Sailor's Socks- fin

Unbelievably, these are compete. I am extremely proud of them. I am, of course, taking the recipient's word that his feet are 11 inches long. He refused to measure them for me, oddly. Perhaps because he does not have a handy ruler, and the inevitable questions as to why, exactly, he needs a ruler to measure his feet would lead his superiors to doubt the sanity of a, his "girl," and b, his own, for going along with it.

Either way, said recipient is not preceisly overwhelmingly enthused about becoming the owner of a pair of hand-knit, hand painted wool socks. But he will be.

Oh yes, he will be.

Checklist

After some marathon knitting sessions, I've completed a couple items and am going to update my "to do" list.

X Helmetliner (as shown in button on the sidebar) - knit
X One pair Olive drab socks for my sailor- knit
X One pair super soft socks for Dad's BD in November- knit
To do: Aran afghan, exactly half complete - crochet
To do: Green ripple monstrosity thing, about 1/4 complete -crochet
To do: Rainbow triple crochet baby blanket, about 6 inches -crochet
To do: Baby blanket for Amy's forethcoming boychild.
To do: Dishcloth(s) for Christmas presents.

I'm taking the other helmetliners off the list for now, and replacing them with The Ships Project hats and slippers. (Well, maybe just hats. My slipper attempts aren't working out very well, and I've tried three patterns. I just don't like the way they turn out.) The reason for the charity switch? Wool is kind of pricey for me, and The Ships Project will take acrylic stuff. Also hats don't take as long.

Sailor's Socks, updated!

First sock, done. Second sock, in progress. My sailor has fracking huge feet, so they take a lot longer than other socks I've done! He's worth it, though...of course!

More Christmas presents!

Dishcloths, bath puff and back scrubber, all crocheted! Too cute, eh? All worked with cotton yarn. They all worked up super fast, and were a welcome break from sock knitting. Though the sock knitting urge could not be put off for long!

More socks

Super soft softs for pop! These were made on size 3 dpn's, with Debbie Bliss' Baby Cashmerino in black. Cashmere, microspun, and merino wool make a super soft yarn! I'm told it will pill easily, but that's fine because the recipient is more worried about softness than anything else. He won't be wearing them with shoes.

S-N-B Fat-bottomed bags

Three Stitch N' Bitch Fat-bottomed bags, made to be Christmas gifts this year! No linings, because I didn't feel like it.

Sailor's Socks

100% Merino wool, hand painted, color "Navy Olive," aka camo. Ribbed cuff and instep, stockinette stitch on foot and toes. In progress; still decreasing gusset. Note to self: never, ever, ever try to begin a row with purl.