Ah, the satisfaction of a project finished, tried on, photographed, folded up and put in the drawer, then blogged about.

Naturally, I headed straight for the sock yarn storage box and picked out a new project. The cotton-wool blend tempted me, but I want to see if wearing and washing the first pair I made softens them up a bit. Trouble is, it’s been too hot for even cotton socks so it’ll be a while before I’ve worn them enough to judge.

I also considered some Knittery merino sock in ‘passionfruit’, but I haven’t yet decided whether I want to do them plain or with a stitch pattern. So instead I took out a cake of Sunshine Yarns sock yarn in ‘blacksmith’ – a varigation of black-grey-white – and some black patonyle. I’ve been meaning to try a method of spiralling two yarns around a sock and I reckon these two yarns will suit. If it works, I’ll take pics.

If it doesn’t… pretend I never mentioned it!