October means the start of Southern Summer of Socks (maybe… Bells? Rose Red? Anybody?).
At the very least it means a new challenge on the Sockdown! Ravelry group. Conveniently, given that I have several of the beasts on my Christmas list, one of the challenges for October is Socks Designed for A Man.
Behold my FIL’s Christmas socks. The plan is to make a pair of Hiiumaa Mismatched Mates (Rav-link). They will be teal, with the contrast stripes in dove grey. The pattern is conservative, yet wacky, which is my FIL all over and I really think he will like them.
Please join with me in praying to the Knitting Gods that I can survive the endless acres of plain stocking-stitch required to cover his size 11s.
I believe the word you are looking for is masochist.
I do love a stocking stitch sock – lovely mindless knitting…
There will be SSoS again, I’ll post on the blog in the next couple of days!
Kewl -great socks for meeting, travel and sitting about!
Rent a really good [long] movie [or two] – the stocking stitch will fly by!
Good luck!
Hey, great colour! It must be the time of year for A-Longs, there’s a whole pile of them happneing at the moment and SSOS willl be another. Wow what a busy time Summer will be!