I finished a project! I finished a project! SOCKS!
Finally! Finally! A finished object I can share! Yippee!! This is, after all, my knitting blog. I can knit this pattern in my sleep, and the yarn is great fun for socks, but I started them during an extremely busy time so several days would pass without a single stitch. The bulk of my knitting time for these socks was subway commuting, so a row here, a row there, you know how that goes.
Anyway. I proudly introduce you to the Minkeys …. pink monkeys, get it? (the word minkeys makes me giggle because I hear it as Inspector Clouseau — Chief Inspector Clouseau — would say it.)
the top/left sock hasn't been blocked yet - the other one has
oh, you minkeys
i love socks.......
The yarn is the incredibly soft Felici, from KnitPicks. The first pair of socks I knit with this yarn still looks great, after a couple years’ washing. They get a lofty halo, but they’re very hard-wearing. And they don’t need any special care at all, double good for busy people.
These socks are for the bride-to-be, my daughter Marnie. When my older daughter Katie got married, she gave Marnie a t-shirt that said “I’m a worm farmin’ power liftin’ bad ass” and that really says it all. Since Marnie has this photo in her Facebook photo album (and therefore it’s public) I don’t think she’d mind my posting it here.
Marnie and Tom, getting married in a few weeks - taken at Katie's wedding rehearsal
It’s such fun finishing something, if only because I feel a little less guilty about casting on a new project. 
Pretty socks and I love that shirt – congrats to your girls…
thanks – the shirt is so perfect for Marnie. Katie really knows her sister.
And yes! I’ll be at Rhinebeck. I’m spending the weekend this year. Just got my room in Poughkeepsie on Wednesday. I’m gonna drive up Friday after work and stay until Sunday! Woo-hoo!!!!!!
On her own blog, Tammy just wrote a post titled..Yarn Diet
awesome!! we’ll see each other there (plus before…)
Those are some great socks
Congrats to your daughter! I just celebrated my wedding anniversary so I’m definitely all about the summer wedding!
On her own blog, Andrea just wrote a post titled..Slow Going
thanks Andrea – and happy anniversary! my oldest daughter teaches 1st grade, so she chose a summer wedding to ensure that her anniversaries to come would be easy to celebrate. summer weddings are really so lovely.
hey.. nice minkeys
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thanks
– that makes me laugh even when you say it!
Beautiful! I love the pink.
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Love the pink socks! I love pretty much anything in pink!! Congrats to your daughter!!
On her own blog, Hayley – Ravelry -Aezoey just wrote a post titled..Today is "RUSH DAY" !!
aw, thank you Haley! I never liked pink before, but I saw this yarn and fell head over heels in love. Now I seem to have a lot of pink yarn – some very pale pink madelinetosh tosh merino light, gorgeous. and thanks for the congrats to Marnie, we’re all so happy and excited!
Cool shirt and even cooler socks!!! I like that yarn. You block socks??? Are we supposed to block socks????
On her own blog, Sara just wrote a post titled..Introducing…Colleen…
haha! Nah – I just block them when i give them away, so they look nice and neat once in their little sock-ey lives. Plus, it gives me a chance to let all the stitches relax a little so I can fool people into thinking I knew what I was doing.
If they’re for me, they just go straight on my feet.