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Anastasia Socks by pepperknit patterns
Yarn: TOFUtsies by SWTC in colorway "Tenderfoot"
Needles: Boye size 2 aluminum

Completed, finally - only two months past the recipient's birthday! The second sock almost fell victim to a bad case of SSS; I finished the first one, and then was reluctant to start the second because I wasn't sure it would fit. But then I had a three-day knitting fit over Thanksgiving break, and it went in a hurry. The new owner, who we call "the sock nazi" because she has to get the seams and the heel on a pair of socks arranged just so in a process that takes up to twenty minutes, proclaimed them amazingly comfy.

Loved the pattern - the eyelet spirals are interesting for both knitter and wearer, but they don't compete for attention with the variegated yarn. But I didn't like this method for short-row heels at all; I found it very hard to pick up both wraps on the wrapped stitches. The "sryo" used in the Snicket Socks I made myself was much easier. The sewn bindoff was really cool, and is as stretchy as they say it is.

I found the yarn a little splitty, but it only elicited two or three cuss words, which isn't bad for a project with as many stitches as a pair of socks. (We won't talk about how many cuss words resulted from me doing something dumb...) There was probably enough left over to make a third sock. If I'd thought I could predict whether she'd lose the right or left one first, I'd probably make one.