FO: Cable Twist SOCKS for my MOM 1

Guess these mean....

....that I can cross something else off my Sock Queue!

1. Charade socks for Brian
2. River Rapid socks for Jennie
3. Vinnland socks for Van
4. Millicent socks for Sam
5. Rhiannon socks for Mandy
6. Spiral boots socks for Leila
7. Socks for Mom
8. Socks for Stepdad
9. Something sockish for Dani
   
10. Indestructible socks for Jon

Whew. That was satisfying. Onto the specs:
Yarn - 2 skeins of Knitpicks Swish DK (123 yards, 100% superwash merino) in hollyberry. I actually used two full skeins and about 4 yards of the 3rd. Oh well, I'll make a hat or something. Also, let it be known that I used this yarn because my mom washes handknitted socks in the washing machine regardless of the effect it may have on them - these got unintentionally felted.

Needles - size 3 addi turbos

Pattern - Hello Yarn's Cable Twist Socks essentially from memory. I made them toe up, with a fabulous short row heel (seriously, though, short row heels kick major ass), and tweaked the pattern a little. I made them with 60 sts instead of 56, and to accommodate that, I switched to a reapeat that was 6 sts wide. So, there were 4 knit sts instead of 5.

There's another FO I need to introduce while I've sequestered myself away, but sadly, it doesn't help me scratch anything off that damned queue.
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¹This is actually a sneaky reference to an inside joke. See, awhile back, my friend Tamar was working on this huge shawl as a gift for her mother. Since the shawl was tedious, and gigantic, she naturally took it everywhere with here and got kind of annoyed with it. But, she got way more annoyed with everybody asking about it. So, whenever anyone innocently said, "Hey that looks cool! Whatcha working on?" Tamar would respond, "a SHAWL for my MOM!"

I thought this was the funniest thing ever and would ask her that just to hear it.