Finally! Elizabeth will get a birthday gift (only a month and a half late), and I have finished my first pair of socks!
Pattern: Beginner's Lightweight Socks from Knitting Pure and Simple
Yarn: Tofutsies Sock Yarn color 718
Needles: 4 Lantern Moon Rosewood dpn's size 1 on the first sock, 5 replacement Lantern Moon Blonde dpn's size 1 on the second sock.
Here's a close up of the color pattern:
I suppose I could have blocked them before I took a picture, but too bad. Since Elizabeth doesn't read this I can say I'm glad she expressed an interest in these, because the color is a little too Easter egg (I know I said I was turning over a new leaf with this sock thing and was going to stop being so picky, but still...). I will also say that I only want to use Lantern Moon dpn's from now on until forever. I have a small collection of bamboo dpn's from Empress, which I like a lot better than Clovers, and Empress dpn's are like $6.00 a set. I don't know if I'll ever be able to use them again, the Lantern Moons were definitely superior. There's something about using beautiful, spendy needles that makes a project seem special, even if it's just a pair of socks that look like they were thrown up by the Easter Bunny.
Since I am dontating the Easter vomit socks to Elizabeth (I actually do like them, despite their looking like vomit), I started a pair for myself. As with most things, I am loving the colors right now:
Strange how this color (728) stripes while the other blew chunks in a spiral pattern (honestly, I like them). You can see the colors better in the ball than in the sock, I think I'm eclipsing the light. Interestingly enough, when I originally took a poll at the yarn store between these two colors, everyone voted for the vomit because it was 'more colorful'. All right.
Either way, I'm glad to finally have something knitted to give to Elizabeth, it gives me more opportunities to give dirty looks to the half finished pile of mitten in the yarn basket. Sadly, I know a little someone who will be sorry to see the socks go:
