Zip zoom zowie.  I swear that took no time at all.  It took no time, and holy smokes is it cute, especially after a bit of a block.  See?

The yarn is Space Cadet Creations’ Ester, and it is a delight to work with.  It’s a little skinnier than what I like for socks (my fondness for fat sock yarn is well documented), but it’s lovely for projects like this.  I’ve got the second one on the needles now and should be done with it soon.  Then it’s just a matter of sweet talking someone into modeling them for me (should be easy, since they’re so amazingly stretchy they’ll fit most anyone).  Then they’ll be back out in the world, instead of languishing in pattern limbo (can you tell I’m eager to get the patterns I put on hiatus back out there…nothing like a giant project for motivation)!