Finished Object

Here they are folks, the socks I knit for my bfs mother for mothers day. They were knit on a 12" size 2 circular needle with Austermann Step yarn. This yarn is awesome, it's infused with Aloe and Jojoba (I can't spell that, sorry if its wrong) oils and is as soft as can be. I really had to remind myself of how much i like the recipient, because these socks felt soo good on my feet that i didn't want to give them away.






These are my mom's mothers day gift, notice how they're still not quite done. These are made with Opal Flamingo on a 12" size 3 circular. Notice that the unfinished sock is almost done...all that knitting took place yesterday/last night. This sock has caused a whopping case of SSS (second sock syndrome) for me. For some reason I couldn't seem to get my rear in gear to finish the 7 rows of heel flap that were left so i could start the foot. Last night I apparently fell in love with them again, and now i'm regretting telling my mom that they are hers....a natural reaction i think.


But that's ok, because these two projects are for me, they will be mine all mine, and i'm not sharing. Out of the 6 pairs of socks i've knit this year guess how many are in my drawer...go on, take a guess. None! Thats right, not one freakin pair, its my turn to have warm feet (and don't make that noise, wool socks are great for the subzero air conditioning.)


This lovely bright yarn is Chameleon by Opal, i have a feeling it'll knit up like the Flamingo did, only with bright green and blue instead of pink. This yarn is the reason i can give up the Flamingo socks that have sucked so much out of me. Plus I don't have the pink scrubs to go with the pink socks the way that my mom does.



My attempt at decent dpn knitting, it seems to be working so far. I love love love this yarn, the colors are gorgeous and the striping pattern sadly keeps me entertained. These are also for me, hopefully the incentive of warm feet will keep me from frogging them 20 times.