then I read the rest – what a great excuse to be creative!!

  197. Yarn Pirate Plunder
    January One treasure
    Sock wool for peg leg
    I really do have a peg leg! Thanks for the great contest.

  198. Sheep to wool to yarn
    To fantastic handmade socks
    I wear on my feet
    That was fun! 😀

  199. Love knit into socks,
    Feet warmed from the fall night air.
    Blissful dream filled sleep.

  200. excuses for yarn
    cling to me like loose fibers
    (worm feet need socks, too.)
    Did this format? (…yarn, …fibers, …too.))

  201. Fantastic Yarn Dude.
    Knits socks. Sheep feet rock the yarn.
    Jet the Wool Pirate.

  202. Wooly, wet knit socks,
    That fantastic aroma?
    Clearly not my feet!

  203. martha in mobile says

    Socks to rock all socks:
    fantastic pirate dude knits.
    What kind? Arrrghyles!

  204. From sheep to your feet
    Knitted socks will keep you warm
    In January
    (Okay, so it’s rather unoriginal, but at least it follows the format!)

  205. Dude, my gauge is off.
    Do you know if worms wear socks?
    I knit a wee one.

  206. One wool sock two feet
    I’m knitting all night and feel
    like a half-shorn sheep

  207. January One
    warms the worm with hand knit socks
    how fantastic dude

  208. 5elementknitr says

    I think I accidentally posted my haiku to yesterday’s comments. Oh the embarrassment of computer illiteracy! Here it is:
    Tucson too hot to
    knit. Denver bound. Feet will get
    wool socks ev’ry day!

  209. Ordered first sock yarn.
    Dude! Itty-bitty needles!
    The wool draws me in.

  210. RandomRanter says

    Fall days grow colder
    Still my feet will wear no socks
    I crave yarn, yarn, yarn

  211. Wind blows cold on farm
    Dude! No yarn found to knit socks
    Sneaky pirate sheep!

  212. Knit socks warmed my feet
    Gnawed by January worms
    Squished by Pirate dudes

  213. One white sheep grazes,
    Ready to be sheared; made to socks,
    He wanders amongst the rocks

  214. cant help myself:
    shipwrecked pirate knits
    with available yarn, worms,
    a fantastic sock!

  215. Dearest Cara,
    I haven’t the brain power to wite a haiku right now ! Just wanted to let you know that your blog main page looks wonky on my browser I operate a Mac,using Safari. Your right gutter is cut in half,leaving a blank strip to the right.
    Sorry !

  216. Glad I’m not a worm.
    No feet, no socks, no fingers.
    Couldn’t even knit.

  217. Tiny, colorful–
    A worm strolls along his path.
    No feet; but one sock.

  218. Delurking for the fun of contributing a really bad haiku:
    The fantastic worm
    creates silk for pirate’s feet
    Dude, let’s steal her sock
    Who has tapmouse on the STR KAL to thank for letting me know about your blog.

  219. Yarn from fall sheep fest
    keeps January toes worm…
    um, warm… dude, nice socks.
    ; )

  220. I haven’t written a haiku since HS! Totally couldn’t resist, here by mine:
    Pirate! Yarn pirate!
    My peg-leg cannot get cold,
    Just knit me one sock.

  221. One lone, hand-knit sock…
    I’m a pirate with one leg.
    Less wool–fantastic!
    *There. More than 4 words, AND it’s a true story*
    ~bonnie

  222. Christmas sock quandry.
    Oh crap, a worm has no feet!
    Knit hats instead, dude!

  223. Ok, I know the last line has SIX syllables instead of 5, but I couldn’t resist:
    standing on one foot
    no sock knit for the other
    oh to be the Harlot

  224. okay Cara…sorry if mid-haiku my post posted…but here is my official entry =)
    Pirates shear two sheep
    for their knitted pirate ship
    Yarn-over…socks walk plank
    Thank you for the fun! Cassidy

  225. Resolution One:
    Knit another pair of socks
    Bless my warm feet

  226. are you a marx brothers fan?

    sheep may fall from jets
    shedding wool as they fall free
    parachutes and socks ”

  227. pirates raiding the sheep
    fantastic wool socks
    fall comes alive
    First time reader and poster, I’m excited 🙂

  228. Pirates, we set sail!
    Cold, the unrelenting wind.
    Dude, we need wool socks!
    Arrrrrr, matey! Pirate socks have holes, of course. It goes without saying.

