Ruthless Knitting

Pattern: Nine-to-Five Socks by Nicole Hindes of All Buttoned Up
Size: One size, about a women’s medium
Yarn: Zwergergarn Opal Uni Solid, no. 40 (75% superwash wool, 25% nylon; 465 yds. per 100 g. skein)
Yardage: 1 skein
Source: Loops & Links (De Pere, WI)
Needles: US size 1 (2.25 mm.) double-pointed needles
Gauge: 34 sts = 4″ in stockinette stitch
Notes: By the time I finished the second sock, I felt like I’d been knitting these since the Dawn of Time. Really, it’s only been since May, and I took off the period between June 23 and August 3, as well as at least ten days in August, so I suppose I’m not really entitled to complain.

And the truth is that as soon as I finished the second sock, it ceased to matter how long it had taken or how little I liked knitting the little false cable pattern, because these socks are so fabulous that they make up for everything. I love them.

These are a birthday present for my beloved sort-of sister-in-law, Angelyn, so I must kiss them goodbye and send them on their way soon. Hope you like them, Ang!

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