One last week before your socks should go in the mail, so do your best to finish up! Don't make yourself crazy, don't hurt your hands, but give do it your all. If you miss the deadline next week, please give your pal an anonymous heads up that things are delayed a bit (through an anonymous email account, your sock sister, or me). I know that everyone is very excited to receive socks made just for them by someone else and can wait a little longer as long as they know they are in the works.

Everyone should have received the mailing address of their pal by now. If your pal has special characters in their name or address that you couldn't read in your email, let me know. The database seems to have forgotten how to display special characters all of a sudden, but we have backups with them entered properly, so I can resend an address to you if you need it.

And now for all your finishers this week - over 75 of them, bringing us to just over 40% done!

Finished Sockers
(starting from the back with Mary's beginners...)

Stick a fork in me (sock sister Mary), cause I'm done! One pair of socks will be winging their way across the Atlantic later this week.
Nancy has finished a beautiful pair of socks in KnitPicks Sock Memories. She used a 'Knitting Pure & Simple' pattern and I'm sure you'll agree they turned out wonderfully.
Frarochvia is all done and is excited to find out what her socks will be like.
Ingrid is a finisher too - check out the close ups of the heel stitch.
Laura's socks are done. She's promising pictures very soon, so keep an eye on her blog...
Liz finished her socks a while ago but has some pictures up on her Flickr account now.
Maluena has finished her first pair of socks. It was also the first time she used dpns and she says she's found it an interesting challenge.
Norah has finished her pair of socks - in beautiful spring like colours.
Pat's purple pair of socks are all done and looking great.
Rebecca has finished her first ever pair of socks. Well done!
SpaceCase has finished her socks. She's very proud of them and rightly so!
Spinsterbat has finished a great pair of socks for her pal.
Valerie had an early start one morning which helped her get her pal's socks done.

Christine just got her update in under the wire. I was just about to hit the send button to Alison and her email appeared. And it was definitely worth the wait.
Suzanne, who knit some fabulous socks in her pal's favorite color and the exact pattern she requested (0's no less), has already volunteered to be a sock savior…not that we're expecting any one of the 600 participants to fall off the face of the earth.
Tine is fertig! (I'm assuming that means finished?). I'm not sure which pair is for her sock pal…anyone who speaks German, please feel free to clarify. Danke!
Evidently Tuulia's yarn was so special that it actually did knit itself. I can think of no other possible explanation for the lightning speed with which these were knit.
Yahaira's mock cable socks are gorgeous!!
Not even pneumonia or could keep Yarnsticks from finishing way ahead of the deadline. Check out this beautiful Cherry Hill Hill colorway, Green Mountain Madness.
Yea, I Knit is done and her socks are blocking and drying as she types her update to me. She hopes to have some outside pics by Tuesday…If not, click for a close up of her socks hanging to dry and you can see how sparkling clean her bathroom is too. And she even matched the colorway of her socks to the tiles in her bathroom.

Ruth surprised herself by finishing her Madder Ribbed purpley-pink socks with plenty of time to spare.
Sandra has finished her Simply Love Lace socks (the colors are just as pretty as the lace pattern).
Shannon has finished her mistake rib Bearfoot socks.
Sherry has finished her pretty lace socks.
Shonze has finished her pal's socks, for the third (and final) time. Her pal will be getting brightly striped lace-topped socks.

Nannette finished a pair of blue Denmark socks (pictured sans one toe) while dealing with moving, etc by employing an excellent incentive system.
In between studying and writing (but not blogging), Olga has come "close enough" to finishing her socks.

Whew! Laceknitter has finished her socks. She was worried for a while there she wouldn't make it.
Laura has finished her small eyelet diamond socks. They are so pretty.
Leanne is relieved to have finished her Simply Lovely Lace socks. She was having a bit of trouble last week.
Lisa reports that her socks are finished. I cannot wait to see the picuture.
Lisa H. reports that her socks are done.
Linz has finished her purple jaywalkers, and is now eyeing some Lorna's Lace's for a pair for herself. Go see the purple jaywalker goodness.
Lorraine has finished her Jaywalkers. Go check them out.
Lydia has finished her Fleece Artist socks, using Schaefer Yarn's Subtle Stripe sock pattern.
Lynn has finished her socks, and promises pictures.
Malle has finished her socks. I love the poms on the back. So cute.
Marie-France has finished her socks. It seems she's experiencing some last minute panic about her socks, but I think they look great.
Marilynn has finshed her socks for both Sockapaloooza and her Gilli-hook Heritage Knitting Guild Sock Exchange. Check out her beautiful socks.

