Friday, April 12, 2013

Finished Object Friday - Newton!

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I have finished the first socks in this year's Cookie A Sock Club!
 
Newton by Cookie A (my pattern page)


 
These socks were knit in the most squooshable (that is so a word!) sock yarn ever, MCN (merino, cashmere, nylon) from Indigo Dragonfly. I had to hold myself back from ordering more...after all, this is just the first club yarn shipment. And the second one arrived on Monday!
 
I should have made a size small instead of medium; they are a little loose and prone to fall down. But more than likely my odds-defying washing machine will render them a little smaller no matter how carefully I bag and hand-wash-cycle them. Whoever said that front-loading machines can't felt has not met my Tromm.
 
So this means I'm caught up, right? Let's ignore the fact that to enter the monthly drawing, I could have actually used this yarn to knit something different, then knit the TWO patterns we got with another sock yarn, for a total of FIVE entries (with the two batches of cookies I baked...oh yes, did I mention that along with the two sock patterns, we get two cookie recipes??) I used the club yarn, and knit some club socks. DONE!

Right?

JiffNotes
Please, let's not talk about the fact that I won't get to wear these socks for another six months. Actually, YES, let's talk about that! HOORAY FOR SPRING!!!

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12 comments:

Chris said...

They are really fabulous!

Annie said...

Gorgeous socks. Just in time for an Atlanta summer! ;-)

Jackie's Stitches said...

They're gorgeous! Squooshable is definitely a word!

Minding My Own Stitches said...

They look gorgeous! Well done! Careful you don't shrink them too much.

The Knitting Cross Stitcher said...

Awesome socks:):)

Melanie said...

Fabulous!!! :)

Emily said...

Stunning! You are sooo tempting me to finally join a sock club ... must ... resist ... too much stash already!

Ziggyeor said...

Ohh very pretty! Good luck with the cookies.

Dani - tkdchick said...

Nice socks!

Meari said...

Cute socks!

Nic said...

Love them! Looking forward to seeing what this next installment has brought you

Erin (moviemuse) said...

Great socks! I hope they shrink exactly the right amount and then say perfectly fitted.

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