Another sock

I finished 1/2 pair of socks last night. Here's an old piture of the SIP:



Name: Toe Up Sock
Pattern: Wendy's Generic Toe-Up Sock by Wendy Johnson
Needle: US 1½ / 2.5 mm
Yarn: Zitron Trekking (XXL)
Colorway: 167

This has been an interesting sock: I didn't try the sock on as I went to see where to start the heel - I used measurements from a little book I got from the Loopy Ewe. It said that for a size 7 sock, you should knit the foot 9.5 inches and then turn the heel. So I followed the direction, knit 9.5 inches, turned the heel, knit a few inches of the cuff. Then I tried the sock on. The heel was about 1.5 inches too far up my foot! So I ripped back, back, back down the cuff, back past the heel, and back about an 1.5... then I started again for real, and now it fits okay.

Like I said, I finished one sock last night and will probably start the second tonight. In addition, I've made some decisions about my holiday gifts. I've decided to give The Boy's Mom the clapotis that I knit for his sister, and make his sister a Branching Out (which has been started, pics to come) which should be pretty quick. In addition, I'm going to give my aunt these pair of socks (the Trekking), whip up a hat for my brother and call everything DONE! That's the plan anyway :p