Addendum below!
Regia Crazy Color #5437. Knit toe up, magic loop, on #1 Addi Turbos. Heels and toes knit with matching solid sock yarn, 2 strands held together. 3x1 ribbing. Last 2 rows knit with #6 needles. Cast off EXTREMELY LOOSELY with the suspended bind off.
Amur maple leaves and Highbush cranberry bushes at the nursery where I used to work. The Mountain ash that we planted in our yard for R after he was born. This is the first year it has produced berries.
Added: the pattern that I use almost exclusively for sock knitting is Wendy's Toe Up Sock Pattern, altering only the total number of stitches around. Typically, for a pair of women's socks knit from most 4-ply yarn such as Regia or Meilenweit I'll wrap and turn until 8 stitches on each side are wrapped. For a finer sock yarn like Opal or Lorna's Laces knit on #1 dpns, or for a men's pair of socks, with more total stitches I might wrap 9 on each side. With sport weight yarn, usually only 7 stitches. Oh, and 50% of the stitches are used for the heel, give or take a stitch or two if there's patterning to work around. Thanks for asking. Anything else?
... and I messed with the pictures in this post, changing them around a little. It was bugging me.
