Hubby Socks

I am still around, and I actually finished something. I finished a pair of socks for my husband:

It's his second pair. He seems to like them, so he might get another pair for Christmas.

Pattern: My own plain old stockinette
Needles: My usual 0s
Yarn: Regia Galaxy in blues/greys

I'm almost done with the evergreen trees section of the Magickal Earth Shawl. So, I'm very close to starting the unicorns. That's part of what drew me to this shawl in the first place when I first got the book Gathering of Lace, the unicorns. Of course, when I first bought this book, I was definitely not confident enough then to tackle this shawl. But now it seems like the logical choice for me to work on. I feel my skills are exactly where they need to be for this shawl.

And just for fun, here's a picture of our new "pet" Audrey:

Husband Socks

Believe it or not, this is the first pair of socks I've ever made for my husband (as well as being the first finished object of 2008):

I finished them last night. The specs:
Pattern: My own basic pattern
Yarn: Trekking 62
Needles: My usual size 0s

So, I've been working a bit on Frost Flowers and Leaves and I've been working a little on the Hex Coat, which shall henceforth be referred to as the Albatross. I love the coat's picture in Knitting Nature and I have no doubts that I will love mine once finished, but let me tell you what a giant, hairy pain in the bum that miles and miles of moss stitch are. Knit one, purl one, knit one purl one. I'd much rather have plain old stockinette or even garter. Next time I choose a project this big, it will not have miles and miles of moss or rib. I am nearly to the armholes of the back now and then I STILL have the sleeves. Ugh. Not to mention all those hexagons. *Sigh*

As Promised

As promised, pictures of the smaller munchkin socks.

I know they look remarkably similar to the first pair, but if you look closely you can see that these have less pattern in the cuff (in other words, they're a wee bit shorter). I'm lazy, so if you want to see the specs, they are pretty much the same as the first pair (which is in the aforementioned link).

I also have some socks started for the husband:

That's Trekking in dark greys. It's going pretty quick, so he might have a pair for the new year. And he totally deserves it. Even without my Christmas present. Which I can't show you because I don't have it yet, might not have it for a couple of months or so yet, but trust me when I tell you, it's really good and will be worth the wait.