socks in the Loire Valley

Joigny, River Yonne France.
I've knitted these Kaffe Fassett socks all through bus trips in the Loire Valley and finished them off while on a canal boat.
They have created great interest with one lady pleading with me to knit her a pair - but I've given them to the tour leader.

Noro Silk Garden socks

I didn't enjoy knitting these at all. The yarn is curiously springy and keeps folding back on itself; lumpy with bits of straw in it and it knits up hard and stiff. There were 2 breaks in the yarn and the colours are harsh - nothing like the sample shown on Simply Socks website.
A waste of money and my time!