After casting on and figuring out some new-to-me territory, I have one sock. A day ago, it looked like this.
But now, meet my new friend, Mr. Stripey Sock.
It's just a little anklet. And although it's simple stockinette, I am not at all worried about the so-called "second sock syndrome" (a certain lack of enthusiasm some knitters face when starting the second sock). I am actually pretty excited about making a Mrs. Stripey Sock--this little fella fits my funny feet extremely well.
There is, however, one problem I will need to manage. It seems that knitting socks taps more strongly into my obsessive tendencies than other knitting projects. I simply could not put down the sock after my designated TV knitting time. Of course, I realize that this is likely because I am easily amused and have a bit of an addictive personality. And I love me a challenge. The first time I played solitaire on a computer, I played for four hours straight instead of working on a college paper. Swearsies. I had to nip that in the bud else I never would have graduated. So no surprise that I'm a goner when a new skill is in my sights and I'm working with a skein of self-striping sock yarn...the colors are mesmerizing. I'm all "ooooh, looky, cadet blue. Hmmmm, red's coming....OH! that speck looks like a sprinkle!" and on and on I knit into the wee hours of the night. I already stay up too late working on an assortment of things so there is no time for this sort of obsessive knitting. For now, my plan is to only work on socks as portable, out-and-about projects. We shall see.
Whatever happens, I do hope to have Mr. Stripey Sock's solemate* in no time.
Sandra
*Ha! See? Easily amused.
p.s. I'm using Patons Kroy sock yarn from a big box store for this experiment. I originally thought I'd use a skein of fancy sock yarn stashed but then thought better of it. And even though I still feel like I'm knitting with toothpicks, I am at least at a point where working on size 2 double point needles no longer feels like I am petting a porcupine. For the pattern, I'm using a combo of the sock recipe from Yarn Harlot's Knitting Rules and a free Ravelry pattern called the One Skein Sockettes by Lisa Henderson (Rav Link).