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I know now how I feel about the Pippis I'm knitting.
Frightened.
The striping is so off, which I should have expected since this is a variegated yarn and the number of stitches is unstable in the most visible part of the socks. I've just turned the heel on the first sock and am picking up the gusset stitches. I'm going to finish it over Spring Break, and then bring it to Heather. If she likes it, great. If not, it's the ripper and back to the drawing board.
I am, however, pleased with my resizing efforts. The socks seem to be proportioned correctly, the decreases appear to have worked, and the knitting is going much faster than I anticipated. So all may not be lost.
And Zeus?
Well, he made peace with the slippers. I suspect I'll see many more snuggles between these guys.
