Really liking the flow of this pattern. Knitting with this beautiful cranberry with hints of blue yarn - it’s adding a self-stripe every so often. These are going to be beautiful socks. Thankfully they are also a unisex color. I decided about 4 days in to the round that the investment was pretty high for a gift for the father-in-law, so I decided to make them for his son, the Mister, instead. Looking at the size of the tube, I’m not sure if these will fit over his Hercules feet. So they may end up being for me.
I am working through the slight bother that I am investing a lot of time with only 7 weeks left to Christmas, on myself (potentially). I await the completion of Sock 1 to decide.

Nov 16: The 1st sock is almost done, after hardcore knitting hours invested on Saturdays and Sundays. Getting around the heel was so tricky, but I kept breathing and stuck with it. It took me a long time to understand the bit about picking up the flap stitches and knitting around this part of the heel, but I finally just went with it and I like how the decreases turned out - and there really aren’t that many gaps. It will be good to practice again with the 2nd sock. That may be in a few months though because I don’t think I can invest so much time on one project right now.