My Sock...my sock...my very first REAL sock!!!

Here is the first one finished! Ain't it a beaut? Now...only 4 more weeks until it has a mate...Lord willing!

Lolly gives it the old sniff and feel test......

and APPROVES!!!

New Year...New Projects!

Would you like to see what I have been doing in January?

Here are my Seussical Socks:

Now if those don't cheer ya up on a cold, rainy day, NUTHIN' will! They are knitted and then felted...isn't it amazing how a sock that would fit the Jolly Green Giant can totally shrink down to a normal human size and all shrump together into felt?! Remember that sweater you "ruined" when you washed it in hot water? That is exactly what you deliberately do with felting! You DARE not take a telephone call when felting something...unless you want it to fit a Barbie doll!

I used up lots of yarn remnants to make them. The are knitted according to a free pattern called, "Family of Knitted Slippers". They only took 4 days! That is REALLY fast! Of course, I was a bit driven...my feet were cold! AND Melody had finished her and Doug pair.

I find it a great deal of fun to knit what my sister knits! It gives us a lot to chat about...as if we needed more to chat about! I am SO thankful for Vonage! It allows us to talk at will without worrying about $$$$$ (she lives in Mexico!).

After I finished these lovelies, I decided it was time to bite the bullet and do a REAL pair of socks. My dear friend, Rance, gave me a gift certificate to a knitting shop for Christmas. So, I went down and picked out the yummiest, most expensive sock yarn I could find. I really have to like the yarn and especially the color of the yarn that I knit. I really get into colors. Colors make my brain spit out endorphins like crazy. Endorphins are goooood for us! We LIKE endorphins! Today, I just finished "turning my heel" (no, it did NOT involve a trip to the emergency room!) and I have picked up my gussets (tee hee, that sounds really funny, doesn't it?!) and am decreasing and shaping them. This pattern was devised by a free pattern generator called, "Elizabeth Bennet's Perl Sock Pattern Generator". You type in all of your measurements and it generates a custom pattern for your foot that makes it fit perfectly. A WONDERFUL tool! You can use any type of yarn and guage, with any type of needles and it will do the math for you. Here is a picture:

Ain't it purty?

And isn't that the most beautiful, peaceful yarn EVER?!