First Sock

Here's the progress on my first sock. The difficult technique for me is picking up stitches for the gusset. The pattern, Eesti Trail Hiking Sock, is from Interweave's Favorite Socks, and I downloaded the errata from IW's website. The pattern has a snowflake design around the calf, which I ignored for this project. The yarn is Bernat Satin Sport in Meadow, an odd girlish camouflage look on size 3 double-pointeds. The slipstitches in the heel area have a thicker texture.

When I make the 'real' socks, I plan to use Jaeger Matchmaker Merino wool.