The toe-up socks

I finished the heel turn/ heel flap on these. The construction is interesting, in a lot of ways it is the reverse of what you'd do on a top-down sock - for example, as you knit the heel flap, you knit the edge of the flap together with stitches from the gusset rather than, as you would on a top-down sock, knit the flap, turn the heel, and then pick up those stitches off the edge of the heel flap.



I've been alternating working on these and working (again) on the sleeve of Basketweave. (I have decided I want to finish that before starting another sweater).

Restarting a stalled project is almost as good as starting a new one.

I also changed up  my toenail polish. (There is a discussion on ITFF going on about "nice things you do for yourself during the semester" and several people mention pedicures, manicures, or at least painting their nails as one. I can't do manicures - working with soil, solvents, and sharp things in lab would ruin a manicure pretty fast - but I do like to keep my toenails painted).

I got a new color for this go-round. I also got a bottle of plain white, after reading the idea somewhere (perhaps in Real Simple) that pale colors often look better with white as a base coat rather than the clear base coat I usually use.

The color is Essie's "Eternal Optimist." I think I liked the color better in the bottle than on, and I was probably also partly attracted by the name. (Hoping it can work some sympathetic magic on me, or something). Still, I think I'll keep it on for a while before changing it for a different color.

It's sort of a mauvey pink with maybe a trend towards tan. I think it looks more pink in this photo than it actually is: