A New Pair of Socks

After finishing a pair of socks, I almost always cast on for a new pair of socks!  This is the start of Flourish, the first design for The Handmade Sock Society 6! I'm knitting them in Malabrigo Ultimate Sock in Arapey, which reminds me of a Mourning Dove, or a Lump Bird, as we call them.  When Caleb was little he noticed that the Mourning Doves would just sit in front of the bird feeder all afternoon.  Not really eating, just sitting and making it difficult for the other birds to get to the food.  He was watching them and said, "Mommy, those birdies are lumps!"  So they've been Lump Birds at our house ever since!

The socks are fun to knit, with the lace panel down the front and stockinette stitch around the back of the leg.  The lace stitch pattern is easy to memorize, so you get a lot of fancy for very little work on these.  I'm actually not going very fast on these because I've been working on the Linearity MKAL and I'm trying to get that shawl finished.  I'll show pictures next week, since the last clue was launched early this week!

Have a great weekend!