Finished Black Cat Socks

I did keep up a pretty speedy pace and finished the second sock from the Black Cat Halloween kit over the weekend, meaning that I had a finished pair in a little under a week!  That's faster than my usual sock progress, although these did have my undivided attention.

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So here they are, not yet washed in any way:

I'm going to try to remember to get before and after photos when I do give them a soak, just to see how much dye bleeds out into the water, although I obviously rubbed some off on my fingers already while knitting them.  In some photos you might even notice some of the deep wine hue running through that isn't really visible without enough light.

It's not a complicated lace pattern, it's very symmetric, but I do like the hidden fish shapes in them.  I don't like doing yarn overs at the beginning of a needle, but I got in a groove and it didn't slow me down too much or bother me enough to shift stitches around to avoid them, so no real complaints.

Since I haven't soaked them I haven't worn them yet (I don't really want to look like I've been walking barefoot through soot all day if they are going to bleed more), but I'm looking forward to it.  They're dark and squishy and lacy -- all things that should make them work well with all sorts of outfits when I'm forced to abandon my sandals for the year.  I'm not quite there yet.