I've finally finished the five-toe socks! They still need to have the last ends darned in, but since it is currently too warm to wear them anyway, I'm not exactly in a hurry.
And of course I cast on for something else right away -
Cushing Isle, with yarn that I bought some years ago, in a wonderful blue-greyish colour.
It knits up nicely, to a soft, and - for my standards - relatively loose fabric. I'm already done with the waist decreases for the back part of the cardi, and looking forward to the next part of the shaping... increases. Soon.