First we were snowed in (not, really, but school was canceled on Wed and Thurs). Then I worked Fri, Sat, Sun (and Mon) because the Unique One crew was down at the SPA weekend in Portland. Even more fun: we’re having a huge sweater sale at the store, so we’ve been super busy.

I’ve barely had time to work on socks. I’ve gotten about 3 inches done on the second sock of Great Adirondack Silky sock yarn. Check out how the handpainted stripes worked out:

You notice that the legs have different stripes–the first sock is K1,P1 ribbing, the second (not finished sock) is K3, P1 ribbing; both feet will be stockinette. Ribbing takes up more yarn than stockinette.

And, in a fit of madness, I bought two more skeins of the yarn in different colorways. Honestly, I love the feel of this yarn. It’s 70% superwash Merino, 20% silk, and 10% nylon. The incredible luster is the silk. Here are the new skeins:

And, I’ve love these so much I’ve already decided I’ll do some sort of stripes/slip-stitch/colorwork using Regia Silk Sock yarn–probably in black. Who’s got a great pattern for that?

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