Woot!

Cass got her socks, and she likes them and they fit. I can now breathe a sigh of relief. But only for a minute, because her little sister has requested a pair. I think I'll finish up that second hat first, though. Luckily Cass's little sister is only 6 (I think, maybe 7) so she has little feet. Her socks shouldn't take too long. :)

Cass's socks have been finished and sent off to her. And of course I was in such a rush to get them to her that I didn't think to take pictures. Oh well... they look pretty much like the previous pictures, but with feet. You'll have to use your imagination.

I finished one of two hats for my mother-in-law's sister. She has breast cancer, and this is the second time it's come after her. Totally sucks. My MIL says she'll have to go through chemo for a year to 18 months, so it's pretty likely she'll lose her hair. So I'm making her a couple hats so her head won't get too chilly during the cold Chicagoland winter. This one is the Lace Edged Hat, knit with Paton's Silk Bamboo. I don't know if silk/bamboo really blocks or not, but I wanted to try to get the lace to at least lay flat.

Now I'm working on the second one. I started it in Supple Rib, but frankly Supple Rib is sort of a bitch. It took me two hours to get about an inch and half of hat done, which is a bit much. But I like the way it's coming out, so maybe I'll stick with it.

Scott and I went to the pumpkin patch this weekend, and there was an alpaca tent sent up at the farm. It took all my willpower not to enter the tent and buy all of the yarn she had (only a basket or two from what I could see at a distance). I also forced myself to stay away from the Shenandoah Valley Fiber Festival this weekend. I'm saving up all my yarn allowance for Stitches East in a couple weeks. I figured Shenandoah will be in the same place next year, but this is the last time (at least for a long while) that Stitches East will be held in Baltimore. So I have to go, and make it count. So that's my plan.

Over-socked

After making the Pomatomus Socks too long and narrow for Cass, I started another pair for her. These were just sort of made up as I went along. I did 1x1 rib for about two inches, then switched to 4x2 ribbing. I added some twisty not-quite-cable things that sort of spiral around the cuff, but left them off the top of the foot. I was afraid cables on top of the foot might become a comfort issue. They're not quite done yet- I've just gotten started the foot area on both.

The color is most accurate in this photo:

And here is a close up of the twisty bits:

I started with two cables, spaced even apart on the cuff. Then every four rows I would shift the cables one rib further.

Sock boredom hit me again partway through these socks, so I started a shawl. Just something simple and quick for some sense of completion. It was knit with two skeins of Dancing Leaf Farm's Slubby Nubby on size 11s. It took me about a week, but someone less distractible could make it in a weekend.

I'm still a little over-socked, so maybe I'll work on that Boyfriend sweater from way back for a little while.