Some New Progress

I have been continuing to squeeze friends, reading, and knitting into my non-working time, and this past weekend I was very successful:

This is the many-times aforementioned birthday sock, knit on Takumi US2 dpns (2.75 mm) in Knitpicks Essential. I really like the Essential so far: not very splitty, good size for a tight knitter, and the fabric has a very nice texture. It might be the heathery color, but I have noticed that this yarn doesn't have the most amazing stitch definition ever, but for the price it can't be beat.