A Small Diversion from Housework

I've been meaning to post the progress made on my Tangled Yoke cardigan.  The '18 rows of hell' that is the cabling on the yoke coupled with Christmas had me tucking it away for a month but I am back on track.  Holding my breath as I follow the chart of a myriad of cable symbols, I can barely stand to look once near the end of a row.  One stitch too many or too few means ripping back the whole row.  When it works out there is a huge sigh of relief.  Two rows of this is all I can stand in one sitting so it is slow going.  When I want to relax with some knitting I work on these socks....

This divinely squishy wool was bought at Purl Soho in New York, one day I hope to get there myself.  It was a gift for looking after my neighbour's cats while they were visiting the Big Apple.  My request was to please find some sock wool in a lovely shade, nothing vulgar, which made Suzanne both laugh and panic.  What is vulgar to one person may not be so to another.  Appropriately named 'Squishy', this kettle-dyed Unzula product is truly the softest I have ever knit with.  This simple rib and cable pattern is going to let the wool do all of the talking and I can't wait to wear them.  Now I had better get back to my Cinderella duties...

Edit: substituted previous photo of cardigan, the colour just wasn't right.