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. 
