ALMOST, BUT NOT QUITE
There is nothing nicer, than a freshly finished pair of socks, on your feet, as the afternoon draws to a close, and the sun dissappears, and you can snuggle on the couch, feet up, warm and toasty in their beautiful pinkness. To be fair, there is some light green, yellow, and some peach colours in there too. This is a great sock yarn - the weight is oh so right for me, now that I've worked out I don't like heavy weight, or even medium weight, sock yarns. And the yardage has gone on, and on, and on. I've used nowhere near a ball of yarn, and there is still plenty to do something else small with. The pattern, Pearl's Diamond Socks, is a really wonderful one - with enough detail to keep you interested, and a lovely strong pattern to wind up the leg.
Pia is sleeping after a morning walking through petals lying on the pavements, watching Max's school assembly, shopping for jeans (me) and making biscuits because the ones on Kirsten's site looked so so good and I've obsessed about them since. Now I must wind some more wool, so I can finish Pia's little cardigan - almost an item [finished] a day, but not quite...
Lovely colour al and you have nice looking feet :) LOL
Posted by: Nicole | May 08, 2008 at 03:49 PM
You've got me obsessing about those biscuits now.
Beautiful, beautiful socks!
Posted by: Fiona | May 08, 2008 at 04:28 PM
I am still in shock from seeing color on your blog...however, I LOVE those socks. I might have to indulge and buy the pattern.
Posted by: raina | May 08, 2008 at 11:06 PM
:)
your strawberries and cream socks look fantastic
[altho' i can't succumb to pink for myself. :) ]
Posted by: kirsten | May 10, 2008 at 11:30 AM
Oh Alison, those socks are just beautiful! I'm totally in love. Off to find the pattern ...
Posted by: suse | May 10, 2008 at 02:58 PM
They look wonderful in that yarn! Variegated enough to be gorgeous but not too busy to show the pattern. Thank you!
Posted by: Emily | May 12, 2008 at 12:35 AM
these are really beautiful, al.
i've got a pair of socks almost finished and despite all my longing for spring, i'm a bit sad that i think it will be too hot to wear them! oh well... a bit of cozying up on the couch with handknit socks sounds quite nice as well, and i'll just have to pretend that it's blustery out :)
xox
Posted by: amisha | May 16, 2008 at 02:57 AM