  229. To knit my socks takes
    One hundred skeins of Koigu.
    Dude, my feet are huge.

  230. one sock, one long worm
    is enough to keep captain’s
    foot and stick leg warm

  231. January comes
    Fantastic sheep, you produce
    Wool to sock my feet

  232. fall for socks that rock
    only january one
    sheep
    wool
    fantastic

  233. Knitting sea socks, yarn
    scarce as January worms,
    Pirates pillage wool.
    *****
    Going for that abstract haiku feeling…
    Fun contest!

  234. I second the Rhinebeck readings. If only I could be there! Here’s my submission with optional Tanka ending (5-7-5-7-7):
    torpid worm in sleep
    dreams of sock and shirt clad one
    mad feet treadling
    a hunger she can’t resist
    she plies it all night for love

  235. tangled yarn.
    fall knit socks
    warm january feet

  236. Christmas comes too soon.
    Must knit fantastic wool socks!
    Tink, rip, puddle. Sob.

  237. If sheep only knew
    How socks fly off the needles
    They would knit more, dude.

  238. Lise Buisson says

    January.
    Feet lust for warmth
    Dream of wool socks

  239. I want worms of wool
    to wear on my frozen feet.
    Knit me some socks, please!

  240. Sheep, then wool, then sock!
    The worm is jealous, he has
    not a single foot.
    Very fun contest 🙂

  241. A pirate’s feet, arrr
    need sock love like all others
    tho’ peg legs snag wool

  242. Jeannie Milan says

    one lovely yarn sock
    absorbing perspiration
    a fest for the foot
    Jeannie

  243. the fantastic sock
    worms gently onto your foot
    like J1 perfect
    I’m a traditionalist – had to go 5-7-5
    If 1 worm is good, then plural must be better
    sucking up never hurt anyone – lol

  244. Attempt One:
    January nights
    Fall Jet dark on pirate feet
    So knit wool socks dude!
    (Hey, your TypeKey sign in seems to be broken)

  245. Giving-fest is done.
    Hollow as a pirate’s heart:
    January sock.

  246. January wrestling with dpn’s
    the sock won
    cold feet rock dh’s sleep
    Delurking here . . . Thanks for the chance to write haiku . . . it has been years!

  247. cold sheep shorn to knit
    a worm sock out of the wool.
    Fantastic! warm worm

  248. MatildaKnits says

    snow worm
    white wool sock
    January

  249. Fall. Sock yarn worm-ing
    round and down. Socks to cover
    icy feet and toes.

  250. “Sock me,” pirate says.
    He’s out of rum. He’ll fall down
    soon. Worm food he’ll be!

  251. My toes blue with cold
    Worm has eaten holes in sock
    Soft wool to knit new

  252. Here’s my attempt – not the funniest, but an appropriate reminder for me today as I was stupid enough to wander around in sandals during a cold rain:
    Sock yarn may be wool
    If so, warm feet you will have
    A good thing in fall

  253. Jet black pirate sheep
    Knit socks of their wool in Fall
    Dude, that’s fantastic!
    ****
    😀

  254. One worm makes silk yarn.
    January feet need socks.
    Sheep’s wool with silk rocks!

  255. A worm is lucky.
    Knit but one fantastic sock,
    Whole body yarn fest

  256. Okay, I’ll try this:
    I knit arrrrrgyle sock
    Fantastic pirate on screen
    Oh, Jack, I love you

  257. There is a Jet Flight,
    on January One Dude,
    for Pirates and Worms,
    to go to the sock yarn Fest,
    an Knit that Fantastic Sheep.

  258. How strange: sheep have wool
    And four feet bare in winter
    yet not a single sock.
    Reading these has cheered up my Friday morning!

