Blackrose Socks

The Blackrose socks are completed, and I'm much happier with the yarn in this pattern than I was with Inlay.

Blackrose socks (mine ravelled here) knit in Berocco Comfort 

They were really simple. The lace chart was 8 rows and 4 of them were plain, and you only worked the lace on 17 stitches in each round and the rest is just knit knit knit knit. I love that the left and right are mirror images of one another. I think it's a detail that makes all the difference.

Don't worry, though. Inlay will have its day in the sun fluorescent office light. I'm planning to knit in once I figure out the proper yarn. I think the key is a ROUND yarn, so I'm thinking Blue Moon's Socks that Rock.

Just to give you fair warning, I'm doing gift knitting right now, so I can't post about it. It's pretty, and hopefully I'll remember to chat about it once I give it away... in September. If you want to see it and you're on Ravelry, click here.