My March socks
Until last week I'd only ever knitted one thing for the Husband, and we've been married/I've known how to knit for three years. Yeah. That's a million sweaters for me, tons of things for other people- mittens and baby blankets, mostly- and one measly pair of socks for him. Let's see how I managed to rectify the situation.
What stitch pattern did I use? Well, I had Nicky Epstein's hat book from the library because I'm designing myself a hat, so I've been looking at patterns for ideas. I liked her reversible diagonal rib stitch that she used for one of the hats and so did the Husband. Check it out over there. Cool, huh? I didn't realize until I saw the pictures that it makes a spiral on the leg. In person it's more of a stair step look. In fact, if you look at the pattern on the right side of the picture, it does look more stair step like. Anyway, we both liked how it turned out and the Husband is happy he has a new pair of socks. I even managed to finish the first on our anniversary, so good deal there.
Here are the mechanics of the socks:
Yarn- Knit Picks Palette, color is Twig, two skeins. Yes, I got cheap Palette for my Husband's socks and at the same time bought myself the slightly nicer Essential. I am a horrible wife.
Needle size- 3. I do pretty much all my socks on 3s, but not the pair I'm doing now and using the aforementioned Essential. 3s make the fabric too loose.
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(I saw your post from the knitting tag on explore, you should add some of these posts to the knitting group!)