Cast off time!

The beanie has sat almost finished since November; I dropped a stitch then and because I was also working on Christmas gifts, I put the beanie aside until a quieter time.

The sock is a more complicated story: I wanted to do something like northern lights, bought the yarn that resembled them, but my original pattern idea didn't work out: the colours were too dark in places to contrast with black. This is a much simpler pattern and it sort of works, but only in good light. 😀

The black yarn used for the beanie was originally meant for these socks too but I bought 100% merino by mistake, so I swapped it out for a sturdier one (hopefully).

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