Man Socks

My husband is finally realizing that I'm actually a pretty good knitter, and also that the things I knit are a) useful, b) not cheesy and c) pretty cool.

When I was knitting my lovely green socks, my hubby would come into the room and say "When are you going to knit me a pair of socks?!"

First off, finding a sock pattern for a man that is manly enough, but not boring, is a challenge. Fortunately, I like a challenge!

I finally chose the Foxglove architecture from Cat Bordhi's book (love it, just love it), measured my hubby's feet, did the required calculations and cast on with a manly black tweed sock yarn from Knit Picks (Essential Tweed).

I've barely cast on and I've noticed a few rules I should have followed...

1) When knitting man socks, knit on big needles. I chose the smallest needles I own (2mm).

2) Worsted, or at the very least Sport weight yarn is key. Not super thin sock yarn (thinner than my last socks!).

These two items are key because my man has big feet (I love him :) therefore lots more stitches and rows (even if one and two are followed).

Yup, these might take a while! Labour of love though!

Another mishmash of projects

I've actually been making significant headway on my projects. I've come to the realization that it's projects get done when... gasp... you don't have as many on the go at once! :) I currently have:

A sweater (Central Park Hoodie)


(coming along nicely, might even wear it before fall!!)

A hat for my friend's baby (due end of May)


A prayer shawl (there is a group of ladies at church who get together and knit them for people who are ill. Awesome.)


A moebius bag... Just working on the pocket and then it will be ready to felt!! :)


I need to start one more project to replace the lovely pair of "Ridgeline socks" I finished (from Cat Bordhi's New Pathways in Sock Knitting with by the way is my new favorite book!)


I must take a minute to say that I really really love knitting socks. You can make them in bright crazy colours (I wouldn't ever wear a shirt with those stripes) and you can do the most intricate pattern of lace or cables without feeling overwhelmed by the size of the project or embarassed to wear the end product. I've always liked cool socks so now I can knit my own! The only problem is which sock pattern do I start next? What do you folks think?

Looking back on that list it does seem like a lot of different things... but variety is the spice of life you know!

Moebius kitties

My kitties love their new bed...

I think I may have to make another one!

(this didn't last very long ;)

P.S. I liked how Knitpicks Wool of the Andes felted but the edges don't stay up on their own... Ah well, the cats don't care :)