I finally finished these socks. I'm happy with how they turned out. I discovered when I was finishing the second sock that I only used smaller needles for the toe, not the heel as I previously suggested. The toes came out a bit blunt but overall I'm happy with the fit. It's finally getting cool here so I should be able to start wearing my knitted socks soon :)

Well I finished the first sock. I decided for this project to use smaller needles for the heel and toes since I've never done that before and I'm knitting these socks a tad on the loose side anyway. The toes took two tries but in the end I decided on a blunt toe with fewer decrease rows rather than the pointier version in the pattern. I went back to the second sock using the needles I had been using for the toe of the first sock. It took me about an inch to realize that I was supposed to be using a size larger. And I only realized when I did because the colors were pooling a bit oddly.

Anyway, I'm back on track now and this is the only pair of socks I'm working on at the moment so hopefully only a week or two and they'll be done. Overall I'm happy with this pattern but I could have gone for a smaller needles size I think. I'm still too paranoid about them coming out too small.

I'm not making much progress on these socks at the moment because I have so many projects on the go but I just picked them up to take these photos and they are quite soft I anticipate them being quite cushion-y. I finished the first leg and I've done a few inches on the second leg.

I started off these socks with a fancy lace pattern but I realized that I was making the same mistake that I did the last time with a colorful yarn and a busy pattern so I started over with a simpler ribbed pattern and I'm much happier - also it's going much quicker :). This first photo shows the color better but in the second one I've made more progress and the cable shows better