The pattern was from
www.knitty.com. They are called Blu. Although they were a lot faster on the machine (I am an incredibly slow knitter) it would have been better by hand as I have only worked out how to do one stitch on the machine, which meant a heck of a lot more embroidery on them.
It is just a shame that they took me three weeks to sew together as they would have had more wear. Still, Jill - do you want Alex's pair for your Alex when he has grown out of them? And if anyone wants to call their baby Theo, they are all yours!
Nicola