These socks are made with Claudia Hand Painted yarn in the Boot Camp colorway. They were made for the Socks for Soldiers yahoo group to be sent to a soldier serving in the Middle East. I received a donated skein of the yarn in sport weight, but needed more to complete a pair of socks. LindaGM on Ravelry generously swapped two skeins in fingering weight for some other yarn I had. Thank you Linda! The fingering weight was used for the legs and feet, while the sport weight was used for the heels and toes. The sock machine wasn't very happy going between the two weights and required loosening the tension on the heel spring when doing the heels and toes. Loosening the cylinder tension would have worked as well. The end result is great with thick heels and toes - and in such an appropriate colorway name (Boot Camp).
