Socialist socks

As you might have seen I did a lot of knitting this Christmas. I really wanted to make these socks for my father as well, but there wasn't enough time so I gave him the ball of yarn and a promise to knit socks for him. This also gave me the opportunity to measure his size before starting.














Today they were finished just in time for his visit here. The model is very basic, but it has to be with a yarn like this. I knew I had to buy this Opal colour when I saw the name of it. It is based on a painting by the German painter Hundertwasser called Die Strasse zum Sozialismus (The Road to Socialism). Fun to knit for an old right-wing politician :-)
P.S. Note the lovely sheep he is resting his feet on. It was a present for my son at his christening.