Exterminate!

The past week has held a lot of finishing!

First, I quickly knit a Dalek for my coworker:



Pattern: EXTERMIKNIT!
Yarn: Cascade Heathers in 2453 and 4002
Started: 8/12/12
Finished: 8/22/12

Then I put the finishing touches on these socks, which I started far too long ago!



Pattern: (Black)hearted by me!
Yarn: Shibui Knits Sock in Blossom
Started: 2/18/12
Finished: 8/24/12

And, of course, I had to finish my cowl for the Purlygirls Cowl Swap!



Pattern: Modish Cowl
Yarn: Ultra Alpaca
Started: 7/12/12
Finished: 8/26/12

Plus I squeezed in a little bit of time to work with my CSM. I did some fiddling to get the ribber to work (had to adjust the height and timing) and made a scrap tube with one purled stitch. Since I didn't feel quite ready to make ribbing on my first socks, I decided to do a hem top, since hanging a hem seemed pretty easy, and it was!



It was a little more tricky to switch from the finished toe back to waste yarn, and for some reason I dropped several stitches trying. But I was able to do a couple quick cranks with waste yarn, and then pick the stitches up while getting ready to graft on knitting needles. And so I completed my very first sock successfully! Unfortunately I think the 72 stitch cylinder is going to be too large to make socks for me. I'll grab some of my slightly heavier yarn and try the 54 stitch cylinder next time!

Big Pink Socks

A while back my friend Monica was talking about how she had a bunch of shawlettes she didn't wear. She has quite a few, and these were just not quite what she wanted for various reasons. One of them was a lovely Akimbo in colors I quite liked:

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 (That's her picture.)

So we arranged a little trade. She would give me her lovely shawlette, and I would knit her some socks. Like most people I know, Monica has bigger feet than I do, but not like most people she wears a size 12. She's tall, it makes sense. But it meant that I was knitting probably my biggest pair of socks ever.

The socks went with me on many outings and adventures.



They went on a cupcake and coffee date with a friend, and on another coffee and knitting date with some other friends where we were all knitting pink things!



They went to Stitch & Pitch!



They went to the Skacel party, which was really awesome, and Monica and I took a picture of us being Addi needles with the socks:



And then, finally, they were done!



Pattern: Monkey by Cookie A
Yarn: Yarntini in Flirtini
Started: 5/19/12
Finished: 8/11/12