First Socks

Yes, I can proudly announce that I have knitted my first sock:



And I realize now that I should have put a penny or something else in the photo for scale! It's the itty-bitty Lacy Baby Sock, by Wendee Shulsen-Wienker of Hazel Knits, using the pattern & sample mini-skein given out in the goodie bags at the Bobbins Nest Studio party on Stitches West weekend. So altogether now - awwwwwwwwww.......

Unfortunately, I ran out of yarn partway through the foot on itty-bitty sock #2, so I'm either going to have to get more of the Bobbins Nest Studio colorway (which I would love to have but after Stitches West the yarn budget is blown for the forseeable future) or rib back on itty-bitty sock #1 (including undoing my first kitchener *wimper*) to get enough yarn for the foot of itty-bitty sock #2, and then scrounge up a bit of fingering yarn in a coordinating color so they'd have matching itty-bitty toes.

It's a great little pattern and I know I'll use it again. It's not like there's a shortage of babies popping out in this town! (Dudes, seriously - do not sit on the toilet seats and maybe don't drink the water - I'm just sayin') I've got leftover yarn from the baby blanket I did for the PLAY auction, and I think if I could find or engineer a baby hat pattern to match, I'd be ready for any & all future baby showers. (And no D, Prima will not wear these socks - a crying shame since it's really a great color for her!)

But the other great thing about this pattern and the project was that it took me through all the skills necessary for knitting socks, and in a very short amount of time. So flushed with success from my first sock efforts (please note, running out of yarn constitutes a failure of the equipment, not the knitter), I am ready to dive into the world of knitting socks. I am armed with a copy of Ann Budd's, "Getting Started Knitting Socks" and a set of dpns that can do double duty as toothpicks. I only need one more thing.

Balls: