Fail Socks

I have failed the Ravelympics. The deadline is about 14 minutes from now, and this is all I have:

I finished the gusset on one sock, and the other is a few rows behind. I have only myself to blame... I spent too much time screwing around online, I forgot my socks at work, and I may have spent an inordinate amount of time watching for an accident at the intersection in front of my house when a new stop sign went up. If you're wondering, there was a lot of honking and slamming on brakes, but no accidents.

The socks are pretty narrow, and will be sent to my 11 (almost 12) year-old niece upon completion. They're pretty tough to get over my heel and my stepdaughter's heel (the original recipient). My gauge swatch was a filthy liar, and told me I should knit these on size zero needles. Stupid swatch.

And now it is 8:07 and I have officially failed. Oh, well. Maybe next time.

My Ravelymics Plan is No More

The plan was to knit the Pomatomus Socks like a fiend before my stepdaughter (the intended recipient) arrived, or at the very latest before she left. Well she left this morning, and this is where I am...

That's two out of three chart repeats on the leg complete. Not even half way done. And you know what else? They're too small. I had Cass try one on and she could barely get it over her heel... neither could I. So these socks will likely find themselves on the feet of my niece, who is going into 6th grade so they should fit her. Should. Then I will knit a different pair for Cass, remembering my hard-learned lesson: smaller feet do not necessarily mean narrower feet.

Other than the size, the socks are coming along nicely. The yarn/colorway is perfect for the pattern, the chart is less complicated than it appeared, and the pattern is written very clearly. There are more Cookie A. socks in my future for sure.