Monkey Socks, started May 15th, 2007, finished June 6th, 2007
Pattern: Cookie A’s Monkey from knitty
Yarn: Colinette Jitterbug, 1 skein
Needles: 2.5mm/US 1 Addi Turbo (magic loop!)
Dimensions: Fits my 9.5″ long foot (Size 8/8.5)
Pattern Notes: I did 1/2″ of ribbing instead of 1″, and 5 leg repeats instead of 6. My foot was 6 repeats long. I made sock #1 with 7 foot repeats, because I forgot that lace is very stretchy. I finished sock #2 with 6 repeats, and it fit perfectly, so I ripped back the first one, and re-knit the toe in the proper place.
Would I knit it again? Definitely! With better yarn this time.

I really like the Colinette Jitterbug, but this colourway was very, very pooly. There are long expanses of black, a lot of grey, then shots of other colours. As you can see, the black really liked to pool together. But I don’t really mind the pooling, and I really wanted to make this pattern, so I didn’t bother finding another pattern. I think the black would pool in most patterns.

Now I’m finally going to get some work done on my $1.50 cardi, yay!

PS: I edited these pictures in an online photo editor called Picnik. Very fun! And better than silly iPhoto. I wish I had Photoshop.