Thanks to You

I finished the socks! Thanks to the kind words of others & the thought of how much my mom would have dug these socks, I finally knit those last few rows, kitchenered them up & tried them on. Not too shabby for my first heavily-modified pattern.
Here they are:


This photo really shows off the neat way the swirling pools of color match up on both socks!


They are so soft & wonderful, I can hardly express how much I love them! The Mr. likes them too, and, thanks to my big feet, he might even have a chance to wear them. I think they'd look kind of snazzy with his Birkenstocks.

Well, next up, I need to finish my French Market Bag from knitty.com, just finishing up the handles is all that's left! Then onto my Clapotis-redo. I made it up last year, but, sadly, I came up about 10 yards short on my yarn! I ripped & was unable to bring myself to knit it up again immediately & it has been waiting in a corner for me to notice it. It would probably still be waiting if I hadn't gone to knitting class these past couple of weeks (I use the word "class" loosely, as it was more of a social gathering I paid good money to attend.) Anyway, one of the great things about class (aside from the company!) was that I could use the shop's swift & ball-winder! So my many many yards was wound up neatly into 1 big & 1 little ball.

Hot on the Clapotis' heels, I hope will be my Cafe Bastille sweater from Interweave Knits. I am mostly done, just have a sleeve to finish & the seaming. I am making it from Cascade's Ecological Wool, which has proven to make a much nicer fabric than I would have guessed. It is actually quite soft & no more scratchy than I find Manos. I'm just waiting on another skein (why do I keep running short?) to finish this bad boy.

Thanks again to everyone who wished me well in words & thoughts!