Finished last night because my right eye went all puffy and bleary, as yet another symptom of this flu/cold/thing, and I couldn’t see very well. Thankfully I can do plain knitting and ribbing without looking. Much.

The yarn is The Knittery Chubby Sock, in ‘passionfruit’. The pattern is my plain toe-up-with-a-heel-flap, except I put the gusset increases at the edges of the sole rather than angling up the ankles.

This meant, of course, that I could receive the next delivery from my personal sock club:

Another generous ball of leftover yarn (the red). The original socks have worn out, so I’m making replacements. This time with grey toes and heels.

Actually, these will probably go in my new Sock Stockpile. You see, my sock drawer was so full that I decided to take some pairs out and put them aside until I wear a few more old ones out. I chose newer ones, and ones I already had in the same colour. That way when I wear out a blue pair I have a blue replacement.

Even though I’ve lost interest in knitting fancy socks, I find plain socks such good mindless or travel knitting that I don’t think I’m going to stop making them. This seems a good solution. After all, I may one day decide I’ve had it with socks and stop making them. At least I’ll have some extras to keep me going.

I’m also intending to knit socks for other people. After the Personal Sock Club, which was all about knitting socks for me out of yarns I like, maybe I should have a Socks For Others Club. Perhaps grab six skeins of yarn and match them with six recipients, put them in bags, draw one out…