Kelsey and Karola may be blogless, but they have both finishd their socks - their pals will be super-suprised with their secret knitting!
Karen has finished her beautiful socks in Schaefer Anne, but she teases us with an "almost done" photo - even so, the pretty red will knock your socks off!
Kat has finished her sockpal socks - yay! She should have a picture up by the time you read this - you can also check out this pig in a dress. Yes, really!
Kate doesn't have a picture, but send her congratulations for finishing her socks and take a peek at her almost-finished socks here.
KC finished her super socks, and she hopes to have a picture of them by the time you click that link!
Kelly has finished her beautiful Koigu Pomatomus socks - she thinks that Pomatomus is the new Jaywalker; she may be right, but with socks this pretty, I say the more pairs the better!
Kira's Pomatomi socks are so pretty (and she says the yarn smells great too)! What a lucky sock pal.
Knitty Kat's pink stripey socks are finished - and she wins the "most original modeling of finished socks" contest, hands down!
Kristen has finished her smashing Celtic Braid socks in blue-green Cherry Tree Hill - she's teasing us with a closeup of the braid here, but you can see a yummy progress shot in this post.
Kristi's modified beaded rib socks are awesome toe-up short-row wonders.

Jessica has finished her pastel-y Jaywalkers.
Jenny has finished a lovely pair of blue socks.
Jess has finished her socks.
Janell has finished a pair of gorgeous blue socks with lace up the back.
Holly has decided to give her pal a pair of beautiful socks in Rowan Calmer after a long battle with her other pair.
Jaya has not only finished her socks, but passed her comprehensive exams! Congrats!

Debbie has finished her pal's socks, using the birch leaf sock pattern.
Diana has finished her kool-aid dyed socks!
Donna has finished her pal's purply lace socks.
Dyann is no sockapaloooser! She is finished with her Cascading Leaves socks.
Heather has finished her rainy day socks.

Cara finished her Simply Lovely Lace Socks.
Carla reports that she's finished her Basketweave Ribbing socks in Claudia's Handpainted Yarn.
Chrissie has finished Birch Leaf socks from Meg Swanson's lace knitting book. She hasn't posted any pics, but go look at the lace shawl she knitting and you can imagine how awesome those lace socks are!
Christy #1 finished her purply-pink Pomatomuses--and it seems like the recipient might be someone she knows well! Hmmm....
Christy #2 finisher her Retro Ribs in the STR Fire on the Mountain colorway.
Cindy finished her Tiger Eye socks--and replaced her bathroom floor!
Cori finished her sensational ridged feather socks in no time
Danielle has a lovely photo shoot of her finished socks up....Supermerino Jaywalkers!
Daphne finished her pretty lacy Socks Socks Socks socks.

Alden is REALLY done this time, having fixed the slight sizing problem that bugged her after declaring the socks finished a couple of weeks ago. Way to go back and get it right!
Alexandra finished some awesome stripey socks for her pal.
Amy's red rib and cable socks are done!
Andrea finished her orangey patterned socks. With those great colors, they look soooo warm.
Anna"s psychedelic nation socks are finished. They're whack!
Anne's modified Crusoe socks are done.
Astrid only knits the coolest patterns: she's finished her Jaywalkers and has moved on to Hederas!
Beate knitted fun, stripy, lacy socks for her pal. Plus a bonus pair of those adorable flip-flop socks. Oh, I want me a pair of those!!
Beth finished her lovely socks in the hotel while getting ready for her friend's wedding. (She even got a knitty maid of honor gifty!)
Betty just finished her Elfine's socks in time for the update!

Highlights

From Mary:
Erin L is very nearly done. Have a look at her rather unusual sock model!
Helen has finished one sock and has started on the second. Check out the blanket her mother made her (absolutely gorgeous) baby son too - beautiful work.
Twisted Knitter has finished one sock and has included a list of her favourite sock resources.
Nickerjac has posted a photo of a finished sock, as well as some very cute rabbits she's looking after.
Pamela is making great progress on her socks. She isn't entirely happy with her short row heels but they look perfect to me!

