Month of stuff

I am still knitting. The last month was busy. Hopefully this one will be better.

I finished a pair of socks!

Pattern: Pomatomus
Yarn: Collette Jitterbug in Velvet Damson
And a second!
Pattern: Snowflake Lace Socks
Yarn: Wildefoote Luxury Sock

The husband's sister is having a baby. Unfortunately for me they aren't going to find out what the sex is, so GENDER NEUTRAL KNITTING! (This may change. We have another friend with child, and while we also don't know that one either, my odds are good that ONE will be a girl and I can use my girly scraps.)
Pattern: Mitered baby blanket
Yarn: James C. Brett MarblePattern: Two Round Baby Hat
Yarn: Debbie Mumm's Transitions

I also started a project to eat up my bigger stashes.Pattern: Apres Surf Hoodie
Yarn: Knit Picks Gloss

Hemlock Ring Blanket blues

91 stitches. That is how many stitches I had left too bind off before I ran out of yarn. I have a couple lines on the same dye lot on Ravelry, so I just have to be patient.

I am NOT buying yarn this year, so this will have to be the exception. Actually, I won a bet with the husband that allows me for one exception up the $50. Hopefully he won't consider buying someone's partial skein to be that exception.

I finished a pair of socks! They turned out too big, but I should have expected that. The pattern in lacy and the yarn has a good deal of elastic in it. They fit my mom's size 9s! FO info
Pattern: Ribbed Lace by Charlene Schurch
Yarn: Patons Stretch Sock in Plum
Started: January 15th
Finished: January 27th
Modifications: I made one on the first sock. The pattern says to have an extra purl stitch at th beginning on the foot, but I accidentally made it at the end.

Notes: I had to get used to not pulling the yarn completely. The colors really hide the pattern, but I knew it would happen on anything but a plain vanilla sock, and I really wanted a pattern. These socks actually stay up, and you can see the pattern when I wear them over trouser socks. Because of my calves (I consider them heifers), these socks won't stay up by themselves. They slip to just below the swell of my muscle. I have large calves, 14 inches, compared to my ankles, 8 3/4 inches, so I will have to add increases (decreases) to make over the calf socks.