Socks Finished, Socks Begun

I have finished my Winter Dudes Socks.  These were a fun pair of socks to knit and I tried a new-to-me heel (short rows with a gusset) and toe (star toe)!  The stranded color work was all on the leg of the sock, so once I got through that, the rest of the socks went pretty quickly.  There were some long stretches of colors and I had to twist my strands to keep the floats from getting too long, but I just worked slowly through those parts and made sure to keep the stitches on my right needle as spread out as I possibly could.

I used Cascade Heritage Sock in 5629 Citron (green), 5607 Red, and 5618 Snow.  I'm thrilled with my new Christmas socks and I know they'll be fun to wear!

As soon as I finished weaving in the ends on the Winter Dudes, I cast on for the Zwergenaufstand socks by the same designer.  Zwergenaufstand means "A Fuss About Nothing" according to the Google.  I don't speak German.  I'm using Malabrigo Ultimate Sock in Magenta and Natural.  I prewashed both skeins - the Magenta to get rid of any extra dye, and the Natural because I washed the Magenta.  These have an all over geometric design with only minimal long color stretches that need anchored floats (I've only found one round so far), and a cute little hidden gnome on the heel.  This designer has some other, similar sock designs with little hidden surprises on the heel as well.