And the winner is....

Sue with 80 pairs. Well done Sue, the first comment won! Thank you all for playing along with my silly game.

This is how I worked it out. I reckon an average pair of socks for me takes about 70g of 4ply/fingering weight wool. There are 54 different lots of 100g balls/hanks in the picture below. Some a little more, some a little less than but I reckon 100g is about average.
So 54x100=5400 (eek that is £5.4kg of sock yarn.. oops) 5400/70 = 77 pairs

That is a lot of socks! Maybe I need to consider what else I can make from sock yarn.One my list so far is the Chevron Scarf in Last Minute Knitted Gifts from two of my skeins of Socks that Rock (Watermelon Tourmaline and Fire on the Mountain as I love this one on Ravelry)
I also have Devan in my Ravelry queue and thought about using some of my Yarn Yard sock club yarn for it. Hmmmm. I wish there were more hours in the week for knitting.
(P.s. Mum is out of Intensive Care and was sitting up in a chair on the recovery ward tonight, the miracle of modern medicine. There is still a long way to go but things are looking up. Thanks for all of your best wishes... )

#	Brand	Name	Colourway
1	Zitron	Trekking (XXL)	Red/Gold
2	Moda	Vera Adore	Black/White
3	Hipknits	Sock Yarn	Green/Purple
4	LavenderSheep	Superwash Merino Fingering Sock Yarn	Pansy Patch
5	Ruby Sapphire Yarns	Luster Sock Yarn	Simone
6	Beyond Basic Knits	Merino	Red/Gold
7	Das Schneeschaf	Superwash Sock	Ravenclaw
8	Skein Queen	Supersoft Merino	Gryffindor
9	Bright Dyes	Hand Dyed Sock Yarn	Gryffindor
10	Blue Moon Fiber Arts	Socks that Rock - Lightweight	Lucy in the Sky
11	Blue Moon Fiber Arts	Socks that Rock - Lightweight	Little Bunny Foo Foo
12	Blue Moon Fiber Arts	Socks that Rock - Lightweight	Watermelon Tourmaline
13	Blue Moon Fiber Arts	Socks that Rock - Lightweight	Fire on the Mountain
14	Blue Moon Fiber Arts	Socks that Rock - Lightweight	January One
15	Lorna's Laces	Shepherd Sock Multi	Circus
16	Lorna's Laces	Shepherd Sock Multi	Watercolour
17	Lorna's Laces	Shepherd Sock Multi	302 Jungle Stripe
18	Lorna's Laces	Shepherd Sock Solid	22NS Turquoise
19	Posh Yarn	Lucia	Highland (?)
20	Posh Yarn	Emily (4 Ply Sock)	Deep Red/Pink
21	Posh Yarn	Lucia	Blue/Green/Yellow
22	Lorna's Laces	Shepherd Sock Multi	Purple Iris
23	Unknown	Merino Sock	Blue
24	The Yarn Yard	Sock Yarn	June
25	The Yarn Yard	Sock Yarn	April Yarn Club
26	The Yarn Yard	Sock Yarn	TdF Treize
27	The Yarn Yard	Sock Yarn	seize
28	The Yarn Yard	Sock Yarn	Trente Huit
29	The Yarn Yard	Sock Yarn	Dix-Huit
30	South West Trading Company	TOFUtsies	723
31	Klazien's Kreatie	Arwetta	K10
32	Colinette	Jitterbug	Kingfisher
33	Colinette	Jitterbug	Gaugin
34	Schachenmayr nomotta	Regia Stretch Color	81
35	Schachenmayr nomotta	Regia Mouline	1046
36	Schachenmayr nomotta	Regia Sierra Color	5546
37	The Yarn Yard	Sock Yarn	July – Strawberry Patch
38	The Yarn Yard	Sock Yarn	Conker
39	The Yarn Yard	Sock Yarn	TdF 35
40	The Yarn Yard	Sock Yarn	Aug-07
41	The Yarn Yard	Sock Yarn	Peppermint Pink
42	The Yarn Yard	Merino Sock	Oct-07
43	The Yarn Yard	50% Merino 50% Tencel Sock Yarn	September 07 – Doodle
44	The Natural Dye Studio	Luxury Merino Sock Wool	Purple/Green
45	The Yarn Yard	Sock Yarn	TdF Quatre
46	HipKnits	Cashmere Sock Yarn	Turquoise/Brown
47	HipKnits	Cashmere Sock Yarn	Wolves
48	Sirdar	Town and Country	Beige
48	Zwerger Garn	Opal Feelings	1705
49	Zwerger Garn	Opal Feelings	1701
51	ONline	Supersocke 100	1000
52	Lana Grossa	Meilenweit 100 Inca	1521
53	The Yarn Yard	Sock Yarn	Plush
54	Zwerger Garn	Opal Undyed	Red/Blue dyed with KoolAid