And so the holiday knitting begins. These are Paul Atwell socks, by Emily Johnson, in Knit Picks Stroll in the Midnight Heather colorway. They’ll be either for Dad or C (probably Dad, as the other colorway I bought is Merlot Heather, and C is the wine drinker, so it just seems to fit). I actually cast these on on Sunday, but the lack of light when I get home (definite downside of daylights savings time) means I didn’t get a photo until I had a spare moment on Wednesday before work. And you can tell how long it took me to have time to clear my camera… Anywoo, the pattern is pretty easy, once I figured out how to follow the lace repeat. I don’t know what I was smoking that night, as it’s actually pretty simple, but it took me few very confused moments to get through the first repeat. I memorized it after the second. It’s going quite nicely now.
So, since I have another pair to complete before Christmas, and the November Sockdown challenge doesn’t end until 12/31/09, you can imagine how my progress on the Tilted Cabled socks is going. I did actually get through the heel, but have stalled out on the gusset decreases. I’ll probably work on them hear and there for a little variety, but I won’t count on finished them anytime soon. And that’s the state of knitting for now.