  259. Plea for Compassion
    January? No.
    Fantastic Fall rocks the sheep:
    Knit wool socks for worms!
    (“Thank you, thank you.” She shuffles humbly out to the bus stop with her son.)

  260. One sock is missing
    …must not trust washer again.
    Dude! I need more wool!

  261. Amanda in GA says

    Fantastic wool fest
    Worm yarn falls…falls at my feet
    socks rock Pirate dude
    Thanks for the challenge it was a lot of fun. I enjoyed working with the words you provided. My sister asked if I meant worm yarn like silk I had not even thought of that but I really liked the idea. It has been fun to read the other Haikus. Thanks again for encouraging the fun.

  262. each fall day the same
    as I knit on my wool sock
    the sheep board the bus

  263. Sheep fall asleep
    Yarn pirate absconds with wool
    knit socks for feet
    This was the inspiration that has promted me to make my first comment on a blog.
    Thanks.

  264. Rock the knit fest, dude
    January One, snow falls like sheared wool
    Can worm have socks too?
    Heehee, that was fun…thanks!!
    ~Suz~

  265. Charity Sock Knits,
    Second Sock Syndrome Befalls-
    Worms Have But One Foot!

  266. I’m calling my haiku “Always Use a Swift When Winding Yarn”
    yarn bought at a fest
    fantastic mess of worm soup
    sob! i must knit socks!

  267. marion conery says

    Dude,learning to knit
    Socks will jet through my fingers
    Whoops, tink all away

  268. Fall wind whistles in
    Can’t resist the urge to knit
    Chilly feet need socks

  269. Don’t be a Worm, Dude
    Fantastic wool socks for fall
    Knit One, Knit Two – Now!

  270. Sharilyn -- knittymom says

    I love to knit socks.
    Socks for worms, half as much fun.
    They only need one.
    🙂

  271. Pirate dude, knits on
    shiny silver jet
    surprising wool socks for worms

  272. Delurking for the haiku!
    I knit just one sock,
    Sheep, yarn, both cry out “Neglect!”
    Pirates punish me.

  273. January sheep
    Have uncommonly cold feet
    And must wear warm socks

  274. Jennifer Hall says

    I don’t envy you having to choose from all these very cool entries. And here’s another:
    pirates don’t like socks
    knitted from one long pink worm
    no cross-bones that way

  275. Pirate looks for Yarn
    None for socks found in the stash
    Fantastic booty.
    (I’m an English major. This is probably the best poem I’ve ever written. 🙂 )

  276. one has to wonder
    can pirates knit with peg legs?
    socks would need a seam
    te-hee! Thanks for getting me to scribble all over a notepad 🙂

  277. Worm: Dude! Fantastic!
    Wool socks for January
    Oh, but wait, not feet!

  278. January One
    Searches her stash – no sock yarn?
    Local yarn store rocks!

  279. Rhinebeck Sheep and Wool:
    fantastic yarn-buying fest.
    Dude, sock it to me!

  280. Dude. Socks in month one.
    Woolen feet dodge frozen worms.
    Toes warm in sheep fuzz.

  281. Avast, yarn pirate!
    Cease stealing me arrrrrgyle socks –
    Me feet need warm wool!

  282. Ode to my lawn boy (who was the first boy I ever kissed):
    Oh lawn boy, you worm
    First kiss, drool fall(s) down my face
    I sock the poor dude

  283. At Sea, Becalmed and Bored Out of His Mind, the Crafter Seeks a New Hobby: A Haiku
    Scrimshaw overload
    Pirate dude sees his one foot
    “Meh. Maybe a scarf.”

  284. Jet into Fall, feet:
    O the Toasty Toes rock out!
    Dude, put on your socks.

  285. Wool feet in the fall.
    Dude, it so totally rocks
    knitting with sock yarn!

  286. warm handspun wool socks
    snug on the shepherds’ cold feet
    winter guardians

  287. The pirate stood knitting
    a pair of fantastic wool socks
    tho he could wear but one.

  288. january worm
    one wool sock warms
    a piratey heart
    (PS: Nice meeting you in NY!)

