This is pair number four complete, and less than two months in. I’m getting far enough ahead of pace that I might be able to take on some other projects and not let this one down. This was a new heel pattern for me, and I’m still not sure if I like it or not; I’ll have to see how it fits, but I usually like a contrast heel (partially for looks, partially so that I don’t run out of yarn) which this doesn’t really allow for.

Finished socks.

Socks five and six (pair three) have been completed. These are sport weight ones, so they went pretty fast, even with the pattern. I used two complete balls (less than 1g left over of each) of the main colour, and about 75% of a ball of the black.

Finished socks.

Pattern close up.

The second pair have been completed. This uses up the last of the Drops Fabel that I have on hand. These knit up pretty quickly, especially after coming off a patterned pair.

Finished socks.

I took a quick break from socks (as I’m currently ahead of schedule with three of twenty-four socks complete) to crochet my son a bearded hat for his birthday. It was a really quick project; if I didn’t have to rip it out several times to get the fit right, it would have been finished in two evenings. It was my first time doing the ‘bobble stitch’ for the beard–they’re also not difficult, but they do slow things down a bit.

Beard Hat.

The first pair of socks have been completed. I cast on the first one on New Year’s Day, and started the second one on January 5. The texture sort of got lost in the print nature of the yarn, so I may revisit this pattern again later on a plain yarn. I would have gone for a single-colour yarn this time, but the only ones I have on hand are lighter, and I have to go down a needle size and up to a 72 stitch sock to not get laddering.

Finished socks.

Pattern close up.