Some FO's - really!

Proof that I actually did finish the felted needlecase:
Specs:  Patons Classic Merino in colorway "Rosewood", about 2 1/2 balls. Size 8 needles for the knitting (switched to a circ back-and-forth halfway through because it was just getting too heavy). Sewed the pockets in using DMC #5 Perle Cotton. Skipped the flower decoration - maybe if I had some wool that matched the pink in the variegated? Felted according to the project specs  - it's a free download here, or from the Patons (membership required) site.

One big mystery: All three balls were from the same dyelot. One of them was skeined backwards from the others, but I caught that and knit from the outside. But if you look closely, you can see that part of it pooled as very large diamonds, and part of it pooled as very small diamonds. I don't think my gauge changed that much over the course of knitting it...so it is it a bad dye job, or did I just do something wrong?

If I had to do it again, I'd use a solid color, or else knit it in a circle, felt it, and then cut the tube open. I'm not really thrilled with the diamonds. Hubby likes them, though.

And also: My Daughter's Stockings Are Some Monkeys. (Monkey! Monkey! Monkey!)

Pattern is Monkey by Cookie A. (Cookie A. makes the coolest sock patterns...) Knitting was done in Crystal Palace Panda Cotton (cotton/bamboo/spandex - way cool yarn) in "Strawberries and Limes" on  size 2 DPN's. They're a little big on her, but she's due for a growth spurt and I'd like her to be able to wear them...and when I finished the second one, she did, four days straight.