  289. Reworked in 5-7-5:
    The pirate knit socks
    a fantastic pair in wool
    while wearing but one.

  290. One sock grows
    Fall arrives
    The worm turns

  291. OMG look at all the comments! How funny is this that everyone thinks they can be a poet;-)

  292. Cara Knits
    Knits socks from sheep’s wool
    Fantastic!
    Cara knits
    One loves knee high socks
    One’s knits rock!
    Cara laughs
    Makes blogees haiku
    But will you?
    Cara is
    Janouary One
    One fine read!
    Jeeze…some people will do anything for a skein of yarn…I have officially become a yarn slut.

  293. Each sheep has four feet
    Four wool socks for four wool feet
    Knitting never ends

  294. Well, a lot of people seem to be going for the funny one so I’m going to try for the best, most creative. Hope the plural of jet is ok.
    Jets fall from the sky
    Changed not only ways we fly
    Knit socks gets me by
    Christina

  295. web of wool
    cradle of comfort wraps round
    sock rocks foot

  296. bronzed pirate sails, dives
    wet spring warms down five foot falls
    that dude rocks her socks
    I’m a friend of Stumbling over Chaos

  297. ooops, that should have been:
    bronzed pirate sails, dives
    wet spring warms down five foot falls
    that dude rocks her socks

  298. knit one sock
    needles fall to my feet
    wool intertwines with floor…dude

  299. dude, don’t need much yarn.
    knit one fantastic sock! he’s
    a peg-leg pirate.

  300. warm sheep growing fleece
    nestle midst the falling leaves
    cozy as wool socks.

  301. OK, these are fantastic.
    I was going to suggest that you seriously consider Kathy, Julia, and Amanda, but then I read Nikki and . . . and . . . and . . .
    I am just cracking up and having fun–so much so I am late for a meeting

  302. Fall knitting
    leaves that swirl
    inspire yarn for socks.

  303. January One
    time to jet, must knit socks to
    keep feet worm…er.. warm

  304. A worm wears a sock
    But an easy one for there
    Is no heel turning!

  305. Pirates roam the seas
    Hunting fuzzy sheep for yarn.
    Arrgh. Warm socks be mine.

  306. Warm woolen socks
    Toes curled like worms in the dark
    Fantastic! Sheep rock!!
    Love the blog! Will get my own up and running one day!

  307. Gentle season turns
    sheep sleep in fantastic wool
    knit socks nestle feet

  308. Fantastic knit sock
    An inspired tube of love
    Yarn around my foot
    Thanks for the fun!

  309. Darn that wool knit sock
    Not a fantastic worm hole
    Just one more fall task

  310. this is why i’m currently living on ramen, and vodka…
    Fall, it’s time to knit!
    college money spent on yarn?
    Then socks, vodka zen.
    (BTW, knitting socks while halfway through a bottle of Gray Goose for your sisters 21st is a damn good time, also makes for some interesting socks)

  311. Pirate receives socks
    for every fest exchange.
    Dude, argyles again?!???

  312. Knit feet know no time
    One sock is a time pirate
    Second, a worm hole

  313. Were I a Pirate
    My Peg Leg would help me beat
    Second Sock Syndrome

  314. One sock on one foot./
    Knit faster! More yarn needed;/
    Other foot is cold.

  315. Toes like purple worms
    January socks fix that
    Sheep fleece knits up warm!

  316. Dammit. Sorry. I really meant:
    A Pirate’s Peg Leg
    And Only One Foot Mean No
    Second Sock Syndrome

  317. balls. Change that first “time” to “clocks”
    Knit feet know no clocksOne sock is a time piratesecond, a worm hole
    _____________________________________
    adds to the absurdity.
    Editor on vacation

  318. I love your site–the changing photo each time I come back. Did you design it? Take the photos? It is awesome. Are you, Chris, and co. on the same server? provided? (i.e., blogger)?

