FO: Millicent Knee Socks for Sam

So.....this is really old news. I finished these and gave these to Sam (along with the socks I made for my Mom, stepdad, and sister) when I was visiting Texas way way back in August. Sorry about the hold up. Wait! You know what this means:

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 (possibly booties?)
   
10. Indestructible socks for Jon

Woot.

Yarn - Knitpicks Risata (42% Cotton, 39% Superwash Merino Wool, 13% Polyamide, 6% Elite Elastic) in Navy. I thought knitting with this yarn would be weird and awkward - that it would be to springy to get in the groove with - but it turned out to be kind of nice to knit with. And good sock yarn, though, in hindsight maybe not the best choice for these socks (the elastic makes it slightly nubbly, which makes stitch definition on the laces cuffs less than awesome). It wasn't quite stretchy enough, either, probably due to the high cotton content, and the cuffs sag like all hell¹.

Needles - Hmmm....it's been awhile now, but I think I made this using size 1 (which is really more of a 1.5 compared to my other needles) addi turbo circulars.

Pattern - Millicent from Cookie A. I really didn't read the pattern at all (even though I bought it), just knit it toe-up using the pictures. I just looked really closely to figure out the toe, then it was golden. I increased 2 at the center of the back of the leg every 5 rows to make the calf shaping starting an inch or so into the leg. I did read the charts for the lace cuff.

¹Sam, I'm including some elastic thread in the pickage of christmas stuff for you and Leila to fix the cuff problems with. Just a heads up.

So close, and yet so far away

The millicent socks should be done, and technically, I guess, they are. Sadly, in their current state, they don't actually match. After finishing the lace cuff on the last one, I triumphantly started the lace cuff of its mate and merrily knitted away at it during the long drive from Michigan to Maryland.

Then, I ran out of yarn. No biggie, I thought to myself, I'll just knit as far as I can and unravel the first sock to match.

Yeah...I totally left it back in Michigan. Lame.

JUST IN: New glasses fulfill promise of knitting content

Yep, thanks to my newly competent corrective lenses, I have knitting news to share! I finished off the first of the Millicent knee socks I've been making for Sam. Take a gander:


I'm going away this week, visiting Jon's family and our dear dear friend Tamar (currently the Reader of the Current Time Period in Jarthen land), so many hours in the car should make finishing the other one no problem at all.

Actually, I think I'll be able to start the last of the pressing items on the Sock Queue of Doom on this trip, since there's actually not that much to do with Sam's sock. I knit the first up to the lace section and stopped because we were driving and I didn't bring the pattern (yay foresight!). so I started the second one and knit it all the way through it. All I really have to do, then, is work the foldover lace cuff for the first sock and weave in all the ends.

Some progress

You know what that is? The first half of one of Sam's much-anticipated knee socks, that's what. Yeah, the Millicent socks are underway and going smoothly. I just finished the first skein and figure it was as good a time as any to post an update about them.

And please enjoy this picture of sleepy Jon for the road. A video montage to his awesomeness (and fantastically bad dancing) is in the works, so stay tuned.