FO: Johnny-Jump-Up Undines

As mentioned, I'm using most of my vacation time to do a deep clean on the house and yard. We had beautiful weather over the weekend, so the yard is done, and now that the days are threatening rain, I've turned my attention to the indoors. But because I have a short attention span and a bad back, it means short bursts of cleaning, followed by a rest period with some low-impact knitting. And that means...

The Johnny-Jump-Up Undines are done. I love this yarn (base and colourway) and I love this pattern.

I love it because it's pretty, but simple. And I love it because it works with any yarn - solid, striping, semi-solid, or multi. This is the eighth pair I've made since I released the pattern - it won't be the last.

The yarn is Alley Cat. I love it because it's a nice strong, but soft 75/25 blend of merino and nylon. It provides a nice, smooth stitch definition.  It takes dye beautifully, and is a nice, sturdy sock base (though I'm thinking it would be nice for a cardigan too.)

The colourway is Johnny-Jump-Up. The Johhny's I started from seed didn't take, so it's nice to at least have the colour in a sock version.  It's a creation of mom's, and one of our few repeatable colours. We planned on making some more this spring, but cats, and puppies and broken knees have gotten in the way a little. It's still on our to-do list, so keep an eye on the shop.

But now with these off the needles, I need a new travel project. Dave's birthday is only a few months away, so I guess I should go see what I have in the stash for him...