It's almost as much fun to finish projects as to start them

Well, it has been a little while from my last post. Things have been a little busy around here lately. But I do have lots of knitting news!

In the last month I have started quite a few projects, and finished a couple old ones...

First up are my socks. My beautiful first knit-for-me-and-me-alone socks. I was feeling a little bit of the pregnancy blues, so I needed something just for me. Beautiful socks were the answer. I got some beautiful new Arequipa yarn from Tangled Skeins and found a wonderful pattern, Fawkes from Rav and here are the results.

I am so happy with them! they fit like clouds and they are so pretty on my feet :) I just want to flash my socks to everyone!

Then, after I was over myself and my socks I started a pair for Dave. (I have a bit of a sock obsession...)

They are an adaptation of Treads from Son of a Stich'n bitch, with Zitron Trekking (XXL). I changed the pattern so that the rib and cables go over the foot. I am so happy that they actually fit Dave perfectly! When he tried them on he announced that store bought socks would never be the same again, and that he now needs all his socks custom made. It's a sweet thought, though if he really wants that he'll have to take up knitting. Man socks are slow to make. As evidence the fact that I have only one of his socks done right now...

The next thing I knocked off the needles was Dave's sweater. Yes, that's right. The Cobblestone Pullover that has been in the works since May is finally done!!!! It had sat around at the bottom of my project bag for quite a while. Then, last month I decided it needed to be finished for the fall. Also, as Dave's birthday was the beginning of November I thought it would be nice to get it done for that. It took a lot of dedication to follow through. The garter stitch yoke with over 200 stitches goes on forever!!!! But now it is done, and it fits Dave perfectly! I am so proud of myself for finishing it. It was my first gifted sweater, and my second ever.

I don't have a picture of it on Dave yet, because when I did my photo shoot he wasn't home, but I will have updates soon. The colour of the yarn is more of a green then in this shot. It was done in Lemongrass Heather Swish superwash from Knit Picks. (Beautiful yarn to work with!)

Other than that I have been trying to finish a couple little projects that have just been sitting around.

Gargle got his face, mane and tail...

Isn't he just too cute!

I have even been working on Sheldon. I am getting him all seamed up. I should have an update with him all finished soon.

Well, that's all my knitting news for now. I wonder what else I can start...