Ok, so I really finished them a week ago. Shush.  Overall, I am very pleased. Adding the extra cuff repeat was definitely the way to go. Of course, because I’m trying to take pictures of my own feet, that part of the picture was fuzzy. But trust me, good call.

And, unlike the last pair I knit for myself, these ones actually fit! No baggy toes, no narrow heels. My feet are in love.

Sadly, my opinion of the yarn, Wollmeise, didn’t improve after knitting the first sock. The yarn is ridiculously prone to tangling, and splits like crazy. It makes me wonder what kind of crack people are on when they stay up all night hitting F5 trying to snag some. Don’t get me wrong. The colors are beyond reproach, and it’s a quality that seems to be pretty consistent in all of Claudia’s colorways. I’ve got a couple other skeins of this stuff that I’m not planning on parting with, and if I stumble across some elsewhere, I’m certainly not going to snub my nose. I’m just not going to drive myself to a murderous rampage in search of a yarn base that makes me go, “Eh.”

I may need to see if I can trade off one of my 100% wool skeins for a skein of the 20/80 blend, and see if that’s any better.

Next on the menu is Irtfaa’s Shawl, a knit spot pattern. The pattern is 13 flippin’ pages and, to be honest, after reading over it, I think it’s probably the most challenging thing I’ve tried to knit yet.

Grumpy Cthulhu says… “Gnargh. Don’t fit. Rarrrr.”