Slower knits for larger toes

My long suffering father has had to wait nearly four months, but at last he has his birthday socks.

I used the pattern Symmetry from Op-Art Socks. The socks are not as complex as they look, the pattern is clever and makes good use of variegated yarns. The detail in the socks are very clever, the left and right socks are mirror images of each other ...

... and the soles of socks have a different pattern, with slip stitches which I think should give them more strength ...

So if the pattern is not too complex, what took so long? Well, I was distracted with my sock yarn blanket, and my father does have very large feet so there was a fair bit of knitting in these socks. But thankfully my papa is a patient man so a belated Happy Birthday Dad.