It took me two weeks to knit the thing. But I love it. I finished it Sunday, frantically, and while in the car on my way to a thirty-one party, I wove in the ends. I wore it unblocked over a black tank top, and I got tons of compliments. Sure, I was the youngest person there by at least 10 years, but it was a big hit. I got raves over the color, the fun dropped stitches...it was awesome. I also hooked some one up with knitting lesson info, further spreading my insane love of knitting and yarn.
In celebration of this knitting triumph, and recent birthday, I rewarded myself with a new knitting book, Socks from the Toe Up by Wendy Johnson. Now, I'm really a cuff-down sock knitter, but I thought it would check it out. I read about the book in the KnitPicks catalog, then I checked it on amazon, reading all the reviews, and decided to give toe-up socks another try. But not with short row heels, please. They worked ok for anklets, but ick on the full sock.
Tomorrow, I'm off to learn intarsia.
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