Jaywalkers



Yarn: Lorna's Laces Shepherd Sock in Amish
Pattern: Jaywalkers
Needles: Size 3 circs
Started: November 15th, 2006
Finished: January 1st, 2007

Meet my dad's Christmas present for 2006. Y'all, it was the first time I have ever, EVER gotten a knitted gift in late. But I realized around 11pm on Christmas eve, I would have to bite the bullet and wrap my one and a half socks and mention that it was a "gift in progress." Luckily, I have a very sweet, tolerant father who's willing to put up with such shenanigans for socks. I managed to finish the socks about 6 hours before I left California for the wilds of Washington DC and left them blocking in my room.

So, yes, Jaywalkers. Quite a nice pattern, though the calves ended up being ridiculously tight, probably because I'm a tight knitter. Because I am not an insane person, I scaled down the socks to 68 stitches on size 3 needles (size 1s? Are you kidding? I'm sorry, I don't knit with toothpicks), which worked just fine. I used Lorna's Laces, a gift from an old Secret Pal exchange. Oh yes, I de-stashed a bit. Anyway, the colors aren't to my taste, but my dad claims to love them and wears them to keep his footsies warm at night.