KnitWerk

Confession: I originally started a different pair for my Sockapal2za exchange using the Alpaca gifted me by last winter’s awesome secret pal, Chrissie. I loved the Cable Rib Socks from Spring ‘05 Interweave Knits, and was able to squeeze gauge out of the alpaca – it was awfully dense, but it worked. For some leg/ankle shaping, this pattern uses bigger needles on the legs, then switches to #1US for the ankle and rest of foot. Just as I began to worry about the fabric being too dense as I was turning the heel, Husband started pouring on the hints about how he’d love socks like these.

This man does not, normally, yearn for knitted items.

(I made him a wool sweater years ago, but it’s too warm for him in just about any climate. He’s been able to wear it happily only for a few short weeks—when he was on assignment in Siberia during the winter of 2000. Since he has no upcoming trips to the Russian front planned, more wool sweaters are right out.)

Reading back over my entries, I have to note that the first thing out of his mouth when he saw the yarn in March was “This would make me a great pair of socks.”

Clearly, I’m a slow learner. After calculating upcoming knitting time against deadline, and realizing that really, the socks would be better on bigger needles with a looser gauge—OK, Husband gets the socks. I promise to heed any future interest he might indicate in yarn.

Feet of Happy Husband: