Socks and a sweet gift

Since I've been keeping my sock club socks to myself I felt like it had been a long time since I'd made some for my husband, so I was determined to squeeze in a pair for him before starting the next club shipment. I let him pick the yarn, and even though it promised to be flashy, he chose Yarn Love's Marianne Dashwood in the Mr. Wonderful colorway. He is my Mr. Wonderful, after all!

So I worked up some Mr. Wonderful socks two at a time using Magic Loop on my new 40” Addi Lace Turbos. The yarn didn't disappoint on the flashy front - it pooled even more brightly than I expected. So I stuck with a tiny cable pattern and let the yarn do all of the talking this time since it obviously had so much to say! They ended up a little long, but otherwise seem to fit him well and they've already seen a lot of use keeping his feet warm in the house.

Two at a time on the same circular needle and yet they still pooled rather differently!

And of course with socks this bright I'll know that if he loses one or both it's because he was really trying to get rid of them! (I'm kidding - no, he doesn't have a history of losing socks anyway.)

Now I don't have updated photos of some of the other projects yet, but I do have a photo of this:


An awesome birthday present from Mr. Wonderful himself - a beautiful, hand made swift from a nearby woodworker! I love it! It spins so smoothly and silently and the best part is that both the arms and legs of it quickly fold together for storage and it came with a small storage bag for the movable pegs. It's a major knitting accessory, so I definitely have to keep knitting now!