I don’t often knit for Mr. Cleaver because he’s not really a hat or scarf kinda guy and after hearing about the “boyfriend curse,” he’s nervous about the idea of a sweater, even though we’ve been married for two years.
I do knit things for him from time to time, and Mr. Cleaver is appropriately grateful for the items, case in point – Hubby Socks I.
Long before this blog began, I knit Mr. Cleaver a pair of socks. These were the first pair of socks I ever knitted. I think I did them on size 3 needles or something ridiculously large like that. Mr. Cleaver wears them as house socks/slippers and has been wearing them almost every night for nearly three years.
Unsurprisingly, they’ve gotten a little worn. Once I saw you could see the tips of his toes through some stretched stitches in the socks I decided it was time for a new pair.
These are were knit toe up on size 1 needles in a k2, p1 rib with a short row heel, which is to say I improvised. The yarn is the particularly lovely-feeling Shibui Sock in stone from Purl Diva. It pooled a bit oddly, but it feels so nice!
Of course Mr. Cleaver let me know that I’d pry his old socks from his cold dead toes, so we’ve agreed the new pair is for regular day wear.
As for the old socks? I managed to squirrel them away for a half an hour to darned them, so now they’re good as new. 🙂
November 20, 2009 at 9:36 AM
Love the socks!
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November 25, 2009 at 11:40 AM
I love the new husband socks… they look very comfy.
And, crikey, that’s just a few pairs of sports socks he has there!
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November 25, 2009 at 11:52 AM
I’ll admit I staged the sport socks drawer a bit, but they are all his socks!!
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November 29, 2009 at 6:18 AM
I wish I could knit! I crochet, but I don’t think you can crochet socks?!! I’m seeing beautiful knitted socks everywhere these days. Nice job. I’m sure your husband appreciates your efforts.
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November 29, 2009 at 7:14 AM
You can indeed crochet socks, it’s a slightly different look obviously, but entirely possible (here’s one example – http:// http://www.crochettoday.com/crochet-patterns/step-step-socks).
Let me know if you try it, of course I wouldn’t discourage anyone from picking up knitting either 🙂
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November 28, 2011 at 8:11 AM
[…] darned them twice, and tried to appease him with a new pair of socks, but to no avail.The new socks were nice socks, he wanted another pair of house […]
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