SaucyKnitter!: FO! Silky Drops socks

It's difficult taking good pictures of yourself wearing socks. So a refresher, this sock is silky drops and I knit it in Kargil by Couleurs Mouton in Girolle. It's a nice yarn to knit with, easy on the hands and very soft. I didn't notice much splitting. I would definitely buy this yarn again. It really does feel lovely on.
I finished the second sock about 10 minutes ago. Just in time to give them to my daughter A for her birthday. Today. I sent my older daughter, P, the Garter Waves socks for her birthday a couple of days ago.

So now I have two socks still on the needles. And no desire at the moment to finish them. The only reason I finished Silky Drops was because A mentioned how much she loved the finished sock.

The reason I don't want to knit anything else at the moment is because I just started knitting the Myrna Cardy. I love the look of this little cardy, and I really hope I can do a decent job on this one. I'm using Cascade 220 in Dusty Rose. Not a colour I've ever owned or worn, but I have a couple of dresses that I think would compliment this colour cardy. (or vice versa). I sort of did a gauge swatch, in a very lazy way and went down a size from US8 to US7 needles. So, fingers crossed. And if it doesn't work out, the next time I will definitely do a gauge watch.
The construction of the cardy seems pretty straightforward. There's a nifty keyhole detail at the back-that was pretty cool to knit.

I also learned something new-how to do a proper M1. I know how to increase by doing a cast on, and by doing a KFB (knit front and back). But I always thought a M1 was a way of saying increase however you want. But because I really want this cardy to turn out well, I looked up anM1 by chemknits M1. I watched this video chemknits M1 tutorial (I generally prefer video tutorials over written because I'm a visual person) How simple, how effective. I can't believe I didn't know this. Anyway, I rocked it.

The Cascade 220 is the yarn I picked up this past weekend at my LYS. Cascade is already pretty affordable, but add a 20% discount? I'm kind of mad I didn't buy more. I also picked up some Malabrigo Rios (which was 40% off-sweeeeet) I've never knit with Rios, only Malabrigo sock and Worsted. If my Cascade 220 Myrna goes well, I'll probably knit another one in the Rios. The colour way is Plomo and it's a rich grey-like the sky just before a thunderstorm. Which would also look lovely with my dresses and jeans.

Cascade 220-Dusty Rose: