MiL Socks

Last month we took a trip with the in-laws to Charleston, SC. The first order of business (after dropping Berger off and grabbing lunch) was visiting the local yarn shop, Knit. My mother-in-law had requested that I make her a pair of socks...I was excited because I thought I could use up some of my stash...but she didn't want wool socks and wool and wool/nylon is all I've got. So we set out to find a good cotton blend. German-made Opal is what she picked:

I had a suspicion that this would be self-striping,
but the entire label is in German, so it was anybody's guess....
















the finished product...
















one of my guilty pleasures is gift wrapping...
just couldn't help myself...