FO Friday

Did I mention I went to SAFF this year?  Hub was nice and took me there, we had a lovely day trip that included fall colors, yarn and antiques.  It wasn't as big or diverse as Rhinebeck, but I did find a few unique yarns that were new to me.  One of which was a sock yarn called Cool Wool Sock, from Carriage House Woolens, which I can only assume is a very small company because that webpage seems to work only intermittently.

I was intrigued by this particular yarn because it was a mix of Wool and Coolmax.   I even looked it up on the web browser on my phone before purchasing since I had never heard of it.  What got me about it was that my mom loves the socks I make for her, but sometimes says that the warm woolies are a little too warm.  I thought this might make a pair that could be a little more versatile for her.

Combined with my signed copy of One-Skein Sock Yarn Wonders*  I was off to the races with a new pair of socks.

I started them at a knit night and they went pretty quickly.  I brought them with me on my field trip in November and turned the first heel when I visited my old knit night.  Unfortunately I was in auto-pilot mode and didn't really read the pattern.  The gusset decreases are not standard and I tried to fudge it, but it just wasn't working, so I had to rip back all the way to the leg again and start over with the heel flap.  At this point they went into time-out for a while, to be picked up again shortly before the holidays when I was determined to finish them for Mom's birthday (Christmas Eve).  I finished the first one at a knit night and was terribly disappointed to try it on and discover that it was really tight at the ankle.  So it just got thrown in the suitcase.  I brought it home and Mom tried it on on her birthday and said it fit her just fine.  So I finished them up on the two post-Christmas snow days we had in New England and left them there with her.  At last report, she loves them!

Pattern: Eyelet and Feather Socks by Anne McClure in the above mentioned book
Needles: US size 1.5 (2.5mm) Susanne's ebony needles (mad love for these)
Yarn: Carriage House Woolens Cool Sock

* I highly recommend this series of books.  I have the original, the designer and the sock yarn versions and I've used them extensively.