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!