Knit One Crochet Too's Wick Yarn

Here's my first Christmas finished project - a pair of basic boring hiking socks for DH. I used size 4 (US) dpns and 48 sts but I wish I'd used thinner needles. The yarn is Wick by Knit One Crochet Too and it is a soy/polypropylene blend. It looks like they market this yarn specifically for hiking socks because the polypropylene wicks away moisture. The color I used is called Cream but it does have a butter yellow tinge which I hope picky DH won't mind. I used about 2 1/2 skeins for these socks that have his required 8" of K2P2 ribbing.

The most amazing thing about this yarn is that is is springy like wool. (As opposed to super springy like Cascade Fixation or Elann Esprit cotton/elastic blends.) I have no idea why this yarn is springy but I read the Ravelry projects for this yarn and apparently it is the soy??

Here's a close-up of the yarn. It looks a bit like unspun roving with very thin threads in it. It was a joy to knit with and I can't wait to buy more colors to do a stranded project. It is listed as a worsted weight but I think I'll consider it a sport weight when deciding on future projects. I don't know yet how it washes up. I bought mine at Yarnmarket. (Note: K1C2 also makes a thinner yarn called Pediwick but it is a bamboo/nylon blend.)

TWO PAIRS OF MAN SOCKS

I'm really hustling to finish up some projects before the end of May. (I have a few KALs I want to join in June.) I still have a fingerless mitt project to finish. Both pairs of socks are for DH.

Here are the Eesti Trail Hiking Socks by Nancy Bush and it is the third time I've knit them. I was working from the original pattern from Interweave Knits in 1997; the version in the book Favorite Socks has some errors in the colorwork chart. I used Elann's Peruvian Highland Sport and I'm not sure what size dpns I used - either 4 or 5 (US) I think.

I am too impatient to wait for DH to model these so here I am modeling them even though they don't fit my feet.

Here's a plain vanilla pair of socks using Elann's Esprit cotton/elastic yarn in the Tarragon color. I used size 6 dpns and 48 stitches with his required 8 inches (sigh) of K2P2 ribbing. I should have used a smaller needle but I wanted to finish these up quickly. These are possibly the most comfortable socks I've ever knit. If they pass the laundry test I'm going to buy all the colors of Esprit for future socks for both of us. I knit these for his summer hikes where wool socks might be too warm. Actually I'm really hoping he doesn't like them so I can keep them for myself!