From Lisa:
Desiree does us all a big favor this week by offering a tutorial on the afterthought heel, complete with step by step pictures. I just might give this one a try.
As Tammy ponders in her most recent post, "wouldn't the world be a better place if we all had a pair of cashmere socks"…I emphatically agree. And I personally, would be in a better place if I had either pairs of these socks she's knitting.
Tara has just returned from a month of traveling for work. And while it appears that she did get some knitting in, she is a bit worried about making the deadline. She may or may not have an update on her blog by Tuesday.
All I can say is Wow... Teresa definitely gets my "top pick" this week for the most beautifully photographed sock. She'll make the deadline, no problem.
Timothy just realized that the deadline is upon him and will do his best to finish. Once again, a case of life cutting into your knitting time.

Jenipurr's half-way'ers this week:
Seanna has finished the first sock and is almost to the toe decreases for the second.
Siri has finished her first pink and purple baby cable rib sock and is working her way through the second.
Stephanie has finished the first rib and cable sock.
Stephanie has finished her first purple Pomatomus sock and it looks fantastic. To combat Second-Sock-Syndrome, she has immediately cast on for the second.
Strangelittlemama has the first Baby Cable Rib sock done.

From Ina:
Monica started an intriguing original design.
Mozemen has found that sock knitting literally can save lives. And check out five places where she's been knitting lately.

From Erin:
Lindsey is finishing up her fourth sockapaloooza sock. Yup. she's making two pairs (lucky, lucky sockpal, she's got).
Marie R. has her sock progress up. She's having a rough time with a sick little one. I hope he's doing better.

Sock sister Donna (that's me!) has turned her first two short row heels and will be all about the feet this week as she and her socks go on the road.
Kate is still looking for her camera, but that hasn't kept her from working on some great socks in the Carrot colorway from Lorna's Laces (I've never seen that one, and now I'm burning with curiosity - find your camera, Kate!).
Karen serves up a whopper of a post with pretty Pomatomus progress pictures - go admire her sock, and her fab green toenails!
Kirsti has all kinds of finished socks to show off - and she's even making great progress on her Sockapaloooza pair!

From Cathy:
Helene has finished one amazing Norwegian sock (this is after already finishing one pair!).
Janine is having fun in the kitchen, dying yarn!

From Carry:
Dorothee has started a second pair of socks for her pal in the originally intended yarn.
Emily is past the heel on her first sock and is worried about her pal liking them. Check out her finished Norwegian Stockings!
Erin has been busy with lotsa' socks! She had some issues with a non-matchy skein, but has since resolved the problem and is confident she can finish in time!
No second sock syndrome for Gleek! Check out her gorgeous socks.

From Ashley:
Carola gives us a view of her almost-finished Pomatomi--and demonstrates her trilinual botanical knowledge!
Connie took her socks on the family trip to the Scottish Borders, and thought that the dovecot at Tantallon Castle would make the perfect yarn storage unit! (Why not, if you don't mind a few feathers?)

From me:
Abigail has finished her final pair of socks for the guess-which-pair contest. It's almost time to guess!! Remember to visit her on May 2nd to get your guesses in!
Allena's having a sock crisis: her Pomatamus sock is growing! Please go give her some support and some advice.
Allison's got one silvery Jaywalker finished!
Amber is almost done with Gryffindor socks for her pal.
Anmiryam is on a mission to finish her socks!

(click on more, for... oh heck, you understand...)

Update-a-loooza

Sock sister Mary writes:
We've got a big one this week due to my being on holiday last week. A big thanks to everyone in my group for being so good with keeping me posted on their progress - it's made the weekly updates much easier for me. The beginners' group has really stepped up to the challenge and there are some beautiful finished socks out there.
Reagan has posted a link to the sock pattern she's using.
Emily switched from Jaywalkers to a different pattern which she's finding more do-able.
Jen has finished one sock and is finding the second one much easier. As she says, 'Learning is fun!'.
Jill is up to the toe on her first sock and is confident she's on track to finish on time.
Rachele is dealing with some very difficult things at the moment but at least her Sockapaloooza sock is keeping her busy when she needs it.
Laura's second sock is well underway - despite her getting distracted while watching Buffy.
Laura has finished one sock but a bad case of tendonitis is slowing down progress on the second. Hope it gets better soon Laura!
Monique is knitting both of her socks at the same time and is planning to use a design of her own.
Peacock's suffered a few setbacks and has had to embark on a new pair of socks. She's happy with the progress she's made and is confident they'll be done in time.
Sharon is almost to the heel of sock one and is promising more updates.
Songbird is working on the toe of Sock number 1 and is hoping the remaining time will go slowly!
Janet has switched patterns as she wasn't happy with using a striped yarn with a lace pattern. She's much happier with the new pattern and has almost completed one sock.
Erin is in a sock yarn dilemma, although I'm pretty sure she's all sorted now - right Erin?
Keli has posted an update of her sock progress.

