And done!

I just kitchenered the toe, snapped a couple pictures and am blogging about my first ever finished pair of HANDKNIT SOCKS!  Can you tell that I’m really thrilled to bits about this???  Like, yeah!!

Petal Shower Dublin Bay Socks

Pattern: Dublin Bay Socks published in Mossy Cottage Knits
Yarn: Dream in Color Smooshy in “Petal Shower”
Needles: Size US 1/2.25 mm
Started 3/27 – Finished 4/21

I used the magic loop technique for the first time with these socks and there’s no turning back for me now.  It makes knitting in the round so hassle-free. Small circ knitting is never going to shake it’s fist at me again. 

Just a couple changes: I was having trouble with the eye of partridge heel instructions as written in this pattern and somehow the heel didn’t look “right”.  So, I used the instructions for the heel from this pattern instead and it turned out great. 

The other change I made was to knit a picot cuff instead of a ribbed one.  It’s a bit more time consuming when you work the joining round for the hem, but it produced such a pretty edge which is perfect for the soft shades of this yarn.

There are definitely more socks in this knitter’s future!