Socks, Stripes and Stats

So I made  a pair of socks for the OH in the first instalment of the madrigal yarns self striping sock club. The colour was 'The Colours of Spring'. 

This was sadly the only project I finished in May as I spent most of my knitting time on my So Faded sweater which isn't finished. I'm hopeful that it will be finished in June; the body is done, one sleeve is about 2/3rd done and I've finished the first colour on the other one. So basically two sleeves to finish and then the neckband to do. I've tried it on a couple of times as best as I could and I'm happy to say that the fit is looking good and the neckline is not looking too low or wide. So fingers crossed. 

A few days before I finished these socks the second instalment of the club arrived. It's called Darling Buds and here it is

I'm itching to cast this on but forcing myself not to, as I have the sweater and another pair of just over half done socks to complete first. 

And so to the stats. Not as good as they would have been had I managed to finish my seater, obvs! but it was still an overall decrease. Wool in was 150g, out was 305g, net decrease for the month therefore  155,  and the running decrease total for the year is 2308. For a couple of reasons which will become clear as the month goes on, the numbers for June will not look nearly as good. Hey-ho!