Has it been a week since I posted already?! The last week disappeared in a blur of Finishing Important Secret Stuff for the magazine, without even a cupcake to tide me over. So it was nice to cast on something completely different to have a break from knitting to a deadline for a while.

I’ve started knitting Kai’s Lotus Lace Socks using the Wild Fire Fibres BFL sock yarn.

The lace pattern is really enjoyable to knit. Not too tedious and not too complicated so that I’m dropping stitches all over the place. I confess that I didn’t read the ribbing directions properly which is why I’ve ended up with a k1, p1 rib. Ribbing is the boring part of knitting a sock, so by the time I’d realised my mistake, I was almost done, so not about to frog it! The yarn is dreamy to work with. It’s striping slightly, but not enough to obscure the lace, which is good. Think I might potter about a bit today and knit some more.