Need a quick Christmas gift? I have an idea for you.
This is a very basic, simple pattern that I came up with for my grandfather that I’m calling Quick & Thick Mountain Man Socks. You can download the pattern by clicking here.
I used two strands of yarn together. One strand of Elann’s Peruvian Pure Alpaca in Black and one strand of a very fine German sock yarn. It came out to 5.5 sts per inch.
We put our tree up on the first and I forgot to share my favorite ornament with you:
It’s my little knitting lady from my favorite Christmas Store in Germany, Käthe Wohlfahrt’s in Rothenberg.
Joe is quite the crafter. It was his favorite part of German Kindergarten. He’s always coming and asking me for the stapler and tape. Last night I found this on the tree:
For as ornery as that kid can be… I think he just may be the one of my four boys that ends up a priest. He can be very sweet when he wants to be and he’s always the one that says grace at meals and worries about what time it is when it’s almost time to go to Mass. I found these pictures on an old website I used to keep. This was Joe at about six months old in late 1999. I knit it from Debbie Bliss’ Nursery Knits. I found the teddy bear buttons in a shop in Germany.
God bless Jean! Thanks for the Mountain Man Socks – you make them sound so sexy… I might just have to make a pair. Love the ornaments. Happy holidays.
Sweet all around.
You are lucky to have such a sweety. I hold on to those moments with my girls. It is so easy to focus on the times when they are fighting or stealing each other’s stuff or just having hormonal days, but when all is going well I am known to shout “Stop!” and remind everyone of us to really feel what it is to feel the way we do at that time. Now you have this blog to keep those memories fresh.
I would just bust into tears if I saw an ornament like that on my tree. God bless Joe!
What a sweet ornament from Joseph!! What a tender heart that boy has!
Your grandfather will love those socks. Nothing better on your feet than alpaca here in the North country!
The socks turned out great! I know John would love a pair based on the name alone. I’d probably have to use a different heel though. Don’t think they would work up very quickly for me, otherwise. Joe’s ornament is the sweetest thing ever!
Thanks for the great pattern and pictures! You may get me to knit my first pair of socks…
Joe’s pics are as precious as he is!
Merry Christmas to all your family!
(yes, it is early, but I’ve not had a lot of blog-reading time lately)
Marta
Those socks look wonderful, and perfect for those men in my family with cold feet who don’t use other knitted items. How many skeins did you use? I’m thinking of doubling DK superwash as neither of the guys I have in mind are reliable regarding laundry or care of any type of garment. Your Joe is a sweetie as he looked from the beginning.
I LOVE your ornaments…Merry Christmas!!