Also on my needles today.

I began knitting these socks months ago, I grew bored of them when I discovered I had cast on too few stitches for the second sock and had to pull it out and begin again. I'm hot and cold over the colours - I think now it's Spring I would prefer to be knitting something more pastelly and pretty. The yarn again, is one I bought off eBay and is Lang Jawoll Jacquard Sock Yarn. I haven't used it before, it comes with a bobbin of fine yarn to reinforce the toes and heals, I didn't reinforce the toes because I thought it may make them a bit bulky.

The pattern I am using for these is Plain 4 ply Socks from "Basic Guide To Knitting And Crochet" by Patons. I bought my copy when I was a student in the 1970s, my mother had given me her copy which, I think she bought during or just after the war but it became too fragile to use and I bought a copy for my daughter a few years ago. I absolutely love this pamphlet from which I gained most of my early skills and confidence as a knitter. Some of the patterns are still in there from my mother's old copy and include such arcane items as "Kneecovers" and "Underpants"