Mick's Black Coffee Socks

I've finished the socks I had on the needles for Mick and he's very pleased with them, they fit really well.

I used the Vanilla Latte sock pattern by Virginia Rose-Jeanes which is free on Ravelry. It's a ribbed pattern which I think grips the foot a little giving a nicer fit.

The yarn has been in my stash for a while, it's Bergere de France Goomy 50 in the Imprim Gris colourway which I think translates to Grey Print. It's a rustic feeling yarn, certainly not soft like merino, but I think it will be good for Mick as he's rather heavy on socks and soon wears holes in them. It's sold in 50g balls so I used two and unfortunately, found a huge knot in one ball where two ends had been tied together, and the other ball was in two completely separate pieces, they hadn't even bothered to tie a knot in that one. I find it really annoying not to have one complete length of yarn.

I know they don't match, it's a bit annoying to tell you the truth but I've used this yarn before and you'd have to wind off a lot of yarn to get to the beginning of the colour repeat. I didn't really want to do that and Mick isn't bothered by the socks being sisters rather than twins anyway so I'm letting it go. After finding the joins, they wouldn't have matched anyway so I'm glad I saved myself the effort.

And why have I named them Mick's Black Coffee Socks? Well, the pattern may be called Vanilla Latte but in all the time I've known Mick, and it's a lot of years now, I've never ever known him to drink a cup of coffee with milk in it, he always drinks it black, hence Mick's Black Coffee Socks.