These have actually been finished for a good while now. Pattern is Fetching from Knitty, worked in KnitPicks‘ Andean Silk. I’m pretty sure the color is Olive - of course I’ve lost the ball bands.

Yes, this was mainly a depression-lessening exercise. I’ve had one sock on the needles literally since I’ve started seeing the psychologist, and it’s worn on me. I keep getting to a point, becoming completely unhappy with it, and ripping it back to the beginning. I’m tempted to do so again, but for better reasons. Right now it’s plain stockinette, and I want to do something a little nicer with it. We’ll see.

In any case, I took some time and wandered through my stash to see if I could find some kind of inspiration. I had two balls of the Andean Silk, and they just seemed perfect to make something both useful and a little luxurious.

On a somewhat light note, I didn’t notice until halfway through the second piece that I was using three size 5 needles and one size 7. Normally I’m obsessed with being perfect (and yes, it’s getting a lot of work in therapy), but for once I was okay with “close enough.” That’s very good progress for me.

And now, I’m working on a large project for, well, the first time in ages. In fact, it’s the largest project I’ve started, and it’s for me. Currently in the “Oh, God, is it going to fit?” stage, I’ll post pictures after I know one way or the other. Otherwise I feel as if I’ll jinx it.