Original socks for an original mom

 

This year marks a double milestone for my mother-in-law, Tennie: it’s her 75th year of life and her 50th year of motherhood.  So, I decided to knit her a pair of socks. 

I asked for her measurements and her favorite color.  She provided her measurements, with the caveat that she wasn’t one to baby things in the laundry–so, she said, “Make them LARGE.”  Her favorite color, she said, was “purple, aquamarine, whatever.”  So I found some Merino 5, a DK weight 100% merino yarn, with shades of purple, fuchsia, and aquamarine, and other greens and blues.  I knit the leg in a mixed rib–some 3×3, some 4×4, and some 1×1 ribs, just to make them original, because Tennie is most original.  And they are large, though I think they’ll fit her fine.  They’re chunky, being DK and knit on #5 needles, but they should keep her cozy year round in Oregon in her Birkenstocks.