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Manly socks, take 2!

Materials: 1 skein Hazel Knits Artisan Sock in Chocolatier. US 1 DPNs. My own (!) pattern.

Time: A month or so.

Cost: $25.

Some time ago, right before ordering some Sailor's Delight sock yarn for myself over at Hazel Knits, I sat staring moonily at the Chocolatier colorway. "That's a nice brown," I mused out loud. "It's hard to find such an attractive brown yarn, you know? But it's a bit sedate for me." "So you can get it to make socks for me!" Pete replied. And, despite the debacle that was making the first pair of socks for him, I listened to him. It was really nice yarn, you know.

Surprisingly, this pair was really easy to make, and ended up fitting perfectly. I'm not entirely sure whether I used size 0 or size 1 needles (probably size 1). For my own future reference, though:

1. Cast on 60 sts in the round.
2. Work 3x2 rib for the leg.
3. Heel: follow instructions for the French Heel in Knitting Vintage Socks. (Heels were done in some slightly tweedy Lang Jawool, which comes with a wonderfully convenient spool of reinforcing yarn. Which I also used.)
4. After heel, continue rib on top of foot (while decreasing on either side of heel back to original 60 sts).
5. Toe: also in Lang Jawool, also from Knitting Vintage Socks

I'm not sure why these fit so well, but I'm not questioning it. Instead, I will continue to use this pattern for every pair of socks I knit Pete in the foreseeable future. And as an added bonus, they've held up great in the wash.