… I’d have a couple of FOs to blog about.

I finished Dad’s toe-up re-soleable socks:

They’re more my sort of colour than his, but the yarn – Cleckheaton Country – was on special.

The chocolate is Kennedy and Wilson’s ‘Cinnamon Autumn Leaves’. They’re one of Australia’s high end chocolate makers. Expensive. Niiiice. Not for those whose tastes tend more toward the brown stuff Cadbury calls chocolate.

I also finished the first Snicket:

Which I love. But I was getting more than a little sick of the stitch pattern by the time I neared the end, so I’m going to take a break and work on my chocolate socks. I want to use those needles for the chocolate socks, too. I did more experimental swatching for them last night, too. I think I’m ready to make a whole sock now.

And look what appeared in the mailbox:

Sock yarn from The Knittery. The Roses colourway photographed well, but the Passionfruit looks a bit dull compared to how it looks in person. It’s purple and green with subtle and delicious blendings.

In the middle is the result of my first test run with Fishpond, an Australian Online book shop. (Thanks to Peeve for the recommendation.) Postage was free if I spent more than $50. The book on medieval medicine I ordered was $49.95, so I threw Knit Lit into my shopping basket to get the free postage. The two books had different shipping times, and to my surprise they have been shipped separately. Which mean I got to read about knitting on the train today.

If the medieval medicine book arrives in a timely, problem-free fashion… well, there’s a LOT of knitting books in my Fishpond wish list just waiting to become mine. Mine! All mine!