Finished Emerald City Socks

It took me a little over a month to get through all of the tiny stitches (US1 needles, oh my!), but my Emerald City socks are finished and they fit beautifully.

I say they fit well because I've tried them on, but I haven't actually worn them yet. I kept noticing a tinge of dye on my fingers while knitting them, so these were the first socks that got a good few rinses before their first wear. I actually only saw a hint of dye in the water, but the thought of blue-green feet wasn't really appealing so I went with the better safe than sorry approach. They should be dry by now, though, so they'll be in the sock rotation soon.

I am really glad that I bought a set of Kollage square needles in time for these socks, though. I'm a bit of a tight knitter and that sometimes makes things difficult on my Harmony wood needles with socks that have stitches with multiple increases and decreases and such. I was worried that it might get even uglier with the smaller yarn and needles (I hadn't knit on anything smaller than a US1.5 before). The square needles are metal and allowed the stitches to slide more easily, but the square sides did make it easier for me to keep the stitches on the needles. I loved working with these needles so I plan to reach for them whenever I work socks in this size in the future.

So I'm really happy with how these socks came out, but I'm done with twisted ribbing for a while. It's not difficult, but something about the tediousness of it with the little stitches got to me a bit on these. Now I'm just looking forward to wearing these and comparing the tight, tiny stitch fabric to some of my previous socks of a looser gauge.