Finally! Mountain Colors "Indian Paintbrush" socks
The Mountain Colors socks are finally done, after the worst struggle I've had with sock toes since I quit grafting them. Maybe even worse than that. Fortunately, the socks fit, are comfortable, and I'll be wearing these with closed-toe shoes, so even the nosiest fellow knitter will never know just how kludged up one of the toes is. Now to get the Herdwick socks farther along before I start the next pair. One is halfway down the ribbing, the other a little less than halfway. I'm undecided whether to go on and knit the other red-based (but different shades, warmer, with coppery stretches) pair of Mountain Colors yarn, or switch to the turquoise yarn, as originally planned.
Another view--the color as photographed changes with the angle of light-source to sock--this time of mismatched socks, the blue & green pair I was wearing before changing to the new red/purple ones.
Something about the dye in the rose/magenta/purple sections of yarn in the Mountain Colors socks acts almost metallic in the way it reflects the sun at some angles, concealing its true colors.
So far I've completed nine pairs of socks this year--eight for me and one for a friend. I still need to keep knitting socks for myself, to stay ahead of wear...of the 29 pairs I've knit so far, only 25 are in circulation, and of those, the "first seven" are down to four (and those four are showing wear.)