Can I get a drum roll? I’m pretty sure the 3rd pair of finished socks for the year deserves one. That’s right. Pair numero tres.

I started them back in May, shortly after Prince died. The purple just called out to me and with those stripes of light grey and dark grey, well, I call them my Purple Rain socks.

No picot edge, for a change, just some straight up 2×2 ribbing and then lots (and lots) of round and round and round.

These guys saw me through the spring and summer at plenty of meetings and trainings, at the beach and on the deck until finally, on the first day of fall, I finished them.

Just in time for the arrival of cooler weather. And purple asters, too.

 

 

 

Hold on to your handknits because, for the first time since February I have a pair of finished socks to share with you. Yes, production is down. It’s a hobby, not a job.

These are a lovely pair of picot edge socks knit with my favorite sock yarn: Knitterly Things Vesper.

The colorway is called In The Wildwood and I absolutely love those bright stripes of hot pink, lime green and chocolaty brown.

They’ll just be hanging out, hopefully for many many months, until it’s cold enough to need them.

Finished socks. A very good thing.

I know you were probably hoping for photos of my Stopover sweater today. You all know how that goes, though, right? It involves finding a time when there’s light and good weather and a photographer – something that isn’t easy to do – but it will get done, I promise. For today, though, can  I distract you with some pretty striped socks?

I absolutely adore these. The colors are so pretty and the yarn (Jawoll Superwash) wears like iron.

I made the legs extra long just because I could. And because I like a tall sock.

The stripes are completely misaligned and I don’t even care because they change so often and the colors are just so rich. And also because I was too lazy to try and match them.

You can bet I will be wearing these – along with Stopover –  this weekend at . . . wait for it . . . SPA!