I love these socks:
Start date: October 3
Finish date: October 17
Pattern used: Lizzy
Yarn: Socks That Rock Lightweight
Needles: Knitpicks US 2 DPNs
Notes: I did change the motif a little – I really don’t like to knit a p3tog or whatever that was up on line 13 or so of the chart, so I just fudged it around so I didn’t have to, and I don’t think you can really tell the difference. I also added a motif on the toe and extended the ribbing to the toe until grafting. I really like them! They fit nicely too, and I think I’ll be making another pair, though with the original toe.
Tomorrow I am getting together with Malvina to give her the orange socks! Today I went to the Yarn Boutique and picked up a couple of the little packets of Soak for her to wash them in. Technically you can machine wash Cherry Tree Hill sock yarn, but I am finding that the less you machine wash handmade socks the better. (I know, right? I drank the koolaid, I guess.)
I looked on my Flickr account and I discovered that to date I have completed 12 projects this year! That is doing pretty good. Last year I finished 15 items, and two of them were sweaters. This year has mostly been socks, but I did make the Swallowtail Shawl, which was pretty fun. With the fall weather coming to town (not so’s you’d notice today, it’s a balmy 77°) I am feeling some hat mojo return, so I will be casting on for a hat in some delish grapey-purple Manos de Uruguay today I think. I also have a ton of Malabrigo I’ve been collecting, so I think I might try Koolhaas or similar in the sealing wax colorway.
I am still pondering the next socks I will cast on, which will be for Abby in Collinette Jitterbug, in the “Jewel” colorway.