I am a sock knitter!

Yes, they're done, they're done, and they're warm and wonderful - see Peter's happy feet in my first-ever pair of knitted socks! (See also he had his Habs scarf draped over his lap - he wears it to watch the games, and it works - they won!)

Five minutes after this photo was taken, I was starting on a pair for myself. :) And I have more planned - the current pair will be Shetland Chunky (like Peter's), then I have some gorgeous Mission Falls in a pumpkin-y colour (worsted weight), then some "Marble" DK and finally some unpronounceable Italian stuff that jumped in my hand at Yarn Forward before Christmas that takes 2.25mm needles - itty bitty bitty!

I figure if I keep working down in gauge as I go, the itty-bitty ones will not seem as scary as they do now. And, I'll have four pairs of socks. Bonus. I'm actually really looking forward to the "Marble" ones as it's a very pretty pink-white-grey mix and a supersoft acrylic.

In other WIP-news, progress is being furthered on my First-Ever-Sweater (which, you may recall, has been in progress since Christmas night). I'm now 1/3 done the 2nd sleeve and will be spending a couple hours on it tonight - might even git'er done if I work fast. Then will come the putting-together, which has me a bit intimidated, I admit. But I have a Harmony guide with a good section on raglan sleeve assembly, so maybe it won't be so bad.

The Harmony guide was actually a birthday present for my neice, who wants to learn to knit. YAY! But she has no time until the school year ends (really, like NONE, which is sick... when I was in high school I had all kinds of free time. Kids have to work too hard at school now, it's not right. End rant). So sometime in the early summer we will have a learn-to-knit aunt/neice day. Should be fun.

I also had to frog the Dragonfly shawl for my sister, because I ran out of the ribbon yarn, and - you guessed it - discontinued. Not to mention danged expensive. So. It's a dragonfly scarf now, 20 sts wide on a 10mm needle but tapered to a point on each end (well, it will be, when I get to the other end). Picture a disco-style priest's stole and you've come close to the concept. This will require photos, I'm sure.

And for travel knitting, I've got a pair of bootie slippers going for Mom, who's going on a cruise and might possibly need warm slippers in her air-conditioned cruise-ship stateroom. *ahem* I'm not bitter. I hope she and Dad have a wonderful time. I'll just be glad when they go so I don't have to listen to the countdown every stinkin' day! (No really, I'm not bitter...)

Next up will be more coffee-people-wristers, and a stripy-poncho for a co-worker's little girl, and Dad's cardigan needs to get underway soon too. BUT - not 'til after the Knitting Olympics! It is my plan to post a WIP-progress photo each day of the Olympics.

Until then, I have a sweater to finish. And a couple miles to kill on the treadmill. Did I mention I'm training for a 1/2 marathon this Spring? Yeah, starting today. Get my butt off the couch and exercise more than the knitting muscles. Wish me luck.