Yesterday really was a glorious day. The pictures yesterday didn’t come close to capturing it. We ended up with a little cloud cover, so it got easier on the eyes to knit in the afternoon. I finished Erik’s socks just in time for him to wear them to bed. He’s wearing them today, too. It’s hard to get a man to model his feet, so I’ll keep trying to get a good shot of the finished socks today.

I’ll give you the quick pattern now, then I’ll write up a proper pattern for you this evening.

Cast on 60 stitches, work k3, p2 ribbing for 40 rounds, then k2tog, p2 around (now you’re down to 48 stitches). Continue in k2, p2 ribbing for 30 rounds, switch to k around for 10 rounds. Work short-row heel down to 8 working stitches, then k around for 50 rounds. Work wedge toe down to 10 live stitches, graft. (I was getting a gauge of about 5 stitches/inch using size 2 (2.75 mm. dpns.)

And now a little something for all you would-be sock-knitters. Ann Budd has written a book for you! I haven’t been in the knitting book market for a while, so I didn’t notice when this book came out in the fall, but it looks like a wonderful introduction to sock knitting. It has gotten many excellent reviews. In general, you can trust anything written by Ann Budd or published by Interweave Press to rock your… socks. Just click on the picture to get to get to the Amazon page.