Hubby’s Socks are Done At Last!

I never thought I’d finish these socks. WHEW. I nearly ran out of yarn too.

The pattern is one of my favorite stand-by’s: the 8 Stitches Per Inch sock from Getting Started Knitting Socks by Ann Budd. I knit them two at a time on two circular needles using the book Knitting Circles Around Socks by Antje Gillingham. I am so glad I knit them that way too — I don’t think I would have ever finished the second sock otherwise.

My husband is sick in bed (poor guy) so I haven’t gotten to show them to him yet. Hopefully he’ll like them. And hopefully they fit… if not, I may cry! Hehe.

Now I’m on to casting on my next project. Here’s the yarn:

It’s hopefully going to be a pair of Monkeys. Believe it or not, I’ve not knit a pair of Monkeys before. I’m really looking forward to seeing how they turn out with this yarn. (It’s also my first time knitting with Wollmeise sock yarn!)

In other news… I had waaaaay too much fun today. I went up to my LYS to sit ‘n knit for the better part of the afternoon. It’s the first time I’ve gotten a chance to go up there and hang out on a Saturday and I’m hoping I can make it up there a lot more often now. It was such a good time. I’ve really not ever met such a fun group of women before.

I picked up a few goodies today while I was at the shop too: I got another hank of Schaefer Anne because I’m loving working with it. It looks and feels so nice. I also got a hank of Plymouth Baby Alpaca Grande. I’ve been looking at that yarn for quite some time (it’s amazingly soft) and today I finally decided to grab some of it for my stash. I also got some beads to start working on a lacey scarf out of my Schaefer Susan that’s been living in my stash for quite a while.

My project queue is getting really long these days…