Managed to squeeze out one more picture before the camera lost its charge:



I'm really happy with how these are turning out. The 2 x 2 rib will ensure they will fit sufficiently snugly, so I'm continuing it (and the cable) down the instep. In case anyone's interested, I'll write up and post a thumbnail of the pattern here after I get them done.

And now, I'm facing the pleasant task (well, after finishing a paper rewrite, teaching lecture and lab today, and giving exams tomorrow) of deciding what projects I want to take with me on spring break. I'm thinking, these socks, and the Canal du Midi socks (it would be wonderful if I could FINALLY finish them). I've also got a pair of just-simple socks from one of the Regia family yarns (Antik I think) that I could take. And I'd like to finish the Knit-Purl scarf and the little crocheted scarf. I could take those, or I could take some combination of those and the Zelda pullover. I like the idea of maybe getting a lot done on that. But I also like the idea of not lugging mass quantities of yarn with me for once - so I'm leaning toward the socks, the scarves, and maybe yarn for one more pair of socks (as yet unstarted and pattern undecided-upon) as insurance in case I get more done than I expect (I can turn out a pair of simple socks, even on size 2's, in a couple of days now, if I'm knitting on them for most of the day).

I also think I'm going to try to dig out a particular skirt pattern I liked - and see if I can find some nice, sort-of-dressy black fabric up there to make myself a dressy black skirt with. Trying to find one at the mall over Christmas was an exercise in frustration, and I didn't even look here for one, because we have nothing at all in the wide gulf between Dillard's (too $$$$$ for me) and the el-cheap-o teenybopper-centric hole-in-the-wall stores.