Did I show you the latest pair of socks?

The Art of the Fugue as a Duet

Now that the weather is mostly cold, I wear a number of the things that I have knit - socks, shawls, hats, cowls, fingerless mitts, sweaters, etc. I don't make a big deal about it, if someone comments on something that I am wearing or asks if I have made any particular item, I am happy to answer them and share what I have made. But I am not going to call attention to my handknitted items nor am I going to insist that people look at my latest projects.

This last pair of socks that I just finished? That is different. Even before I finished them, I was showing them to anyone who would stand still for a minute to take a look.  [Go ahead, take a look at the project page for them, here.]

They are the most complicated pair of socks that I have ever made, The Art of the Fugue by Caoua Coffee. The pattern is cuff-down and I am most comfortable toe up. The texture of the socks comes from many twisted stitches with directions that talk about dropping two stitches at a time off the needles and then knitting them in a different order, in essence knitting cables without a cable needle. For whatever reason, I decided to knit them simultaneously using the Magic Loop technique, so I had both socks going at the same time on one long circular needle.

I am very proud of them.

Did I show you the latest pair of socks that I just finished?