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Finished socks!

Abigail has knit yet ANOTHER pair of socks for her 'guess which is the sockpal pair' contest in May. She's knit so many, I think I'll have to make her name red in the big list.
KnittyCath finished her socks! Rock on Cath!
Cindy reports that she finished her Traveling Rib socks. That is, unless she finds yarn she like more on her upcoming trip to Vancouver!
Erin is our first sock sister to finish!! She knit Tuulia's pattern done with Koigu. Now she's trying to decide what to work on next.
Janine has finished a pair of purple Embossed Leaves socks
Jessica has finished her Crooked Cable socks.
Joanna has finished her socks using her own pattern.
Kara has finished her incredible fair-isle socks - they remind me of a garden, complete with a picket fence - so pretty!
Karen is done with her pal's pretty Jaywalkers in Schaefer Anne; the picture is buried under the mountain of new yarn she acquired on sale Sunday - be prepared for envy on both counts!
Katie has finished her sock pal's beautiful red socks, and I think she chose well - that pattern does look More Fun Than Cables.
Kim finished her socks, which are pretty in three shades of pink.
Kristen is done with her pal's socks, yippee! And scroll down for bonus llama pictures - don't miss them!
Lesley did a beautiful job dyeing her yarn and knitting Sockbug's Lacy Scallops socks for her pal.
Lisa C in TN has finished her gullwings!
Lyme has finshed some lovely River Rapids Socks. Along with a finished photo of a lovely blanket.
Margene has finished her beautiful "Child's first socks" in Red. She has now been busy with her Pomatomi.
Michelle finished beautiful pink Embossed Leaves socks. To block or not to block: that is her question.
After a productive bout of sleeplessness, Miss_M has finished a lovely pair – and is off on a well-deserved vacation.
Molly finished stealth socks – Broadripple in Cascade Fixation.
Patty is celebrating Opening Day and finished socks.
PinkHebe shows off finished socks and new hair.
Rosemary has finished her pink Simply Lovely Lace Socks.
Ruth has finished her socks (no pictures yet, but we look forward to seeing how she tamed those heels!).
Stariel used her own design for the pretty purple socks she's finished. They've got lace hearts and ruffles.
Samantha has finished her socks (link only has picture of first sock)!
No pics, but Susanne reports that she's all done. Send pics soon, Susanne, before Lisa picks out a placeholder picture for your socks! ;0)
A sock pal in need is a sock pal indeed. Several weeks ago, tragedy struck a fellow SP3'er Carol, when she suffered a dog bite on her thumb. Just when we thought all was lost, her friend Caroline jumped in and "ghost-knit" a pair for Carol's pal. What a friend!

Highlights:

Embossed leaves from my group:
Allison just received some beautiful socks in the Blooming Feet Sock Swap and started some ivory Embossed Leaves for her sockapaloooza sock pal. I think Allison enjoys sock swaps!
Barbara has finished a terrific test pair of Embossed Leaves socks. She'll be making another pair for her pal in earth tones.

Ashley's got almost-finishers:
Brenda is getting really close to finishing her Quadra Island Waffles!
Cyndi has a brand-new blog, and a finished sock (that totally rocks!).
Dana is SO CLOSE - just one more toe to go! She'll be done by the next update, no doubt!

Sock sister Carry reports that since there were so few updates this week, ALL of them get to be featured updates!
Diana has started some nice purple/pink/red hand dyed socks for her pal.
Dyann has begun some Cascading Leaves in Cherry Tree Hill and is truckin' right along.
Grumperina is past the heel and on the instep for her pal's socks.
Heather has one Swedish Short Snout sock down!

From Cathy:
Jess is well into her Jaywalkers and has a picture of single sock island as well as some amazing stash flash.

Donna's highlights:
Kat has finished her first beautiful lace sock (oh, those colors!) and already cast on for the next - no Second Sock Syndrome at all!
Katherine is finished with her first sock, and she and her cat have a beautiful birthday quilt to show you.

Some of Erin's pals need your help:
Linz has progress shots of both purple jaywalkers to share with us.
Lindsey P. has entered the blogging world and has some sock photos to share, as well as the debut of her cat, Ash.
Lori has finished one pippi kneesock, but is concerned with the fit.
Lucia could use our help in deciding what yarn to use for her pal.

Ina writes that It was hard to select the highlights for the Mar-Pix tribe this past week – there were several birthdays and excellent adventures, and two not-Sockapaloooza-related polls. Some Mar-Pix tribesters were stricken with the not-sures; some persevered, others (gasp) frogged and started again. (So be sure to check out all the rest of the updates in the extended section!):
Wish Melanie a happy birthday and see her original lace sock worked in her own handdyed Knitpicks yarn using Easter egg coloring. She has instructions for doing ssk with a twist, too.
Minnie reincarnated her sock and had a great birthday.

