Socks and more socks

My Gelato Socks have been done for a while now:



just in time for some serious cold weather (if you do not live in California, go ahead at laugh at 56F, but I am from Italy and I just do not get why people living in places with snow on the ground do not run someplace else.)


Pattern: my standard toe-up vanilla sock
Yarn: Knit Picks Felici (a yarn is felice, not felici, but this one is so soft that I do not even care at the usually irritating misuse of the Italian language.)
Raverly project page: here.

I have about 5 more pairs of socks on the needles at various stages:







These are the only one that are not my usual toe-up vanilla socks, I am knitting Back to Basicsby Deb Barnhil, that is based on a Cat Bordhi's sockitecture: usually this new sockitectures irritate the hell out of me  (why look at something and think, "there must be a way to make this unreasonably more complicate"), but I am actually enjoying knitting these (the fact that the yarn is really squishy and yummy does help.)

Sock Obsession

1. Paton Stretch Vanilla Toe-Up Socks
2. Turner Socks
3. Stroll Socks
4. Gelato Socks
5. Italy Vanilla Socks  

When it comes to socks, I go by KISS (Keep It Simple, Stupid): I need them on the go, to relax, not to give me a headache. If they have complicated charts or a worksheet, I pass.

I knit my sock toe-up with a heel flap, and I have three cheat cards in my purse with all the essential numbers for gauges 7,8, and 9 per inch.

That said, the Stroll Socks are the Gentleman's Shooting Stockings with Fluted Pattern by Nancy Bush, because I am determined to knit my way through Knitting Vintage Socks.