The 15th Floor Overlooking Fenway

Not sure why it has taken this long....

I've knit about 5 or 6 socks all of which have been frogged. Here's the first one I liked AND then knit one to match:

I was pleasantly surprised how matchy-matchy they are especially since I don't think I particularly tried to start at the same spot in the color repeat.
Pattern: Twinkle Toes by Cookie A as seen on Knitty Gritty
Yarn: Lavendar Sachet -- Sweet Feet Sock Yarn from Hill Country Yarns purchased from Discount Yarn Sale. As you can see I still have a goodly amount of yarn leftover.
Needles: Size 2 Crystal Palace Bamboo Double Points (I know, huge for socks)
Notes: I had to add a couple stitches between the "front" and "back" as they were too small otherwise. They are still a tad bit snug taking them on and off. Aside from the small amount of pooling from the instep increases, the yarn is lovely.

For my next project, I cast on for Ribby Cardi because I bought the yarn off Destash before it stopped existing (i.e. more than 6 months ago). I like it so far.

I believe I have enough yarn to make it a solid color, if not I'll probably make the contrast sleeves in a brown shade. The picture is too red, it's much more a deep maroon in real life.

Pattern: Shrug from Debbie Bliss's Cathay pattern book c 2005
Yarn: Debbie Bliss Cathay in Peony 10
Size: ?
Started: Approx April '06. I know this because I checked my order history on Yarnmarket. (Yeesh, we won't talk about how much full price yarn and a pattern book costs.)
Finished: Hmmm....some time after that, but quite a while ago. Completely finished 3/22/08
Mods: none. I made it as patterned right down to the color.

Notes:
This was the first sweater that I knit. Does a shrug count? I was a pretty new knitter at the time. I learned some basics of sweater making and seaming. All in all, it turned out pretty well. However, unlike the cover picture mine didn't just lay nicely over my boobs. I wore it once or twice, but didn't like tugging on it. My intension was to find a sweater pin or hook and eye to hold it closed, but never got around to it. I so happened to come across said hook and eye this evening, and I promptly sewed it on.
There is some wonkiness about it that doesn't make me absolutely love the sweater

• The left slanting decreases are funny
  
• I didn't know how to hid the short row wraps (but I had to learn how to even do short rows)
  
• The angle at which I picked up stitches along the front "corners" for the collar/edging is too acute

If I didn't have two other sweaters on the needles (one almost certainly will be frogged), I would consider casting on for some of the other cardigans in the book right now.