sock week continues

remember these guys?
i started them forever ago.
shirley got me the yarn for my birthday 2 years ago...

well they'd been crammed in with some other unfinished (possibly indefinitely abandoned) projects in a knitting bag i never use. i found them last week and figured what the hell :)

i've finished the last green stripe now and am working on the ribbing. and see those scissors? you know what that means. there are about a million ends to weave in. you know how i hate finishing. yuck!

i can't wait to go someplace cold to wear them. remember that conversation we had about worsted weight socks and how i couldn't wear them down here? well these too are made from dale of norway's falk. sigh. can we get some snow down here? i'm sure it wouldn't hurt the palm trees :)

Comments

Anonymous said…

Those socks look absolutely awesome - but poor you, all those ends that you'll have to weave in! Then again - it'll be worth it! Great job!

July 23, 2007 at 1:45 AM

WandaWoman said…

Oh, those are so many ends to weave end, but the socks look great!

July 23, 2007 at 12:10 PM

jen said…

I remember those!! Has it really been two years??!! Loved your hogwarts packages! Hope you're having a not too hot summer!

July 25, 2007 at 2:43 PM

Anonymous said…

Oh, I reconized that :D Has it really been 2 years? feels like Lesley and I had just gone to Shuttle a few days ago.

July 27, 2007 at 3:53 PM

Lorena said…

I know what you mean about ends, but... dang! Those socks look great!

July 27, 2007 at 9:26 PM

lesley said…

ends ends ends. i'm not even gonna think about them for a while they're going in the unfinished indefinitely bin again. not like i can even wear them :)

July 29, 2007 at 8:06 PM

hogwarts sock swap (year 1)

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knitting updates

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