Here is Eric's Hound Dog sock, yarn  from Sheila's Wullen Studio Designer Yarn yarns, Merino & Nylon.  They feel heavenly.  So in August I will be making the mate to this along with the mate to the grey sock.  Two at a time on a circular.  Stay tuned. That should be a real hoot.
By the way I came up with this pattern out of necessity.  His legs are skinny above the ankle and fat at the calf.

I am posting this on 7/3 but I actually haven't worked on them since maybe 6/25.  And I am very pleased at my progress.  I love knitting socks toe up.  Did I say before that my friend from Knitting in Public Day introduced me to knitting socks on a circular needle.  I am converted!  It really is so much better then all of the double pointed needles.  I am a circular needle girl any way.  Picked them up back in hmmmm.... 1989 I'd say.  I was commuting on Amtrak to New York everyday and it was considered rude to keep poking your seat mate with a knitting needle wonder why :)!
I most love being able to have him try them on as I knit.  Now I know you all think that I am soon to be finished.  I wish!  He likes his socks at least 9 inches up the leg.  I will be working in this through July.
So I am happy to say that I am going to learn to do two at a time, so I can also finish his brown socks.

The beginning of Eric's To Up Socks.  Pretty good start on June 9th.  Of course this was possibly my 5th start.  But happily on June 9th at the Knitting Sister's Knit in Public Day I sat beside a pro.  She was knitting sleeves in the round, TWO AT A TIME.  Any way we has a little chat and I got started.
Knit in public day was a blast.....of heat.  It must have been 95 in the shade.  But it really never gets too hot for me.  I loved sitting out and the venue, the public library, under a beautiful thing-a-ma-gig ya' know with ivy and flowers growing all over it.  Oh well I have pictures on Eric's new camera.  I will show you later.