One sock down… I haven’t grafted the toe stitches together yet (that is something best done after the children are in bed so I can finish without losing my mind–I mean rhythm). It’s always a little bit tricky to fit Erik’s socks. I can calculate my gauge and take measurements all day long, but it really comes down to trial and error and personal preference. Erik wears a size 13 shoe, and likes his socks to be very snug. Luckily for me, the first sock fits him great. But I also tried it on, and it fits ME great… I wear a size 10 ladies shoe, but I like my socks to fit exactly, or be slightly long. How convenient that we’ll get to share!

Olga is already asking me to make her a new pair of socks, too, but she wants *red* ones (or rojo as she now says). So it looks like I’ll be doing a little bit of wool dyeing in the near future. Erik’s socks will have to be black or green if he’s going to wear them for work, and I’d really like to have an orange pair myself… Gavin could probably care less what color his socks are… maybe I’ll knit him a pair with all of the multi-colored scraps we end up with.