So far all the mansize socks I have ever knit have been plain stocking stitch, using a varigated or self-striping yarn to make them interesting and stop me going mad with boredom. But I’ve discovered Regia Silk sock yarn (machine washable and can be tumble dried – result!) and it comes in some lovely manly shades just asking to be knitted into textured socks.

The pattern is my own, based on several diamond patterns that you can find in any stitch dictionary. The problem is that it has a repeat of 20 stitches. 60 stitches is too few, so I’m working with 80 stitches, only on 2mm needles so that I don’t end up with something big enough to fill with presents from Santa. It’s going to take slightly longer, but the result so far is completely worthwhile:

Though the yarn is soft, I’m still getting good stitch definition

and though I’m not likely to meet my hoped-for deadline of all festive knits being done by 1st December (this is the current progress on the first sock, and I still have the scarf to finish) hopefully I won’t be far behind.

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