A jaywalkin' we will go

What's gotten into me - two FO's in less than a week! Must be that old trick of having a week of work and lazing about house - man, it rocks for the knitting. And the spending of hours on Ravelry...

Anyhoo, these socks have been on the sticks for quite a while. First one cast on in January, as a good travel project for my trip to New York (New York - remember New York?!). And I used them as my subway knitting in New York, and plane knitting from NY to LAX and then on to Hawaii (thank goodness the US actually allows knitting on planes. About the most sensible decision to come out of the US government for some time!) It was the second one that took the time. Not that it's a slow knit, just one that, being for me, was easily put aside in favour of gift and swap knitting. But now they are done. Hurrah!

Details
Pattern: Grumperina's Jaywalker. I did the larger size, although on reflection, I think I should have done the smaller size, as I think these might be a bit large. Not to worry! A clever pattern which I enjoyed knitting.

Yarn: Lorna's Laces Shepherd Sock Multi, in Black Purl - 2 skeins - although I probably have about 15 or 20 grams left of one skein. This yarn worked beautifully on the leg, but pooled like a barstool on the foot - exhibit A:
Exhibit B (the other side of the same foot):
So to cure the pooling on sock 2, I joined in the leftover yarn when I was about halfway through the gussets, and alternated yarn from both balls every 2 or 3 rows. And it worked fairly well, not perfectly, but better. A true perfectionist would undo sock 1 and redo. Of course, I am not a true perfectionist. The foot is going to inside a shoe anyway, I figure!!

See - pooling fixed on sock 2!
Sticks: 2.5mm bamboo dpns. I like knitting with these, although one is slightly bent now - not quite sure how that happened!

Time: 15 January 2007 - 15 August 2007

What I learnt: Fixing pooling! But unfortunately, not twisting yarn when swapping skeins very well. But I'm not showing you a picture of that!! A girl's gotta have some secrets!

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Baby update!
Baby James arrived safely yesterday morning ("early" according to my husband, who clearly omitted to get the pertinent details from his brother, the father of James! Not to mention failing to tell me until last night!). So the baby shower will no doubt be replaced by a visit to the hospital instead. Thanks everyone for your good wishes - James' parents went through many IVF treatments to conceive him, and then of course, wouldn't you know it, conceived him naturally! His big sister was so excited she didn't want to go to school!