Jenipurr's highlights:
Rebekkah has finished her first Marmluke sock and it's just gorgeous.
You gotta check out Rocket_Scientist's ode to her sockapaloooza sock (a la Dr. Seuss!). She had a hard time picking a pattern at first, but she's finally settled on a twisted rib stitch from Sensational Knitted Socks, in bright stripes.
Sharon has finished her first Japanese feather sock in green, yellow, and blue.
Sherry switched yarns, but is still on track. She's finished the first sock (scroll down in the entry to see her pretty blue-green cabled sock!) and has already started the second.

Lisa's highlights:
Amy is juggling quite a few knitting projects but has made some progress on her pal's socks...some being the operative word. But I won't be too hard on her because her Tubey looks amazing, in Mission Falls 1824 Wool - which, by the way, I hear they are bringing back. They are bringing back the cotton too, which I think they could have skipped....blech!
Perfect Sock Syndrome, or PSS, as it is more commonly referred, is a common affliction among SP3'ers, but Chickybabe seems to have finally overcome the inertia and stress associated with this syndrome and is well on her way with these Metropolis Socks in some unidentified Lorna's Laces colorway.
Christine has reached the half-way mark with one sock down. Remember, she is doing the Pippi Longstockings from Stitch 'n Bitch with Knitpick's Zinnia Sock Garden Yarn.

From Mary:
Norah's sock has been travelling - go and have a look at all the places it's been.
Lisa is knitting some lovely pink socks for her pal. The pattern is from, wait for it, Sensational Knitted Socks - so of course they're lovely!
And you have got to see the amazing fair-isle socks Peacock is knitting! They have little hearts all over them. Awww.

(Click on more for the whole shebang!)

Update-a-loooza!

Sock momma Alison is taking a couple days off from her socks to reconsider the pattern and rest her hand. Elsewhere in the A and B's:
Andrea has started a blog and a sock pal sock. Now, who can read Spanish?
Angel had some heel flap problems, but is now on to turning the heel. Her rib and cable socks are going to be so beautiful.
Bethieee is already into the second sock of her pink pair. She's loving all things Nancy Bush these days!
Betty's hand is all better and she's back in action, completing her first Elfine sock in Rohrspatz und Wollmeise yarn.
Beverly had picked out this yarn in February, but hadn't settled on a pattern. She reports that she'll be starting cabled boot socks for her pal.

Sock sister Ashley received a ton of updates this week. Guess it helped that she sent out the "one month to the deadline" email!
Brenda is working on Lava Flow socks (both at once!) in a lovely blue Cherry Tree Hill colorway. Oooh, and there's violets!
Brigid has started her socks-in a very interesting way! She knit a garter band and is picking up stitches to knit downward from there. That's a new one on this sock sister!
bySarah's sock is lounging around in the spring sunshine.
Carrie reports that she's started some Friday Harbor socks for her pal - pictures when her camera comes home from the camera fixing people's!
Cass reports that she's knitting some pretty rad-sounding socks: stripes made by alternating between two different colorways of Lorna's Laces. She promises pics next week-can't wait to see them!
Carina had some unfortunate gauge issues (she may or may not have referred to her first attempt as "that #")!#"(="#%/# sock"). But she persevered, and now has a gorgeous Regia number underway.
Chawne went back to the drawing board too-but it seems to be working out! She's now cooking up a boiled Kersti lobster!
Dani dyed up some gorgeously springy pink and green yarns for her lucky pal. Can't wait to see how it knits up!
Daniele reports that she is knitting Jaywalkers for her pal, in the African Violets colorway from Cherry Tree Hill.
Danielle has two toe-up Jaywalkers on the needles, and about the longest knitting to-do list I've ever seen!
Danielle reports that she has one finished sock, and has cast on for the second one.
Danielle has one sock finished and another begun - they're Anna's Elfine pattern, knit with All Things Heather's Pumpkin Spice colorway.
Yet another Danielle (I've got 5!) writes in that she's knitting Fixation anklets for a wool-sensitive pal. She thinks she'll be done by the end of the week!
Deesie has tried three different heels - including a Japanese short-row heel that looks like it lost a fight with an octopus! (I'll stick with my wrapped short rows, thanks ;))

Sock sister Cathy reports:
Jessica has finished one lace sock and is well into the second.
Jaime is flashing some serious stash over here!
Jayme has also finished one sock and is on to the next.
Holly had to do some frogging on her second sock but is back on track.
Jen has finished one very rosy Friday Harbor sock, gorgeous!
Judy continues to work on her beautiful vintage Beehive socks.
Jill has finished one Sensational baby cabled rib sock in Socks that Rock in Beryl, yum!
Jennhas finished one sock and already cast on for her second.
Julia has finally started her Pretty Petals socks, looking great so far!
Jen has started her surprise pattern socks in a great deep pink.

