The pattern I really only used the charts as a inspiration. It's the log cabin socks from the book Handknit Holidays. The pattern is the written for top down with a beautiful complicated heel flap. I however decided to do them my normal toe up way and just put a short row heel in for simplicity. They're very functional!
The yarn is Kampes, which is a Swedish yarn that my friend Jenny from Jenny's Blog on Knitting gave me as part of a birthday package. It wasn't the most pleasant to knit with because it's pretty scratchy, but let me tell you... it makes some WARM socks! You see here that I didn't make them overly tall and I'm wearing socks underneath so the yarn isn't against the skin.
So YAY! Now... what to cast on next? I think it's going to be in the softest yarn I own. hehe
House socks are fun to knit. Fast and when you are done, you get warm feet :-)
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