A stocking hung by the chimney with care

Hello all - happy new year! I am finally getting round to reporting on my sock progress after a couple weeks lazing about in the sun. The first sock of my lace knee highs (pattern from Interweave Knits Winter 2004) was finished on Christmas Eve, just in time for it to be hung out in the hopes that Santa would stuff it with goodies.
Here it is, depleted of goodies, and modelled on a somewhat disembodied-looking leg (and apologies - I had to use the flash - it's really difficult to photograph black lace socks on your own leg!):
(My photo library looks like a night at the Moulin Rouge, what with all the different shots of my leg doing the can-can.)
Second Sock Syndrome might have taken hold, or it could have been the stupor of the holidays - but I didn't get the second sock cast on until 2006, when I was sitting in the rain waiting for play to begin at Day 1 of the South Africa test match at the SCG (Jan 2nd). Very little has been done since then (mainly because the weather improved, the cricket started, and I was paying too much attention to Brett Lee who was fielding alarmingly close to my seat, what a spunk!) but I will keep you posted!