Maybe I will do a little knitting for Christmas...

It seems ironic though that'll probably be for the Intellectual one who thinks Christians are deluded and there is no God. Ah well. I thought he'd be ablout the only man in the family who would be able to tolerate this colourway. It's a little vibrant.

There's a free pattern on Ravelry that's inspired by the main character of Bones, Dr Temperance Brennan. It's the first time I've used the travelling stitch which gives it this diamond pattern and am pleased to find it surprisingly easy.

I love toes-up sock patterns, especially when, like me, you only have 1 ball of yarn! So hopefully I will be able to do both socks in a man's size with it. Just not very long socks!

It's amazing the difference in colour from pics taken at night under artifiacial light and those taken during the day. The day one's colours look kind of washed out! I'm going to make the foot 10 inches long and hope that that should be long enough. I'm just a little nervous of making them too big.
I might need until Christmas to finish the thing :)
Ah well,
Happy Knitting!