Black socks for Dad

Recipient: Dad
Designer: Debbi Young
Pattern: Sock It to Me Plain Toe-Up Socks for the Family
Source: elann.com
Completed: May 28, 2006
Colours: #1331, Black
Yarn: Scheepjes Invicta Extra, 75% wool/25% nylon, sock weight
Ungiven status: Christmas 2006 present
Pictures:

2006-May-29

Done!

My first completed Christmas present. In May. Please don't kill me. :)

2006-May-26

Home stretch! Ribbing on the top of sock #2 has begun:

2006-May-20

First sock is done, second sock is in the process of having its heel turned:

2006-May-12

I think I've done a row or so on this since my last entry, just as 'cover' when DH sounded like he was coming downstairs and I had to hide his birthday knitting. Woo.

2006-May-11

The sock is looking much less phallic. I'm now on the top ribbing:

2006-May-3

(my goodness, that's phallic)

2006-Apr-30

Got started on these this weekend after I freed up the needles I was using for DD's self-patterning socks. This is what sock #1 looked like when I woke up this morning:


However, we went to a birthday party in Angus this afternoon, which is about an 80 minute drive from our place, and now it's probably about five to six inches long. Rah.

2006-Apr-17

Since my brother is now getting the grey socks for his birthday, I can knit the second pair of black socks for someone else. I was originally thinking DH, but I think I like the idea of making them for my dad better. I can give him these socks and the blue socks as his Christmas present. I'm always hard-up for gift ideas for my dad, but I'm sure he would love to get handknit socks from me. Plus, four balls of this sock yarn fits the budget for his Christmas gift perfectly. And he doesn't have huge feet, either.

2006-Apr-12

Well, I felt bad because I finally decided not to make the Kroy socks for my brother after all. I still think this was a good decision, because I really do agree with my dad that my brother wouldn't like to wear anything so fussy on his feet. However, I really liked the idea of knitting him some socks, hence the feeling bad. So...well...there was this 75% wool/25% nylon, machine-washable, solid-colour sock yarn (Scheepjes Invicta Extra) selling for $4.59 a ball. That's a pretty good price. So I got two balls in black for socks for my brother. It's okay, it'll come out of our Christmas budget. I'm just ticking off my Christmas list like crazy here, how more responsible can I get?

(More continental knitting. I'll totally have time to do these.)