Victory!

I present my late finished gift socks! I know I've been quite coy about these socks, but I was hoping to keep them a relative secret until they were gifted. I actually finished them on Friday night, but I didn't want to post them until they had a decent chance of making it to the recipient before she read about them on the blog first. These are a gift for my mom for Mother's Day (yes, I said they were late, and she was warned her present wouldn't be on time, so all is forgiven (I think)). I really like them, and I hope she does as well. They fit me like a glove and we have the same size feet, so they should be good for her as well. This is only my second pair of socks, and the first pair was for me. I'm not sure how I would go about knitting socks for someone who's foot I didn't have handy as a model...

Project: Mom's Mother's Day socks

Pattern: Based on Conway from Knitting on the Road, but I gave up on the mock cabled ribbing after about an inch because it was SO slow and I was in a hurry

Yarn: Socks that Rock, lightweight, in Rolling Stone. I had a lot left over.

Needles: Brittany size 1 DPNs. There were issues. These socks required the sacrifice of 2 needles, one with a broken tip and the other split down the middle. Apparently I was stressed.

Time knitting: 3 weeks? Something like that...

In other news, my Project: Colorswap pal, Thia, recieved her package on Friday and enjoyed what I sent, and my Knitters Tea Swap pal, Maryellen, also enjoyed her package. I'm really glad everyone liked their stuff!
I was so excited yesterday night when I got home and saw I had a package, since I'm eagerly awaiting my tea swap and dye swap packages. The office was closed so I had to wait until this morning to get my box, and I was SO disappointed to encounter my new running shoes (which I apparently forgot I ordered) instead of fun knitting goodies! Hopefully I'll get a package soon - the anticipation is killing me!