Yarning along...my first sock

I am not new to creating things. From a very young age, I have been creating things: cookies, cakes, then bread in the kitchen; potholders, sit upons, and lamps in Girl Scouts (back in the day); clothes in home ec class; cross stitched images; clothes for my children, quilts; rosaries; knitted scarves, hats, then sweaters.

I cannot tell you, however, how exciting it is to make a sock. I feel like I have finally made something from nothing. Of course, it's no different than making a rosary from some beads and wire, or a quilt from some scraps of fabric. And, of course, it's not something from nothing.

But it is different. I feel like a pioneer woman. It feels like it does to make a quilt completely from scraps of clothes, and I have done that. It feels empowering. I feel like I could survive in the Big Woods. Maybe it's too much Hunger Games {w}.

Let's not get too carried away though. No one needs a big head. People make socks all the time.

This sock is from Socks from the Toe Up. Except it's not, because I made the lace all wrong. Well, not all wrong, but one stitch, repeated over and over and then, it was all wrong. I didn't realize until I was several inches in and by then it was too late. If you remember I started the toe over a lot. No way I was ripping back to the toe. Besides, I liked it. Basically it's the same sock, nothing crucial changed.

I love it.

It's my favorite finished object, ever.

Here's what the lace is supposed to be:
p  k  k  p
p ssk yo p
p  k  k  p
p  yo  k2tog p

Here's what I did:

p  k  k  p
p k2tog yo p
p  k  k  p
p  yo  k2tog p

Just one little stitch, but resulting in a very different look. The Lacy Rib is supposed to be straight. As you can see, mine is very curvy.

Well, maybe you can't see, but it is curvy. In a straight sort of way. Straight lace, curvy rib.

Just by not paying close enough attention to the pattern, I created my own design. Sort of.

I need to start the second right away, so I don't forget how to do it. Remember all that trouble I had with the heel? I could definitely forget how to do that.

Incidentally, the yarn is Knit Picks Felici self-striping fingering sock yarn in high tide. It's so soft. I really like it a lot.

I want to knit socks for every one for Christmas, but unless I can duplicate my arms (Octomom!), I don't think that is going to happen. Imagine though if you could. You could knit four socks at the same time. Whoa!



I am listening to Mockingjay, which is the third book in the Hunger Games trilogy. It is infinitely more action-packed than Catching Fire, number two.

For those of you who were wondering what my resource is for the audiobooks, it's the Ohio Ebook Project, which I can link to and borrow books for free through my library. Great resource. My library is a great library. I tell my husband all the time that we can never move because our library is so great.

Be sure to link up with Jonny over at Ginny's. It's the GQ version of Yarn Along!