A Couple of FO's

I finished knitting a pair of socks this morning. I started these on our anniversary trip in September. Wish I could remember the brand of yarn, but it has escaped me. It's a superwash wool/nylon self-striping yarn & I love the colors.

I've also been working on some new placemats, with the assistance of the furries at our house. This is the first placemat, which I cut off the loom, hemmed and ran through the washer to check for shrinkage. For those of you who weave, they're 8/4 100% cotton carpet warp set at 20 ends per inch, 19" wide in the reed, with fabric strips for weft, cut at 1 1/2" & ironed in half. I wove the placemats 18 1/2" not including selvages, & thought with shrinkage they'd end up at 14", but they're a bit larger than that. For the remaining warp, I'll be weaving them about 1 1/2" shorter.