I’m taking a short break from my planned lace knitting to knit socks for the most appreciative member of my family. 
I actually don’t mind knitting mansize socks. I know that some people are all eek! big socks! but truly these are less effort and take less time than knitting something like lacy girly socks where I have to concentrate on the pattern far more.
These are just basic mansize socks using the usual recipe from the free Regia pattern leaflet (cast on 68, half for the heel flap, etc) and I’m using Trekking XXL in shade #184.
I think Trekking is taking over from Opal as my favourite bog standard sock yarn. I may have whined complained mentioned that I’ve not been enamoured of the Opal colourways recently. The new ones are just more of the same and I like to use self-striping sock yarns when I want a simple, mindless sock to knit. This colourway is knitting up in a very pleasing way and meets the approval of Mr B, which is the most important factor!
I don’t knit with 100% wool sock yarns as a rule because I am rubbish and tend to felt things in the wash. However, I did machine wash the Jules socks for the first time yesterday (30 degrees, wool cycle) and nothing bad happened, which was a relief. I’ve been handwashing them which means they have only been worn a maximum of three times because I am slack and never remember to do it. Now at least they’ll get a bit more wear!
My break from lace knitting was self-inflicted. I did the very stupid thing of trying to knit lace while being absorbed in Masterchef and ended up admiring potato dauphinoise and wrecking the pattern. Unfortunately, it wasn’t something I could fudge as I may sometimes do with other lace patterns *looks innocent* and it had to go. Now I’m having a crisis where I don’t want to cast on again and other patterns are looking more tempting. But more about those in another post which I can make secret and hidden from prying eyes. 
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March 5th, 2008 at 7:41 pm
Lovely socks! I agree with the ‘needing plain’ sometimes.
*hugs* on the lace frogging.
March 6th, 2008 at 9:46 am
nice colour! I need to look for that!
wow the jules were ok in the machine, thats good to know, I can add that to the gubbins about the yarn then, I used to put cherry tree hill in the machine and it used to get lovely and soft in it!
March 7th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
I knitted a FC in that yarn and colourway. I agree, I always have a mindless project on the go. I also cocked up lace 3 times this week and frogged it!
The socks look great.
March 10th, 2008 at 6:54 am
Yes i agree with you its it nice to put other things on hold when all you do is make mistakes and have too tink back more then once and get frustrated. Thats when its time to take out your sock yarn and start knitting on some thing that is easy and not so detailed and take so much thinking to do i tend to just knit and don’t do any fancy stitches. well any how happy knitting.
Linda Cameron.