It's always good to have a simple project going on.

It works for times when you're too tired to worry about counting or shaping. It works when you're trying to pay attention to something else. And it also works for reading, if you can knit and read.



The textbook I'm supposed to review a chapter of came. (They were supposed to e-mail me the chapter, then their e-mail tanked for a couple days, so the person in charge just sent me a book by overnight UPS. I don't know if they'll want it back so I'm not writing my notes about the chapter in it. If they don't want it back, I'll keep it - it's more advanced than what I would use with my intro class, but if I ever got called upon to teach either a graduate-level Advanced Ecology or a graduate-level Community Ecology class, it might work. We don't have enough advanced/grad students for a class like that now, but that doesn't mean we never will.)

So I'm reading and knitting on yet another pair of simple socks. These are by Deborah Norville's (yes, that Deborah Norville) sock yarn. A new line called "Serenity." (I'm sure it's designed to compete with the Vanna inspired line that Lion Brand has).

It's actually pretty nice yarn considering how economical it is. It has some bamboo in it, which makes it very soft (and allegedly bamboo has moisture-wicking and antibacterial properties). There's also some wool (the majority is wool) and some nylon for strength.

These are just simple socks - 2 x 2 ribbing down the leg, and then on the top of the foot. I know that finished sock looks very skinny, but 2 x 2 ribbing is stretchy. And I have to admit I prefer socks that stretch, because of the ribbing, to fit just right, over plain-knit socks that bag. Even if the ribbing does take a little longer to knit.

I started these back earlier this summer but didn't work very much on them, being more drawn (when I had time and attention) to more complex projects.

The color is called "Paprika" though it doesn't really make me think of paprika. (There is one place - you might see it on the finished sock - where the pink stripe is really super narrow. There was a knot in the ball of the yarn and it also had a "blip" in the color sequence. Oh well. I had that happen in a ball of Noro sock yarn that I paid a whole lot more for, so I'm not going to complain.