I have finished knitting my Celeste Sweater, hurrah! I’ll endeavour to have some photos taken for next time.

Since then, I’ve cast on for my next pair of secret gift socks. I decided to have another crack at knitting colourwork socks for this pair. I thought of the perfect pattern, for my Flamingo, tropical loving sister. By all accounts Charlotte Stone’s patterns seem to manage the float fit issues that other sock designers have not, so I used her pattern: Flamboyant Flamingos.

I began knitting these on Saturday… I knit all of Sunday… I knit on these at Knit Night on Monday night… then…

I woke up on Tuesday, and all of a sudden, a little voice that I hadn’t heard all weekend… said I have to start again, very, very loudly! But as one last check… I blocked half a sock, I’ve never done that before, smacks of desperation doesn’t it?

The wet blocking only improved my uneven colourwork slightly. The yarn for the background of the colourwork is Lang Yarns Jawoll superwash. It feels like a thinner yarn, and not super soft. I also think the colour contrast between the background and the flamingos was not enough. I love the varigation in the flamingos, so the background colour needed to go.

After much yarn stash pondering, I’ve cast on again. This time I’m going to use Patons Patonyle in white for the background, it blooms nicely when washed, and will be a good contrast with the flamingo colour. I’m also going to make a concerted effort at using 9 inch circulars for the colourwork section. I used magic loop the first time.

Colourwork socks are not going to beat me!