New Socks!

(cross-posted from the Sock A Month Knitalong)

This is my pair of "Cleopatra," the first kit from the Flock Sock Club. Patterns are written by the Tsarina of Tsocks (Lisa Grossman), and the yarn/kits are supplied by VanCalcar Acres. The kits will be available to non-club members next year. They are all challenging and interesting, with wonderful hand-dyed yarn. See how the blue and gold don't quite look solid? That's because they aren't--they are beautifully mottled like the lapis and gold on an Egyptian funerary mask. Each sock has a lapis/gold bead/scarab necklace. The snakes and snake headdresses get red glass bead eyes, but I need to find a beading needle to attach them. The heels and toes feature a papyrus motif. Truly nifty. I knitted the socks on Knit Picks size 1 circulars and the I-cord snakes on an Addi Turbo 3mm circular.