These are the socks I finished most recently. My husband put them on as soon as they came off the needles!

The yarn is my favourite for hard-wearing warm socks. It’s called Tuffy and is from Briggs & Little, a mill in the Maritimes. This marl – one ply off-white and one ply grey – is called Granite. I had some Tuffy in Red Mix left from another pair of socks, so put it on the cuffs and toes. Although there are a few yarn stores local to me that carry B&L yarn, they don’t tend to have all of the colours – or the colours I want. What is nice is that you can order B&L yarns directly from the mill, even if you aren’t a wholesale customer. They just charge you the postage and pop it into the mail.

The pattern is from an old Patons book, although it’s been included in many other Patons books since. It’s called Ribbed Sports Socks. I followed the pattern, except I changed to 3×1 ribbing after my striped cuff. The pattern has most of the sock knit in 1×1 ribbing.

I like them. He loved them! What do you think?