Socks for Dad, Christmas present.
The yarn is XXL Trekking in the Deep Blue colourway 451. There are bits of purple and very short bits of a darker blue in there too. It is very subtle which I love. I think the following photo shows the colours quite well.
I would like to believe that this yarn makes for very good men's socks.
I didn't want to add too much design. So I thought that just a bit of a cable running down each side of the foot from the gusset/heel point upwards would do nicely. It gives me something interesting to do and doesn't make the socks too fancy. I don't see guys being into complicated patterns much.
I should add that I designed these myself, from scratch. I thoroughly enjoy doing that!
The foot part is completely plain. Even though the yarn is superwash (I checked before I ordered. I can't see my Dad hand washing his socks. Can you?) I expect the part that will be inside the shoes to go a touch felted. Probably not a lot, but just that little bit.
I really enjoyed making these and now I just hope that they'll fit. I asked for his measurements and am fairly confident that I stuck to them - the only thing is that I am a little worried about is that they are not long enough - you have to pull a bit to get the foot length. I understand that you should make socks with a negative ease of ten per cent and that's what I did here. So fingers crossed I guess!
Now I just have to send them hopefully in time for Christmas!
awesome :) I have a pair of socks that I really need to work on. Really, I shouldn't say pair, I have part of "a sock" that I should finish, and then, you know, start the next one! Thanks for the inspiration! Keep up the good work!
ReplyDeleteHey no problem at all! I'm delighted if I can motivate my fellow knitters.
ReplyDeleteIf you're not too sure if you'll be able to do a second sock (I find them almost impossible) then you could get a second set of needles and start the second sock right now? Do a bit on one, a bit on the other, etc. It's fantastic for "remembering" exactly what you did on the first one, you know: increasing, decreasing, turning the heel, - and once you're past the heel on both they're done so quick that you think they've done that by themselves! As if by magic...
Good luck! And above all: enjoy the knit.