9/25/2010
Hmm…I queued this and downloaded the pattern on 7/21, so I’m going to say that’s probably when I started it. As for when I finished it…well…I’m sure I have a note on that somewhere, right? I’m even guessing at the needle size. I need to get back into the habit of keeping up with this!

Anyway, the yarn is gorgeous, and I chose this pattern (rightfully, I think) because the stitch pattern would show off the yarn without getting lost in the variegation.

I worked very hard at getting the socks just the right length to use up as much of the yarn as possible. I didn’t have a needle suitable for magic looping two at a time, so I switched the DPNs back and forth between the two socks as I went, using both ends of the yarn. Surprisingly, it worked really well. They fit great! I think my bind off (sewn) was actually a little too loose, but that can be fixed. Well, kind of. I don’t have enough yarn left to do much with it…gee, wonder why? The last picture shows every bit of the yarn I didn’t use.

I also changed the toes because a short row toe would have interrupted the striping of the yarn.

Note: I took out the bind-off in 10/2011 and used JSSBO instead. It worked out well!