One Sock

You might not recall that I had started a sock o these many months ago.  Indeed I myself had almost forgotten.  But wanting to knit last night, but desperate to knit anythng if it did not require picking up stitches around the neck of the rice stitch cardigan, I happened upon the blue sock.   And so, dear reader, I finished it.

I admit I am very happy with this sock.  The fit is fabulous.

The top is a little short, I could have knit it longer, but I seem to recall that I was afraid of running out of yarn.  There was plenty left so this was obviously not a worry.  It is a fabulous sock.  I would wear it today because it seems like fall has once agan returned to the Hudson Valley, or perhaps early spring, but alas I cannot because I have only one sock, and I have not cast on the for the second.

I shall cast on, but not until I finish the rice stitch cardigan.  Perhaps I will finish the second sock by the time sock season returns again, if it ever leaves that is.  Sock knitting on size 0000 needles is proving not to be my favorite form of entertainment.  I might like it better if someone would make shorter needles in a size 0000, but alas, it does not seem to be so.  The final rows of a toe on four teeny tiny eight inch long pieces of metal is an exercise in frustration which is not recommended for the faint of heart, or those who have had a glass of wine with dinner.

Comments

[Carol]

Size 0000's? Yikes! I don't think my hands could take them. The sock looks great - what yarn are you using? I know that worry about running out of yarn... I too made mine shorter, then ended up with plenty of yarn left over. I figure I'll use it to do contrast heels and toes on future socks.

[Susan]

Maybe next time when you go to finish sock #2 you should have two glasses of wine with dinner instead of just one? That might just tip it from Thoroughly Frustrating to Particularly Fun!

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