  319. Wow! This is so much fun! I wish I had the time to read through all the entries, but perhaps it’s better that I don’t. The few I read are great! Totally would hsve scared me off… Anyway, here goes!
    Toes worm through worn socks.
    Darning-fest to breathe new life?
    Dude, I’ll knit some more…
    Can’t wait to read the winners!

  320. Woah. Crazy layout! When HTML goes wrong…

  321. Holy crap, y’all are insane. But, can I resist? NOPE.
    The knitter smiled.
    A dream: fantastic wool for
    rockin’ pirate socks.

  322. worm foot into sock
    knit of golden pirate yarn
    january one, warm!

  323. a mistake: worm, not
    wool. invertebrates are not
    so good for knit socks

  324. knit the yarn will fall
    dripping from needles it rocks
    a foot finds a sock

  325. I told that one dude
    I’d knit a sock for his worm.
    “Fantastic!”, he thought.
    I swear I wrote this before I read any of the entries, and realized I wasn’t the only clever one to use worm in… that way.
    For context, my haiku was inspired by a recent incident, in which a misogynist troll posted in a Flickr knitting group, hitting on the female knitters, and asking what we’d make for him. I suggested a (scratchy) mohair willie warmer. He missed the sarcasm and implied rays of pain and death shooting from my eyes, and seemed enthusiastic about the idea.

  326. fantastic dudes knit
    Seussian socks on rocks, one
    foot slips, and one falls

  327. Pirate toes worm in
    Sheepy woolen socks for sea
    Knit with utmost care!

  328. Yo, Pirate with wool!
    Your sheep is bald and wet and cold.
    Arg! He needs new socks.
    The one below isn’t my entry, but I like it, nonetheless:
    I knit warm socks for
    My son, the better to worm
    My way to his heart
    -Deb in CT

  329. jet stream brings cold south
    socks knit in summer sun help
    feet worm their way warm

  330. 200 yards of sock yarn
    Way more than enough
    A pirate with one foot
    (hope it’s not too mean 🙂 )

  331. Knit wool of shorn sheep
    Yarn tangles around needles –
    Frustrated, sock falls
    Can you tell I haven’t successfully knit a pair of socks yet? 🙂 Fun contest!

  332. Haiku for sock yarn
    Fall means SOCKtoberFEST, Dude!
    Knit socks rock my feet
    *******
    This is an insane number of comments! wow
    Sock ON! =)*)

  333. A naughty frogged sock
    made a curly yarn wool worm
    used for Pirate’s bait

  334. Knit one I-cord worm
    Fantastic elastic sock
    January rocks.

  335. Just one sock
    In icy January–
    All a worm needs.

  336. Pirate asks, “But why
    is the rum gone?” Shrugs, decides
    to knit sock for worm.
    Yeah, that’s right, guess who watched Pirates of the Caribbean again last night?

  337. january storms
    pirate dreams of wool and sheep
    knit socks for cold feet
    hey, i tried!

  338. Dude, everyone knows
    why pirates keep sheep on board–
    arrr, wool socks. What else?

  339. january worm
    sleeps underground; no feet, yet
    he dreams of wool socks

  340. Shiver me timbers! No yarn. No wool. No socks forthe weary pirate.
    Hee hee!

  341. Avast ye moth worm!
    Chew my yarn stash and you die.
    Pirates need knit socks.

  342. A dingleberry
    Found on a sheep and then in yarn
    Makes some stinky socks
    I hope you aren’t grossed-out. De-lurking, of course!
    Smiles,
    Erin

  343. Okay, so yes, I lurk, but I don’t want to be the 29th person to say “Awesome socks!” Anyhow, just disqualify me, I’m only in this for the sake of writing haiku, which I *adore* doing. So, multiple poems from me:
    Janury yarn
    sheep shorn for a piratefoot
    wool socks rock my fall
    Yarnfest is here, dude
    one fantastic knit sock will
    fit a jet or worm
    Rocks are hard to knit
    my fingers all have blisters
    I should stick to socks
    and finally, trying a 3-5-3, based on one of your lovely haiku links:
    Knit, worm, knit!
    Pirates need wool socks.
    Scurvy sheep.
    And while I’m here, I should mention that the picture of the evergreens covered in snow, which came up recently in your header, literally took my breath away. And yes, like The Harlot, I’ve been known to simply reload your page over and over to marvel at the photographs.

