Sock Knitting

I make one pair of socks every year and they are always for my brother. I don't know of anyone else that would appreciate a pair of handknit wool socks like my brother, in the same way that I don't know of anyone but my husband who loves his handmade hats more. The thing is knitting socks takes so long and I just feel as though the returns are not that grand. I mean knitting a prayer shawl takes a long time too, but wow! in the end is it worth it.

So for the third year in a row I have made my brother a pair of socks. I use patterns that are simple repetitions as this is the kind of knitting that is portable and needs to be mindless--much of one sock this year was knit waiting in car line to either pick up or drop off my daughter. I did try a lace pattern last year and it did. not.work.at.all.

This time around, I made him the blueberry waffle socks out of a Koigu Painter's Pallette green. One sock is slightly bigger than the other and I guess that is what makes them homemade.