Blue Speckly Socks

Okay, first let me say that I have not been slacking. The reason this has not been updated is that I have been knitting things that come in pairs, and don't want to post projects that are half complete. Remember I mentioned that I was going to make blue socks? Well, I did. In the first one, I paid little attention to gauge and tried out a bulls-eye heel (you do the heel just like the toe). Consequently, my sock was huge and had large holes at the edges of the heel. I decided to start over and knit a second sock, this one with tighter gauge and a regular heel. And I did. By that point I was very, very sick of knitting socks with speckly blue yarn and had just acquired some new, fancy yarn. It should be noted that the two aforementioned socks were largely knit, and the new yarn was bought, at Arisia. Just as I started on a swirly sort of gauntlet, it was time to go back to school. This slowed my productivity, as it was no longer possible to knit for hours and hours every single night. Thus, it took me a bit to finish the first gauntlet. And then I did the second sock, pictured below. So that's what I've been up to, and that's why there have been no updates for the past few weeks.


Yarn: Schloeller Esslinger - Fortissima Cotton Colori (color 05)
Needles: 2
Pattern: Regular 64-stitch socks, like last time. About an inch of ribbing, about three inches of leg.

Currently I'm working on a very soft and fuzzy pair of mittens for the lovely Madeline, who will also get the gauntlets once I have finished the second one because she loves the colors so much (and is, by far, the best of my friends at pretending to care about knitting). Also on my to do list is a hat for Thom (because he agreed to drive me to the yarn store), a hat for Claire, a new hat for myself (hats everywhere!), and a sweater for my mother. I'm very excited about the sweater. Don't tell her!