FO: Spiral Boot Socks

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Look, they're done! My sister will be so happy...you know, because feet get really cold in May in Texas. Ah well, better late than never, right? In any case, I do get the satisfaction of scratching one more pair off the infamous 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 (possibly booties?)
   
10. Indestructible socks for Jon

Ah. Finally making progress! Speaking of which, I'll likely be done with another pair really soon, so stay tuned - it could be yours!

Yarn - 2 skeins Knitpicks Gloss (70% merino, 30% silk) in burgundy. This is really nice shiny yarn, especially for the price. I found it to be kind of splitty, though, and not as soft as I was expecting.

Needles - I merrily magic looped away on 32" size 2 addi turbos.

Pattern - Spiral Boot Socks from Interweave Knits, Summer 2007. Really, the only mods I made were working it toe-up instead of top-down and substituting a short-row heel.

Returning to the Sock Queue

Yeah, about that sock queue...no improvements since my mom's socks. I started these a really long time ago, back before new years, but have only been working on them off and on. Part of that is because I've only been knitting, period, off and on due to a more hectic semester than I predicted (and that I kind of selfishly only want to knit for myself when I am able to carve out the time for it), and part of it is due to the odd amount of difficulty I've been having memorizing the pattern. It's not a particularly difficult pattern, but for some reason, I am just not getting the logic of it.

So, bottom line is that I have 2/3 of one of my sister's spiral boots socks done. Slowly, tediously, it will get finished.