SUCCESS!

I finally finished the socks!  It has taken me a long time to get these done.  I always tend to have a difficult time with anything in pairs.  Once I get done with one, I would like to just be done and move on to something else, but since feet come in pairs, it makes sense that socks should also.  I finished the first sock about 6 months ago, and just now got around to finishing the second.  All in all, these weren't too terribly awful to make.  They were more interesting than regular socks because of the argyle pattern, but not impossible to work on while watching a movie or something. 

As for the yarn shortage situation that I was dealing with- I definitely wasn't going to have enought yarn, so I ended the sock a bit early.  Jaimie actually prefered it that way because sock patterns always seem to want to make you have a weird pointy toe-but in the middle of your foot.  Thankfully, I don't think that it is too noticeable when he is actually wearing the socks.

The yarn that I ordered for my middle sister's Christmas gift came in the mail the other day.  Her snowboarding coat is navy and gold, so I ordered matching wool to knit her an illusion knit scarf of a snowboarder (also from illusionknits.com).  She is thinking of buying a gold winter peacoat, so this will actually go with either one.  I will post some pictures once I have some progress made!