These simple, unobtrusive socks were the aforementioned project that I worked on for several weeks in Matt’s presence without him noticing them. I had teased him a little bit when I asked him if he knew what he was getting for Christmas. He assumed he would get something knitted and convinced himself it was a navy hat. That was even more amusing to me. He was completely surprised when he opened these.
The yarn is something I had stashed for awhile, purchased a few years back when on sale at Webs with socks for Matt as the intended project for them. The yarn is ONline Supersocke 4-fach City Color in the colorway London. I let him wear them for a day and then wrested them away for safekeeping until I could get a picture of them. That’s the price he pays for living with a knitter that is obsessed about documenting almost every project.
I knit them toe up, increasing to 72 for his size, with a heel flap that wraps around the bottom and back of the heel. I did 1×1 ribbing on the leg to help them stay up. For the most part, all of the socks I knit for Matt are stockinette with some ribbing somewhere on the leg or just cuff. I made socks with a bit of a pattern just once when the yarn was a solid color. Usually the yarn I use for him is so busy that I don’t think about applying a stitch pattern to it, but perhaps I should apply simple repeats more often.
Nice and funny that he didn’t even realize they were for him. LOL I also like to knit “everyday” socks without a pattern. I let the yarns do the work.
Tks for sharing!
These are so nice looking! You really can’t beat a basic sock — at least in my house, they get the most wear! I had a similiar experience knitting my partner a hot water bottle cover – despite the fact that he asked for one, and I made it sitting next to him, he had no idea it was for him, ha!
Nice socks.
LOVE that colorway!!
Great job on these. I like how the yarn’s tonally black and has those fun orange stripes.
I knit an entire throw blanket for my husband one year while he watched tv! Men are funny…
Love the striping on those socks.
Those socks look fantastic, and what a great colourway- perfect for him! Isn’t that funny that he didn’t notice what it was, even though you were knitting near him! I guess he’s so used to you knitting, he sort of zones out on what the knit itself is.
Those socks looks so fantastic! Love the yarn, what a great choice. It’s so funny that he didn’t notice what you were knitting. He must be so use to seeing you knit all the time, that the ‘what’ doesn’t really register! I don’t think it does with Guy, either.