Vacation Knitting

We've just gotten home from vacation. Three wonderful weeks in the country was just enough. Ok maybe I could have stayed another week but a month would be my limit without my city. Maybe.
I did get some knitting done though. I finished a pair of Lacy Mock Cable socks and here they are:





Gorgeous, if I do say so myself, fun and easy. Again using BMFA medium weight yarn which is truly spoiling me for all other sock yarn. Not that it stopped me from purchasing yarn at my favorite Catskill LYS mind you.
Here's a pair of socks that I'm working on now. Well here's the first of the pair:



This is from the Big Book Of Socks and it's the Easy Lace sock. I apparently have a type because this strongly resembles the Lacy Mock Cable Sock.
I started this sock then came to the heel. The pattern calls for a short row heel which I'd never done before but I decided to give it a go and here was the result:



It wasn't great but I left it and pushed on. The more I knit, the more that heel got under my skin. I was almost at the toe and decided to frog it back and do a flap and gusset which turned out, as you can see, much better. I'm going to have to practice the short row heel because I don't want to be married to the flap and gusset. I don't mind dating it but I want to see other heels.
Those were the only things I got done because we were so busy with other things this vacation. I'll soon post non-knitting stuff and I want to a contest soon to celebrate my second blogiversary! I should have a contest up and running this week. Now I have to get things in order around the house but I'll be posting again soon!