Tea Time Socks

I finally finished the Tea Time Socks. (These are from that "Around the world in knitted socks" book). These socks use some of the traditional Aran-type patterns (particularly, the almost argyle-like diagonal pattern of purl diamonds) on them.



I used a Sanguine Gryphon yarn for these - Bugga, in the color Bog Fritillary. (Apparently Sanguine Gryphon, as such, is no more - they are in the process of splitting into two different companies, but it's my understanding most of the yarns will still be offered. They are quite expensive but are very nice yarns - this one has a small percentage of cashmere in it and it knits up into a nice dense fabric.)

This photo shows the color of the yarn, and a bit of the patterning:



This next photo is dark, I took it without flash, but I think it shows the stitch patterns better than the ones taken with flash do. One thing that frustrates me a bit about my camera (And yes, I am still thinking about buying a new one someday, if I can go more than six months without some kind of house-or-car emergency that makes me have to reshuffle my budget) is that any kind of fancy-stitch pattern gets washed out if you have to use flash. And since most of my photography is done late in the evening, I usually have to use flash.



I'm glad I finished these; one less project-in-progress to consider whether I want to haul it along or not. (I have quite a stack of things I'd like to knit, I'm probably going to have to winnow it down so I don't have an overloaded suitcase.)