double strap booties for eric's lad

eric's baby shower is friday and his boy is getting these double strap booties in colours borrowed from eric's artwork. both colours are from vanna white's collection and i especially like the grey marble. such a great nubbly yarn full of hairs and weirdness--just like eric!
this is actually my 4th completed pair of double straps. for nearly a whole month they stood almost finished--except for the buttons. i had to give them a long break after they made me rip them apart and redo the straps. but now, they are done and i am giving this pattern a rest.

OMGWTFFROG

my current project was half done, when i happened to view the piece from an distance and catch that i made a huge mistake 10 inches ago. it is a subtle crochet texture, so i didn't catch it right away...but there it was: one stitch off. i knew i couldn't live with it, but man, it is so hard to bring oneself to undo all that TIME invested. i discussed it with some knitters at work and decided to start a whole new one first, and then when i felt happy with that one, i could more easily frog the other and feel clean and righteous!

so far, it looks perfect!
go, clean-righteous snakey, go!



*i promise i will post a pic when it is done. :)