a sock a sock a sock!!

How could I forget?!?!?

I am still working on the original sock - but as I have mentioned over and over and over - patience is not a virtue I possess.

So a couple of weeks ago, I was lurking on the Lion Brand website looking for some fun free knitting patterns when I stumbled across a pattern for a "quick" sock, made with their cool Thick and Quick yarn. Love that stuff. Each sock requires 1 skein. I remembered I had picked up some ass ugly multi-colored Thick & Quick - on clearance, clearly, because I'm cheap - a couple of years ago and thought "If I can find that stuff, I'll make these." A quick dig through my large bucket 'o yarn led me, remarkably, to both skeins, so I decided to have at it.

I used the pattern on the site plus a kick-ass book that my sis (who also knits in her free time when she's not being a surgeon!!) gave me for Christmas called "Teach Yourself Visually - Sock Knitting" to figure it out.

I DID IT! I finished the sock this weekend. A MIRACLE. Now I just have to make its partner.

Oh and I haven't even thought about shopping for my SLR. Can someone please kick me in the rear on this one??

Check it out. I messed up the heel a bit but it is all held together and it looks ok. YAY!!!