I’ve just realized that I’m knitting some heavenly socks that I had forgotten to tell you about. What does that tell you? I know…that crazy woman is just juggling way too many balls in the air at the same time….and you may well be right on that! I admit that I do have a bit of an addiction problem when it comes to socks. I seem to have a physical need to always have some socks on the needles…just in case, you know.

These are Sunshine Socks by Cookie A (now there’s a cool name!). The yarn is Juno Fibre Arts Alice Sock yarn in the Dusk colourway. They are 70% baby alpaca, 20% silk and 10% cashmere. As soft as a cloud. In fact probably the softest, smooshiest socks I’ve ever knitted.

They’re going to look like this….

…and the pattern is taken from Cookie A’s wonderful book Sock Innovation – which is full of really yummy, but rather challenging socks….you know the ones I mean. The woe betide you if you try to watch TV and knit these socks at the same time ones. But then there’s something rather nice about not trying to multitask and just focusing totally on the one thing you’re doing. I can, however, manage to listen to an audio book or a nice play on the radio, or even the news while knitting these, but they do require a lot of concentration.

But there again. I may just be a bear of little brain – as Pooh and Piglet would say.

Helen

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