I wasn't expecting them to be finished today, but, it turns out that while I was doing respite work with Aimee, I had an hour to sit and watch her shoot arrows in her archery class. It's a good thing that I just happened to have unfinished sock number two in my bag!
Aren't they purdy? Made on 3.75mm dpn's with Regia Cotton Colour. Nice stuff. I've been wearing them for a little more than an hour now, and even though they have a decent wool count, they aren't itching me! It must be the high content of cotton that offsets it.
If you look carefully, the striping matches up quite niceley... except that the stripes are all reversed on the second sock. I didn't care enough to try and make the stripes match at all. One ball must have been wound in the reverse of the other ball.
I think that now I have the hang of it, I quite enjoy making socks. They're a nice easy fast project that I can slip into my purse and haul around with me anywhere. I did make these a titch too short for my foot, so the next pair will have to be a bit longer. I'm still keeping them for myself!!
Next up, a toe up sock pattern.... stay tuned...