  344. delurking for this one.. Hopefully multiple entries are allowed.
    wooly socks warm my feet
    until the scurrilous worm
    eats the damn yarn dude
    the pirate lass wound
    yarn ‘round pins crafting wool socks
    one autumnal day
    Dude, the yarn pirate
    Stole my wool socks cuz his feet
    Were cold as wet worms

  345. silk worm silk must spin
    sock from sheep knit in fall wool
    feet are fantastic
    Ha that was fun.
    THANKS

  346. Fantasic feet fall,
    On rocks that must oversee,
    The sheep socks come from.

  347. sock yarn lies waiting
    fantastic fall brings cold feet
    a love fest with wool
    I loved reading all the haikus!

  348. Wish there were multiple entries, not that the other ones are any better!
    Sheep sneer at the worm,
    Who must die to make the sock.
    Wool kills not its host.
    Thanks for the fun!

  349. Dancing Pirate Dude
    Waltzes on one leg while knit-
    ting socks out at sea.

  350. the haiku brought me ‘out of the closet’ – i’ve never entered a comment before….i’m clearly missing something as i cannot seem to make the “enter” key work, i just keep getting a big long run-on sentence…sorry – oh well…lines in haiku separated by \\\
    january cold \
    fall into winter yarn stash \
    one foot without sock

  351. well….don’t i look silly…so much for the preview button!

  352. soon the fest of sheep
    dream of overindulgence
    sock yarn will be mine
    My first Haiku! I love it, I think I may need to do this all the time!

  353. sunny beaches cool
    briny surf chills tender feet
    wool socks rock fall

  354. I am a yarn worm
    Dude, I knit fantastic sock
    Wool give warm fall feet

  355. Trish’s entry:
    Pirate dreams of a sheep
    what fantastic fun he’ll have!
    Dude, he needs new socks!
    HA! I had so much fun! THANKS! Trish

  356. Wool socks warming feet
    Treading over beach strewn rocks
    Gray mist of fall days.

  357. Fantastic! Dude knits.
    Wool yarn in sock form. Pirate feet.
    Festival of sheep.

  358. Entry Number two-
    January yarn:
    A tale of a woolen feat-
    socks knit from chest hair.

  359. January worms
    Daydream of a job that rocks
    Being sock blockers

  360. One sock for the worm –
    Rockin’ in a jaywalker.
    A fantastic dude!
    Please include the winning haiku entries when you say who won. I don’t have the eyes to read through all of these for the fourth time!

  361. my one sock attempt
    a fantastic tangled mess
    damn center pull skein

  362. Crap! Ignore that other one, I messed up a word. (much like the sock itself)
    my one sock attempt
    a fantastic tangled fest
    damn center pull skein

  363. Apparently my eyes deceived me- I had thought I read that we could enter multiple times. *cringe* Did I disqualify myself? No edit buttons… Sorry!

  364. Ahh, the pressure! the competition!
    Sheep feet freeze in Fall.
    Lacking opposable thumbs
    knit wool gift socks rock!

  365. goblin on sheep’s back
    shearing one wool fall pirate
    rock, january sock

  366. Here’s one–hope you like it…
    Rock Sheep, Dude!
    Fall Fest January one.
    Knit a sock–cold hooves.
    Good luck to Everyone!

  367. Darn, am I too late? No problem, my entry will still suit for the “beyond bad” prize!
    come january one
    fantastic my feet will want
    dude sock knit i can’t

  368. Wooly worm pirate
    with fantastic wool sock yarn
    sadly has no feet.
    Love the jokes about pirates and crochet, too!

