i've finished the first Mamluke Sock! wow...that was fast. i think that i must be making up for all the non-knitting i've been doing!
i love how this sock looks...it's a tiny bit big around the ball of my foot but not too bad. i'm using some Baby Ull in navy and Knitpicks dye your own merino sock yarn. i loved the color combonation and figured that these socks will be worth having to hand wash. the heel on these is kind of odd...it doesn't look or feel like an entire heel (it's the stripy part). i'm really please how quickly this first one went--here's to hoping that Second Sock Syndrome doesn't strike in the completion of the second. i think that i'm smitten enough with the pattern that it shouldn't be a problem.
in other, non knitting news, i picked up some georgeous roses at Trader Joe's
tonight. i've been trying to curb my flower-buying tendancies, but these babies were just to fabulous to pass by.