Sock sister Lisa writes:
Cheryl is going gangbusters on her socks!

Sock sister Jenipurr has one more update for us:
Rocket_Scientist is working her way toe up on the second striped sock.

Sock sister Ina reports:
Officially grown-up Nicole has her socks on track, but is nostalgic for an Easy-Bake Oven.
Parikha just realized she must knit faster!
Penny is fighting the not-sures and racing toward the toe of her second sock.

Lots of knittin' still going on in sock sister Erin's group:
Laura is finishing the toe of sock number 1. Go cheer her on to finish on time.
Laurie W. has shows us her progress. She's past the heel on both, go cheer her on too.
Lori is finishing up her second attempt on her first sock and is pleased that the fit is now right. She plans on casting on the second and finishing in time for the deadline.
Lori S. has had some rough goings with her socks. She started with some Lang Jawoll and picked a pattern, and it just didn't work with the yarn. Then, she decided I really liked the "More fun than cables" socks, so she pulled out some solid yarn and had a go at that; only to realize they were FAR too small. She has finally settled on some Lorna's Laces in Flame colorway, and started a Dublin Bay sock . She has finished the first one and plans to be finished on time.
Lucia spent a restless night working on her socks.
Mary A.had a bit of a scare last week when she misplaced her sock -in-progress. It has been found and all is well. She's approaching the toe of her second sock.

Sock sister Donna writes:
Karla's turned the heels and her socks are looking good - see an earlier progress picture here.
Katherine is spicing up her socknitting with a Yarn Shopping EXpedition (get it?), but she's still making good progress on her socks!
Kathleen thinks she'll be knitting to the deadline for her pal's socks, but that yarn is so pretty, it's worth it!
Kim's got one sock done (with a nice pedicure) and a week to go on the other one - she thinks she can make it, and she's got an adorable peanut gallery to watch her do it!
Kristel is halfway through her second lace sock - she doesn't have any pictures up, but I don't think you can resist the urge to visit her blog and see Finland's cutest baby chewing on yarn - I couldn't!

Sock sister Cathy writes:
Jenniferis making progress on her second Crusoe sock.
Jayme has finished one sock and is ready for the heel on the other.
Julia has finished one colorful slinky sock.

Sock Sister Carry is nearing the end of her socks and reports:
Deb is making some progress. She is using Louet "Pearl" yarn. Also, check out this happy news!
Elspeth has finished her first sock, but is feeling the pressure of the looming deadline.
Emily has finished her first sock.
Emily is knitting her Lorna's Laces in Japan.
Erica has changed her mind and will be sending both pairs of socks.
Faith Fiberflash has only a few more rows left on her first sock. She's feeling a bit nervous since she has an international pal.
Femiknit_Mafia is busily working on finishing her pal's socks. Go check out the yarn that Little Man picked out for his socks!
Gill has cast on for her second sock, she's been a bit busy with moving, but is busily working away now!
Heidi started with a design of her own in fair isle, but switched to the Elfine socks. They're looking great!

Sock sister Ashley reports:
Brenda is knitting Fluted Banister socks in a seasonal colorway--Tulip Meadow. She's turned the heels and is heading for the toes!
Looks like Brigid frogged her Garter Socks and went back to the drawing board; check out those spirals on Sock V. 2!
Crisis averted! Brynne's second sock went MIA--but was found safely tucked into her purse.
bySarah started her Odessa-inspired spiral rib socks over again, in bugjuice flavored yarn, and is already almost done!
Cass presents us with this photo, evocatively entitled Socks in a Bush. The photo's a little out of date--these toe-up numbers are actually halfway up the leg already!

Sock momma Alison will have her own update later in the week. But there's plenty of action to report in the rest of my group:
Andrea doesn't have any new pics of her sockapaloooza sock in progress, but she did knit a TON of Harry Potter stuff. Wow!
Angel is nearing the finish line, with just the second foot and toe to do still.
Angela has one ravishing red sock done and is feeling the pressure!
Anita could not decide on a pattern for her sock pal socks. After three other attempts, she's sticking with Simply Lovely Lace Socks from Interweave Knits. Check out her newly finished Knitting Pure and Simple Tee - love it!
Betsy has one stripy green slip-stitch sock done. Crunch time!