  369. science fiction sheep
    travel by woolly jump jets
    in shiny rocket socks

  370. Pirate can fest for
    January One did knit
    A fantastic sock!
    That was fun 🙂

  371. I hope you have japanese language support…
    冷秋のフィートのための足袋は素敵
    It’s an anatomically correct japanese haiku with 17 syllables. It doesn’t translate into 17 in English though, but here’s what it means:
    socks for my cold fall feet would be fantastic

  372. Ok, this I’ve got to try even though I may be late.
    Yarn in hand,
    Sock on feet,
    Worm around in toasty knit.

  373. The worm, legless and sad / under the pirates foot / dreams of his own sock / Guess who hasn’t yet learned html!

  374. No rock in my shoe
    Pirate problems are different —
    A worm in my sock.

  375. Here’s mine:
    Clutching one old sock,
    Tears fall. Nana’s hands, still young,
    Knit on, in my mind.
    Thanks for the contest. It’s a fun one!

  376. Here’s mine:
    Sheep give nice, soft wool
    Must knit socks for my cold feet
    Wool socks must I knit

  377. I guess I was one of the 3 left, here’s mine:
    Dude, look at her feet,
    Her socks, wow they rock and roll!
    Wish mine were so sweet!

  378. Knit sock for me, Mom!
    Dude, feet look/smell like old worm.
    Mom, can’t feel the love.

  379. I totally suck at haikus, but I cant find sock yarn around here ANYWHERE! So I figured it wouldn’t hurt to try. 🙂
    My son hates his socks
    I knit one sock with wool, dude,
    And one sock with worms!

  380. I thought I’d delurk and attempt to post something that might make you laugh 🙂
    ARRR said the pirate
    Me feet be colder than ice
    Knit me socks Polly

  381. searching for clean socks
    the pirate stands alone cold
    dude you have one leg
    Hard to be funny amongst 380 haikus, but my husband sure rolled on the floor. Thanks for the contest. I had fun.

  382. I suck at Haiku, but here goes….
    Knit of jet black wool
    the feet wrapped warm
    fantastic sock dude.

  383. My English major daughter will laugh at my attempt, but here goes:
    Sheep wear the wool
    Worms spin the silk
    Pleasure for our feet
    P.S. I wrote mine before I read anyone else’s – not a good idea!

  384. I knit and I breath
    Socks fall warm from my needles
    My world is at peace

  385. Worm of conscience, hush!
    I’ll knit this wool to clothe my
    feet ‘ere January.

  386. Jet black sheep nibble
    Foot—no, feet—of grass and shrub.
    My eyes lone socks see.

  387. Carol in Oregon says

    Sun on summer sheep –
    wool socks in the wintertime
    warm a yarn pirate

  388. worm chews on my sock
    january chills my foot
    scurvy yarn pirate

  389. Almost late but I made it in time. Here’s my entry:
    Winter winds freeze feet
    January One socks rock
    Naked sheep shiver

