Colors of fall

We had a great time here, finally we might become a normal society.
I watched TV and followed the news on Internet much more than in the last 2 years.
And I was knitting and spinning.
Now I have two pairs of socks on needles, far from finishing them, but I have a new yarn.
The fiber is 50% merino, 50% silk. I had some troubles with it, I suppose due to the silk. But I love the result.
The roving was handdyed by my friend, Bucilla (of course).

It was pure autumn.
I made two singles, just by spinning until I got to the half of the roving, and then spinning the other half. It was almost perfect, one of the singles being just about 2 meters longer than the other.
And then the plying. I think plying is the best part in spinning.

This is when the yarn is finished. It is a pleasure to watch how the colors are embracing each other.

The result of these days is 110 grams/425 meters of fingering weight yarn.

It has greens and browns,

but also grays and yellows

- cold and warm colors in a great balance. 
(the light is just awful here, it is foggy and dark and gray...)

Yarns

Not that I did not have enough sock-yarn, but I did not have blue yarns.

And if I bought some blue then I needed some new greens. And that autumn-colored one.
That means 5 more pairs - but WHEN?

Spin to stay sane

I am just spinning. I cannot concentrate on knitting, not even socks, so my spindles are spinning a lot each day. This keeps me sane these crazy days.

Today I might finish the singles of the merino-silk roving I was working on lately. I might even prepare them for plying.

I love the colors...

Socks again

I finished another pair of socks.

And again, 2 at a time, toe up.
But this time I did not enjoyed the process so much, and this is because of the yarn. Not its quality but the type. I used it before, but never by itself, first in a pair of Broken seed stitch socks and then for the Endpaper mitts, and both times the colors were beautifully accentuated by the contrasting solid color yarn. But now, on its own - I do not know. It is a bit too dark. It is a bit too contrasting.
Then I have this issue with the self-striping yarn.
It was a nightmare to find the point on both yarns to have matching stripes on the socks. For the fourth or fifth try I made it.

Then the heel. This yarn has a rhythm which is completely broken by using a few meters for the heel. So, at the gusset there are "missing" stripes.
In rest, it is OK.
I like the pattern. It was easy, but kept me interested. After finishing the socks I found several Mock Cable socks on Ravelry, both cuff-down and toe-up, anyhow, before casting-on I did not look at them.
The yarn is Gründl Marathon Scott, I used 2.5 mm Addi Lace circulars.
These socks took a week, for my 37 size feet, while I had two spinning projects going on.

Both fibers are merino-silk.
Now I should cast-on a new pair of socks, size 45. But I would also like to spin.