I did it! I finished Jane’s Turkish Zig sox and not a moment too soon.

For those joining us at this phase of the game, the pattern is one I’ve submitted to be possibly published in a book. The process could easily take a year, even if I’m accepted. However, that doesn’t mean I can’t knit it myself while I’m waiting to hear!

This time I tried knitting the pattern in a larger size than I’d originally written, to make sox for my friend Jane. Jane was the dear soul who traded me her spinning wheel in Fall of 2001, for two pair of handknit sox.

The two pair I traded to Jane she gave as Christmas gifts, to my friend Marian, Jane’ sister-in-law, and Eva, her neice. Those sox turned into a pattern I sell on my LynnH.com website, Eva’s Sox, because the visitors to my LynnH SockTour kept requesting a pattern for it.

Well, this year Eva and Marian picked Jane’s name in the family gift exchange and asked if I’d knit for Jane. Of course, I would! So here they are in all their glory. I have to deliver these early tomorrow morning, before I prepare to have some friends over for a small spinning/knitting gathering tomorrow afternoon.

Whew! Now I need to finish another design (Dancing Sox) in time to ship out sox for a photoshoot, deadline 12/31. At least *this* pattern will be published this spring, so the wait won’t be too long.

When the Dancing Sox package is mailed, I have only two more knitting obligations (both for sock swaps), and a bit of handpainted yarn to paint. When those are done, I can knit guilt-free for myself. I can’t wait!

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