This was my first time participating in an MKAL. I tend to shy away from MKALs because I fear that I wouldn’t like the pattern and regret starting it. Well, this ended up becoming a not-so-mystery knit along because I was behind the whole time and finished the socks about 10 days after the MKAL ended, but nonetheless, I am glad I signed up for it. The pattern is lovely, and I especially enjoyed knitting the droplet pattern on the foot.

It feels like a huge accomplishment whenever I finish my husband’s socks. His feet are pretty average in size for a guy—one of those popular shoe sizes you can never score in a sale section—but the instep! He has a very high instep, and when I am knitting the heel flap and the gusset section, it honestly feels like it’s never going to end. Well, thankfully the end always comes, and I get to see the precious big smile on his face, which keeps me casting on the next and the next (x ∞) socks for him.

I cannot believe this is the first finished pair of socks for my husband this year. Where has time gone?