That book sounds very interesting! I love knitting socks, but knitting them for my hubby seems to take twice as long as when I knit a pair for myself. Which reminds me...I need to make him a new pair one of these days. People ask me how much it'd cost to buy a pair of my hand-knitted socks. I just laugh and tell them with all the time invested in a pair, they couldn't afford them! Happy knitting!

That looks like a great pattern! Love the green. It's perfect.