knitting in the dark

I finished my first planned Christmas gift of the year during Socktober…

I started these Hederas (Ravelry link) on a train to Connecticut to visit a friend and her fiance,

started the second of the pair on the bus up to Rhinebeck for the Sheep and Wool Festival and finished them on the train to Baltimore where we did the tech rehearsals for the first national tour of the How the Grinch Stole Christmas musical (Coming soon to a city near you! If you happen to live near Boston, that is… next year we’ll be expanding to others, though).

These socks are a gift for my friend who just moved to Australia with her boyfriend (his job relocated him for the next two years). After completing the pair I realized that Christmas happens during the summer for those persons living in the southern hemisphere - oops! I associate Christmas with cold weather and wool socks and the like. Oh well. I’m pretty sure she’ll like them as she has admired on more than one occasion a pair of Hederas that I knit for myself.

The yarn is Trekking XXL, which I love for gift giving because it tends to hold up pretty well to being tossed into the washer and dryer and I would never expect people to hand wash items I knit them unless they are specifically requested. Her feet are just a touch bigger than mine and I’ve made her a pair of socks before that fit her, so hopefully these will also as I probably won’t see her for quite a while to make adjustments.

pattern: Hedera out of Spring 2006 Knitty by Cookie A
yarn: Trekking XXL color 145 from The Loopy Ewe WEBS
needles: my trusty sidekicks, four INOX 2mm dpns
started: 11 October 2008
finished: 24 October 2008
mods/notes: I shortened the heel flap, but I think that’s the only change. Also, I <3 Hederas - if you like to knit socks haven’t knit the pattern already then you should.

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