  390. Two feet need wool yarn
    One fantastic sock won’t do
    Poor worm – dude, no socks!

  391. A rainbow of wool yarn.
    Gigantor feet.
    Dude, no socks!

  392. One naked sheep steps,
    on January snow fall,
    her wool now my socks.

  393. January chill,
    Fantastic dream-sheep knit socks.
    Dude, think Aruba!

  394. cosmo and wool sock
    fantastic coincidence
    one is not enough

  395. Pirate yarn is spun
    from waterproof sheep to make
    fantastic warm socks.

  396. Fantastic yarn.
    I worm into the stash.
    Wool rocks.

  397. One pirate wheel spins
    Clouds of wool seeking purpose
    Handknit socks: supreme

  398. Like a worm to soil,
    so my feet seek hand knit socks.
    Dude! Must buy more wool.

  399. Yarn pirates steal sheep,
    Spin wool for fantastic yarn,
    knit socks for their feet!

  400. One pirate worm rocks
    Come January, worm dies
    Worm knits no more now.

  401. One toenail removed
    Need January One yarn
    To knit single socks

  402. Wool pirates have struck–Dude! Can you knit socks from rocks?January freeze.

  403. Here’s my haiku!
    Ahoy, yarn pirates!
    Sail yarn-stash seas for booty.
    All scurvy feet need socks.

  404. Would pirate sheep knit
    Fall fest wool for one foot dude
    – fantastic worm sock?

  405. January sock
    One sheep on linoleum
    “What the hell, Frankie!”

  406. A worm cannot slime
    your feet if you wear lovely
    warm wool hand knit socks

  407. With black and white yarn
    Pirates knit on the high seas
    No second sock syndrome

  408. Wool yarn is a worm
    interlocking with itself
    into just one sock.

  409. wrestling with toothpicks
    on safari and on jets
    dude! fantastic socks
    (this haiku could also double as my most recent blog post, only at least that has a picture.)

  410. Pamela Malpartida says

    Wool is sweet to knit
    January One and sheep
    Sock it to my feet.

  411. one foot warm in wool
    one sock still on the needles
    one foot left yarning

  412. The Pirate Sock Fest
    Was held in January
    Shiver Me Timbers!

  413. fantastic fall fiber fest
    sheep feathers fly on whorl
    eye candy rocks
    socks for the sole
    (computer won’t accept my punctuation???)

  414. fantastic fall fiber fest
    sheep feathers fly on whorl
    eye candy rocks
    socks for the sole
    (computer won’t accept my punctuation???)

  415. alas, the poor worm
    with no feet, no socks. must knit
    a wool worm cozy

  416. Jean Leinhauser says

    January, cold rain.
    Sheep shiver
    In their wool socks.

  417. In January
    Feet stay warm with socks that rock
    Knit me up a pair!

  418. Cold feet
    January wool spun to yarn
    warm socks.

  419. one foot in a sock
    one waiting to be wool-clad
    the knitter grew bored

  420. all i can think of is a limerick!
    there once was a worm without feet
    he would dream about wool and of sheep
    read january one,
    and said, “hey, look how fun,
    to blog and to knit can’t be beat!”
    here’s an uninspired haiku (what a great contest, though!):
    the worm pirate knits
    warm socks for his foot and then
    a wool peg-warmer

  421. January feet
    worming into wool socks;
    knit warmth for the soul.
    Great contest!

  422. January’s socks
    Three months left to spin wool and
    worm-spit yarn to knit
    L’shanah tovah

  423. Sheep in the Fall
    Wool knit socks
    Fantastic, dude!

  424. Shear spring fleece from sheep /
    Spin wool to yarn, then knit one /
    January sock.

  425. Okay, here’s mine…
    What fantastic wool!
    A yarn pirate knits a sock.
    His peg leg stays bare.
    Thanks for the fun! It’s been a blast reading all of these.

  426. knit in unison
    fantastic warm family
    small socks fall softly

  427. wool socks
    knit from sheep
    warm January feet
    That was a fun challenge!!

  428. Dude, this rocks out loud
    I can get free sock yarn now
    It’s a pirate’s dream…

  429. One worm, without feet,
    Thought the sock would provide warmth.
    Alas, so did I.

  430. Fall knits frost into
    January. Worm seeks sock
    for warmth. Alas, no feet.
    Thanks for the fun!

  431. Hm. Okay, okay. I’m one of the three procrastinators on the internet, I guess. 🙂
    In January
    One knit sock is still useful
    For a chic streaker

  432. six fat wool worms
    each coiled unto themselves
    January’s sock yarn

  433. O fetid foot sock,
    Wool worms come January
    Heed the laundry, Dude!

  434. Last minute haiku
    January socks will worm
    their way to my feet
    :^)

  435. Anita Roesler says

    Dude! Fantastic socks
    Yarn wraps warmth around your feet
    Knitting is so sweet
    Anita
    9-23-06
    10:33pm

  436. January One,
    My feet are begging for socks,
    Yarn for free I need!

  437. Yarn worms through my hands: a sock
    with sweet heel-turn
    hearts knitted whole

  438. Pirate sheep with yarn
    Knit socks that rock and roll, dude
    for Jack Sparrow’s feet.

  439. One sock all finished.
    Fantastic! Knit another.
    Poor feet. They don’t match.