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Now with added mohair!

Materials: 1 skein Mountain Colors Bearfoot (60% superwash wool, 25% mohair, 15% nylon) in Lupine. Size 1 DPNs. Pattern: Rib & Cable Socks from the Fall 2005 Interweave Knits.

Time: Several months, here and there.

Cost: $18

I hate mohair -- it's itchy, difficult to work with, and generally overrated. Mountain Colors' Bearfoot sock yarn might be enough to change my mind, though. While it makes my feet ever-so-slightly itchy in a way that a 100% wool yarn does not, it's beautiful stuff -- the fiber blend makes the gorgeous colorways really vibrant, and the slightly fuzzed-out texture makes it very soft. The photo below shows what the socks look like in direct sunlight, but keep in mind that they look a lot darker out in shadow. See? Like I said, lots of color depth.

The Rib and Cable pattern is from the Fall 2005 issue of Interweave Knits. I quite like the pattern, and they fit well. The only downside is the way that it's designed to leave "decorative" holes in the heel. The hell? I have a hard enough time not leaving holes in the heel when I'm not supposed to. Now I'm supposed to leave them there on purpose?

Yeah, yeah -- I have a couple of completed knitting projects to post in this space once I decide to be less lazy. In the interim, however, I figured that you might be interested in the best brownie recipe that I've ever found.

Sure, you can get fancier and sweeter brownies, but once these have been packed up and refrigerated for a day or so? Pure fudgy goodness. I've never found their equal. I think the refrigeration / leaving them packed in a tin for some time step is key; fresh, they're merely great, but they grow more dense with each passing day that they're left alone. (I think that they attract passing ions of fat and taste out of the air or something.)