Sock sister Donna writes:
Kat's just about done with her pal's first sock - it's lovely!
Kathleen has doubts about her sock, but I say it's beautiful, and she's almost half done. What more could a pal want than that?
Kelly thought she was finished...then she took another look at the second heel flap. Oooh, that hurts, but those socks are swell!
Kim has finished her first fabulous sock, and she wants your opinion; go take her poll and let her know what you think.
Kim's turned the heel (good work!) and hopefully she'll have pictures by the time we all read this.
Kira's Pomatomus is past the heel, and it looks great!
Kristen switched yarn, and took a break to knit an *entire* pair of socks (which also look nice), and now she's back on track with the Celtic Braid socks in some lovely Cherry Tree Hill yarn for her lucky pal.
Skylar's finished Lovely Lace Sock looks great - even her cat thinks so!

Sock sister Erin (who with her finished socks has pulled her group into the lead for the most finished pals with 14!) writes:
Laura was having size issues with her start of her toe up socks. She is planning on starting over with an eyelet diamond pattern and Lorna's Laces, "Seaside".
Laura is back to the drawing board on her socks.
Leanne has finished an awesome Jaywalker and has restarted her sockpal socks.
Lelah has just about finished nautilus sock number one.
Lesley has turned theheel on her second sock and is on the home stretch. Can't wait for pictures.
Lexa is hoping to finish her Fortissima socks so she can move along her her sock pal socks.
Lisa P has finished one sock amidst her city/sewer/neighbor problems.
They aren't sockpal socks, but Malle has some very nice socks to show.
Manda has torn out and resterted her Dublin Bay socks.
Mary A. reports that progress is being made on her socks.

Sock sister Ina reports:
Maureen almost finished one sock, then decided to start over. Notice the title of her post and go call her crazy.
Mozemen's socks searched Athens for a yarn store, then had a good time in Paris while the Spouse-Man had a Big Birthday. (Be sure to vote to see knitwear pix from the Place de la Concorde.)
Neva switched to Old Shale Two Yarn Sock (with clever cuff), plus is starting a new job!

Sock sister Jenipurr has a lot going on in her group:
Rebecca is back from vacation (and what sounds like a fun knitting workshop) and has posted pictures of her Embossed Leaves socks in progress.
Rebecca has finally chosen her yarn and her pattern. Her sock pal will be getting lace socks made with Cherry Tree Hill yarn.
Regenia has made it to the toe shaping for her first green Gull Wing sock.
Ruth is making her pal the most awesome purple pink stripey socks.
Sarah reports she's been working on her socks and is on schedule to having them done in time (no pictures, but she's just moved, so she's been a bit preoccupied with unpacking).
Scout posted a picture of her sock in progress. The colors are fantastic.
Shannon has started her toe up, broken rib socks in Mountain Colors Bearfoot.
Sigga_Sif has run into some difficulties with her short rows (I'll bet some of you sock knitters could help her out!).
Silke is making Pomatomus socks in a lovely shade of blue.
Stephanie is nearly done with her first lacy shell sock (the pattern looks wonderful with the bright color of the yarn).

Sock sister Lisa writes (and writes, and writes):
Sue has settled on the solid red Cherry Tree Hill sock yarn, with a toe up pattern from Knitty called Falling Leaves. She avoids SSS by knitting both socks at once on two sets of DPNs. I couldn't get the picture to download to a reasonable size so we'll try again next week with a shot of these beauties.
Tammy is about half way through her first sock (as the crow flies, I mean knits). She's loving this "squishy" yarn. Remember, she's knitting the Simply Lovely Lacy Socks from IK Spring 2006 with some vintage cashmere/lambswool/wool blend from her stash.
Telkwagirl finished her socks this week. They are the Latvian socks from Nancy Bush's Folk Socks. She's using Paton's Kroy in a heathery blue. She's shopping for a digital camera but unfortunately won't have it in time to snap a picture. We'll look for them on her sock pal's blog after the big reveal…
Thistlerain's socks are progressing rather slowly due to a fall on the ice which cracked her left elbow (who knits with their elbows anyway?) so she's a bit behind her self-imposed deadlines, but is confident she will make the May 2nd due date. She's even managed to get over the strange looks she receives during her KIP lunch hour.
YarnSticks, who has self-identified herself as "not a sockapaloser," is now in the home stretch with her Retro Rib's after a month-long bout with pneumonia.

Sock sister Mary reports:
Reagan has finished sock number 1 of her pair.
Emily is having some frustrations with her Jaywalkers - go give her some help!
Erin is in her grove - check out the sock hanging on her line.
Valerie is halfway through her pair of socks - one down, one to go.
Laura has overcome yet more snapping dpns to make progress on her socks.
Ingrid is feeling a little unfaithful to her socks, but is carrying on with them, despite temptation.
Janet is a little unsure about the pattern she's chosen but is carrying on with it.
Our first look at Jennifer's purple Broadripples!
Krista has finished one sock and is feeling happy with it.

Now that no-one's listening, can I just say that Monday is such a fun day for me?! Every couple of hours a new update rolls in from one of the sock sisters. I get it put in the big update and then, next time I check, there's another one. It's like getting presents!