The socks are finished! I am pretty pleased with them. The only person n the family they will fit is GameBoy, so he will get them. They are not blocked, as I don't have a sock blocker--yet--but I think they look pretty good anyway. Below is a sideways view:
I did play around a little bit with them. For instance, for a while, I tried to knit Continental style. It always looks so much faster and more efficient. But it's also very uncomfortable for me, so English style it will have to remain for now. Also, I was watching a knitting show on PBS while working on them, and it looked to me like their guest was knitting into the back of the first stitch on the needle. I have no idea why she did that, but I thought I'd see what it did. It let to short columns of twisted stitches. So I stopped that too.
Here is a close-up of my stockinette:
And the ribbing:
I like the way the color turned out. Not a lot of contrast, just mostly a greyish-blue with bits of lighter blue and green here and there.
I won't be able to move on the the next tote; it's time to start on Christmas. JCS Ornament Issue isn't out yet, but I'm putting together my kit to work on the 1999 Told In A Garden free Christmas Angel. That will be my next post.
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ilove the socks. I knit in the back stitch when I pick up the stitches on the gusset. It makes the stitches tighter so there aren't gaps. those will be warm socks when winter comes.
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