Plain Grey Socks - not boring

The men in my life like simple, dark knits. Nothing fancy, they warn me. No stripes, no cables, no crazy stuff. Just plain. Some would say boring. But hey, as long as the sock gets worn, I say!

Despite the obvious lack of crazy, these socks took some time. I finished them just last week about 2 months after my brother's birthday. However, the recipient was quite gracious about the whole thing. Although he very kindly reminded me that as it is now May, wool socks are not really appropriate. "And what's the deal with buying socks for me anyway?" Zoinks!

So I, in turn, very graciously told him that they are actually a nice cotton/wool blend and I didn't buy them, I made them. At this, his eyes lit up and he slipped them on his bare feet and proclaimed that they were so comfortable! Needless to say, I was bursting with joy. Nothing like an appreciative audience for my knitting efforts. Makes my little knitterly heart all pitter patter.

Later in the day, we decided to venture outdoors. My brother still had his socks on and was reluctant to take them off. Here he is imitating a German tourist.

Another sock and some stitchin' and bitchin'

OK, so this is really my first sock ever (to be cast on, that is - my second sock to be finished). It's in a worsted weight so it knits up faster but since I didn't have an intended recipient (i.e., it was going to be for me) it languished while the Christmas knitting took over my life.

Now that I'm finished (with the socks, not the Christmas knitting - alas), I think I'll give them to my friend Kyra - a belated birthday gift. I'm quite happy with the colorway - 10 plies of orange, yellow and grey. It reminds me of a glorious fall day - perfect colors for Kyra.

This is the sock I started to knit at Stitch DC's sock workshop this past December. My first knitting workshop in 10 years. How nice it is to have a real live person show me how to maneuver yarn and Marie (the shopowner) was fab. But even nicer was having some company with whom to knit. So last night I attended my first Stitch n' Bitch conveniently located two blocks from my favorite yoga class in DC. Yoga and then knitting - who could ask for a better way to spend my Thursday nights?

My First Sock EVUH! And the object of my affection

I joined ravelry a few weeks ago. I finally posted my first project today. Here 'tis. I used Cat Bordhi's Simple Sock in Three Sizes pattern and a great fingering weight yarn from Neighborhood Fiber Co. Merino and seasilk. Yum.

One skein made up a good size Men's medium with enough to spare. My only regret is that the pattern isn't toe-up because then I would have just made the leg part longer.

So the recipient of these socks is the husband for whom this blog is named. Since I started knitting this past summer, he's been alternately amused and resentful. Amused at the knitting and my obsessive yarn-hoarding and resentful that EVERYONE has received some finished object but him. So here is my first finished object (FO) for the object of my affection (O0MA). He was a bit dubious about the stripes - being a conservative fellow, he likes solid black. Maybe brown or blue on casual day but not all in one sock. Regardless, he seemed to like the softness of these suckers and promptly agreed to wear them around the house.

He says maybe he'll wear them in public. Maybe.