Normally at this time of year, I’d be deeply embroiled in gift knitting. Of course, this year things are very different and the normal half dozen gifts are being pared down to just one at the moment, given that I have no idea whether I’ll even get this one done in time. My heartfelt thanks go out to online shopping with free delivery which means I’ve bought most of my relatives’ gifts with just a few clicks and not even having to venture out into the rain.

But I couldn’t not make Mr B’s annual Christmas Socks. This will be the fourth year that he’s had them and it’s becoming a bit of a tradition now and given that it’s hard enough to buy presents for him as it is, this is at least one thing that I can give him that he can’t just go and buy himself.

I’m using the Mini Mochi I bought earlier in the year for these. So far it’s knitting up nicely. It does have a slight fuzzy halo and is a bit loosely/tightly spun in places, but the colours are gorgeous and it’s producing a very jaunty pair of socks.